I have spoken with Mike and he was supposed to meet with the owner of the 5 acre plot that he is so excited about, but they have not been able to get ahold of this person yet. He did have a meeting with the owners of another plot- it is 1/2 acre and they are asking $16,000 (now lowered to $14K). One of the owners is a deaconess in a church that belongs to the denominantion that Sitaki is affiliated with there, and who we worked with in the spring when we distributed New Life Workbooks. Another great thing about both of these properties they are looking at is they are both within walking distance to this church. That is wonderful to have a good church for the kids of the Home to attend easily.
They hope to meet with this other property owner tomorrow (the 5 acre plot- the one that Mike desires so much – because it is just so perfect & has so much room for future plans).
Another thing they did on Thursday was to visit a group of widows. This widows organization (there are several in the country) has 150 members. Through a new program of ERM these widows will each be given a goat (funds have already been raised for this). The government has given the widows a plot of land to use & they will be able to raise & care for their goats there. Once the goats have matured & given birth (goats have twins) the widows will each pass on one of their goat babies to another widow – thus perpetuating the program. The other goat baby, and every baby after that, will be the widow’s choice to sell or keep. It is a very great thing that is beginning!
Please continue to pray for God to open up the floodgates of heaven & pour out the funds needed for buying this property & fully funding the Home of Innocence. It is exciting that we can all be a part of what God is doing & making eternal differences in lives on the other side of the world!
God Bless You,
Lisa
