Prayer Request
The new executive director of Ministry of Hope is a man with a vision and action. He visited our nursery last month and was very happy with what he saw. He now wants us to begin building a stand alone nursery here in Mzuzu and wants to start construction by June. The nursery would have the capacity for 20 babies and have better facilities for providing for their needs. We are incredibly thrilled about this but we have one problem—we have to purchase land before we can build. Now that may sound like a simple thing to most of you but here in
The first step in purchasing land is to go to the Lands Department and ask if they have land to be purchased. In our first meeting with them we were told to fill out an application, pay 1000 Kwacha ($8 US) and they would put us on a waiting list. Andy went back yesterday and was told that there is no land to buy in our area and the only land is way out of town. That creates a problem because all my nannies currently live relatively close to our home and walk to work. If the nursery were built out of town we would have to pay transport fees to get them to work and that would be as much as their salary. It would literally double the amount we currently pay for our workers.
The next step is to try and find land and then locate the owners to see if they would sell it to you. We have found a few lots that look good but how to find the owners is next to impossible. There is no office that you can go to and tell them the location and then they look it up on a computer and tell you who bought it. Their files are huge books that they write everything on and somewhere it will say who owns what land but it’s not in a format that is easily available.
Please pray that we will find the owners of the land that we are interested in and that they will be willing to sell it to us. Pray also for wisdom for Andy as he oversees this building project.
“With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” Mark 10:27
Lisa
posted by Langdon Family at 9:48 AM
1 Comments:
what a great thing to be able to provide more for the kids there. I will pray for you about the land issue. Its amazing in places like Malawi how much things have not changed in 50 years. I also read back a few posts and will be praying for the health of the nannies- it must be a constant frustration to experience the day to day life with access to so little (medication) when you know there is such abundance elsewhere. Thinking of you all...
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