Here is some more information I found out about the property- it is very close to the ANLM (Africa New Life Ministries) Dream Center property. ANLM runs the feeding program for street children at their Dream Center property- the very same program that we want to use for finding the street children who will become the residents of the new Home of Innocence. That is very awesome!
I sent out an email update which I am going to paste here (save me more typing) …
Thank you everyone for your prayers. The Lord has provided in that a local church has been able to give Ten Talents Int. a loan for the remainder required to go ahead and purchase this land. Praise God!!! That way Mike can complete the paperwork to have the land legally, and we will have more time to raise the money needed. The funds are being wired to Rwanda today & Mike should have them there Friday morning. They (in Rwanda) are supposed to have all the paperwork ready to go for the sale transaction.
You see, Mike was supposed to fly out on Friday at 5pm (Rwanda time). However, he has been cautioned by another minister that getting all the required paperwork completed may take longer than he has been told. He was concerned that it would be 3pm on Friday & he would have to leave for the airport without getting everything completed. We found out that he could change his ticket to one day later (flying out Saturday) without a fee, so with much sadness we went ahead and did this.
My hope at this point is that I will call him at 3:30pm Friday (Rwanda time- 5:30am Friday our time) and he will in fact have been able to get everything done & we can change his flight back. What makes this flight delay such a big deal (besides it being that we are ready for him to be home *now*) is that KaLia is singing and performing with the kids at church Sunday morning (Christmas program). With the new flight he will not return until Sunday night, and that will make KaLia very sad.
So, I am updating you & asking for your prayers again. Please pray that the wire transfer of funds would go through without a hitch & be waiting for him Friday morning. Pray that Mike would be able to complete all the paperwork for the property on Friday before 3pm. Pray that we would be able to get him back to his earlier flight. And if he does have to stay the extra day, please pray for KaLia to be able to understand & not be exceedingly sad about Daddy missing her performance.
Thank you for standing with us in prayer thus far. It has been an amazing journey the Lord has taken us on & He is so good & faithful! Of course this is just the beginning- how exciting that TTI will actually own it’s first piece of land in Rwanda & all that God will use us to do there! Praise Him!
God Bless You,
Lisa
