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Yes, I completely forgot that today was Saturday until
30-minutes ago! So sorry for the late post. Happy New Year!
2019 marks the 10th anniversary of Project
Canaan. We will be hosting a huge
celebratory trip from July 12-23rd, which will include a formal
celebration chock full of performances and messages from around the world. We will end the week with a live music concert
at the top of HOPE mountain for our visitors and everyone in the surrounding
communities.
It’s hard to believe that it was 10 years ago when we
purchased a piece of bush in the middle of nowhere, in a tiny African
Kingdom. Back then the question was “can
you even buy land in Swaziland?” and the answer was yes, but it wasn’t easy (or
cheap). While we had a very generous family
donate the $1,000,000 US (yes one million dollars) that we needed to buy the
land, there were also many naysayers back then who did not agree with or support
the vision. We
even had Board members resign because they didn’t believe in the vision and didn’t’
think it sounded like something God would do.
It just seemed too crazy, too “out there”, and they knew
that neither Ian nor I had any experience in land development, construction,
farming or raising sick/diseased orphans (in Canada let alone in Africa). It did seem crazy, and many days still does seem
crazy.
But here we are, almost ten years later, able to clearly see
the hand of God on this project with 217 orphaned or abandoned children living
here, oh, and WE live here now! I have a
friend who says that our lives here are like reading a continuation of the book
of Acts (if were still being written). I
tend to agree with her assessment.
I was listening to a podcast in the car by a Pastor named
Steven Furtick. The message was called “There’s a catch”. There is a point in the message that he is
talking about Jesus asking Simon (Peter) if he could get in Simon's boat. That question, and Simon’s affirmative response, changed the trajectory of
Simon’s life, but Steven points out that if Simon had said “no”, Jesus would
have gotten in to someone else’s boat, and the story would have continued
without Simon. Imagine that?
It’s a new year. Please say yes to allowing Jesus to use
your boat when He asks. Do not be afraid. The journey will not be as you had planned it
to be, and it will likely be fully of challenges and uncertainty, but I promise, it will be a better plan than you could have ever imagined. Our
family is living, breathing proof of that truth and promise.
We have a few spaces left for the July trip and if you join
us, it will be a trip that you will change your life. If you have been before, but not in a while,
or if you have been following from a distance for a long time, and feel that
now is the time to travel, please consider coming and serving with us in July. You will not regret it.
To register today, please go to:
Live from the highway to eSwatini …. heading home from a few
days in South Africa.
Janine
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