Here are the pictures as promised of the kitchen garden put in at the Home of Innocence. Thank you Cathleen for spearheading this & helping our Home have more vegetables on hand. Here is a picture at the beginning of the project: the guys have removed all the grass from this area, worked up the soil, and planted the seeds.
This was a little over a month ago, now here is a picture of the garden today. Vegetables are getting bigger and are about ready to be harvested!
The fact that these vegetables are ready is good news, and even more so because of the situation that has come up recently. The landlord of the current Home of Innocence is requiring us to move out. They want to raise the rent substantially, so we have to find a new home for our guys. We are currently on the look out for a place that is within our budget as well as being near to the boys current school so they don’t have to change schools. Will you please pray with us for God to provide a new house for the Home of Innocence? One thing that is lacking from our current place is a yard for the boys to play in. Let’s ask God to provide a good, safe, affordable home that also has a yard for playing!
Of course this also highlights a special project on our radar right now: the development of the Acres of Hope. It is our goal to have a permanent house for the Home of Innocence on our property. But not just one house, but four of them! One of those homes will be specifically for girls and babies/toddlers. This is a dire need around here as we know of several group homes for boys, but I have not heard of any for girls. It is our desire to start the development on the Acres of Hope property this year- in fact, this spring even. The sooner the better! This would be another prayer request: that we would get the proper approvals quickly in order to move forward with the development of the property and that God would provide the finances needed to build.
Thank you for praying with us for the needs of the ministry. God has been so good to us & we are grateful to be a part of his work helping families and children here in Rwanda. If you would like to give towards getting the Acres of Hope developed, or to help us with the costs of securing a new Home of Innocence, you can follow this link to our giving page.
God Bless You,
Lisa
