Sunday, December 02, 2007

Could this be?



You are looking at a piece of land about an hours drive north of the City. Andrew, Fidel and a couple of other guys went to have a look at various properties with the vision of the next stage of the ministry in mind - a rehabilitation centre/farm/school etc.

Once again this was a complete step of faith. There is no budget for such a venture but what is obvious is that it is necessary not only in the ministry to street kids, but also across the churches. It seems there are people struggling with addictions of some sort in most if not all of the churches. There are places that we take kids to at the moment but the situation is not ideal.

Andrew came back from his field trip excited and completely overwhelmed. The land seemed amazing - trees, plenty of water (one lake and potentially another with some excavation and better care of the land), fertile (if badly cared for), near enough to the City yet also far enough out etc. But is this our plan or God's? It is overwhelming to think of the money needed to purchase the land never mind put buildings on it...and the work that that will take and then to think of staff to work there and materials to sustain the work there. Yet in our missionary meeting Leroy Lindsay shared what God had laid on his heart - God is able to do above and beyond what we can think or imagine... For now we just ask you to pray that God would make His will clear and that we would continue to be able to trust Him with every detail. There are other land options to look at and those will be explored too but once again we are just quietly trusting in God's perfect will and timing.

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