Tear-down #2, Construction #1

God blessed the guys with a very productive trip in March. They managed to tear down the Cann house completely, storing salvaged building materials in a temporary structure. They also marked out, dug holes and poured cement footings for the office building. Many have asked where the guys stay when they're in the village. The…

Tear down trip #1

Last week our guys finally got to start deconstruction in the village. There were many delays and changes to our plans. We do not know why the Lord chose to allow these changes. In fact, there are many things we don't know. But there are also many things we do know: We know that God is…

Since Last Christmas…

Last year, we had a pretty untraditional Christmas Day. After only 7 weeks in the village (we returned from South Africa in October) we ended up being evacuated on Christmas Day due to violence in our mountain range.  Though the gang terrorising a nearby valley have remained active even to this day they did not…

Shaken, but not destroyed…

2Cor. 4:7   But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying around in the body the…