GoD MaDe iT HApPeN !!!

Yves and Regina just came yesterday to the land to say they arrived and to start the process to buy the land…
And I just want to make clear about who made all this happen…
WE’RE BUYING THE LAND to White Stone Association next week… 

I want to give  thanks and all the praise to God, because without this faith and peace beyond my understanding, without all the signs and the dream I had to confirm this crazy move, I would never have taken this step …

I obviously also give thanks to Yves and Regina, for listening in the first place, for obeying the crazy idea, for getting in touch with me in Lisbon and for accepting me and my friends to come and join their vision...

They will leave on the 25th so everything must be done next week…

And one more big thanks to all those who generously contributed with their finances, those who shared beyond my networks and definitely for all those who prayed from the start until now.

 
Ben has to come  all the way from Lisbon as a board member of White Stone Association as he needs to sign the papers in the "notário"… Pray that he will have the possibility and time to come here…

We prayed to know what God wanted and we got signs and confirmation that this land (soil) was to be dedicated… we prayed for the money to buy it, and miraculously, through many people who promptly offer their money we are able to do it in a record time...even the legal process was not complicated and it didn´t take too long as usual… Most of these people were friends, but some I never met before...some gave big amounts, some gave the little they had, but all with the same heart…to give God the glory! my friend Ruben from Lisbon really impacted me… he took all his coins from his pocket and said :
“ Here, it’s for the land…it’s not much but it’s all I have”… and I knew it was all he had…2,19 E … And that’s how God is glorified… by people’s generous hearts ! This is God´s economics that turns the world upside down !

Many people said similar things, “- well, it’s not much, but it’s what I can give now…”… And I always said what I see and believe , " in the Kingdom of God, little is much and the poorest give the most..."

So, here’s the miracle for those who don’t know all the story:

it was only 5 weeks ago when I started to share about the need of buying this land after knowing from Yves and Regina that they didn’t want to give it to God anymore as they said one year ago… I came here in the first place because I believed this land was dedicated to God to be a place where people who want to live together could come freely …

Others joined me to spend the winter and we were between 12 to 15 people from October to January… We spent the winter in vans and tents and we fixed the old stone house to make our communal kitchen and to have a more secure shelter for all to be together…
Yves and Regina went back to Belgium to make the same business they sold before to buy this land…
In February we heard that they were selling the land to some business people to make turism… I asked Yves if at least we could buy the land as well (he never mentioned to us because he thought a bunch of punks and hippies with no money were not able to afford it), and he said yes, if we would have 45.000 Euros until the 15th of March… we had one month then…

I was at peace because I knew God had to have a plan… but at the same time everything was too confusing for me … I didn’t understand how could they use the name of God so quickly without taking it seriously… That was really annoying me… how come the land was dedicated to God and now is not anymore?!!!
One thought that would always bring me peace from the start, when things were not so sure with Yves and Regina, was this:
“Don’t trust men, trust me!!!” … and I believed that was God’s voice, because it was always bringing me peace when things seemed to be confused (and there was a lot of confusing times since we came)…
so , deep inside of me I knew I was not here because of Yves and Regina, but because of God… even if they failed in their commitment and stepped back, God would not fail… I knew He would do something, but still I needed a clear direction…

So I prayed and waited for almost 2 weeks and finally I felt peace about buying it and share with others to raise the money… We had 10 days to raise 45.000 E, even though I never felt the business people would buy the land anyway… Yves said if they would give up we could buy it for 30.000 E…

I also felt the power of money needed to be broken here, and so I challenged people to raise 33.000e so we could give the extra 3000 to some one else, or some other project.
It was amazing how people promptly offered money to participate in all this…
On the 15th of March we had about 12.000e and a possible loan of 12.000e more, without any interests for a year… I called Yves and said we’d buy it, so he said he would come here around the 15th of April and we could sign the contract…

We had 4 more weeks and now we have all the money… I accepted the loan of around 12.000e for a year and I believe we’ll be able to collect that even in less than a year… We also have 3000e extra to give as a donation and I also have a person to give it to, which I believe it’s another “good land to sow” as well … This is God´s economics.

"All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had." (Acts 4:32)
"All the believers were together and had everything in common." (Acts 2:44)

If we really believe in Jesus, we need to believe that's the way He wants us to share our lives with one another.
And I'm really happy and encouraged to see that there are many who believe this, and not only believe, but practice it !
When we step in faith into the wisdom of God and we practice it, we end up realizing that God keeps promises...  it's so cool when we live that out and see God at work in our lives and in other people's lives...

Among many things Jesus taught, the love of money and wealth was a serious thing... the only deity Jesus mentions in opposition to God was "Mamon", the god of riches and wealth... " - no one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. you cannot serve God and Mamon". It couldn't be clearer. They are in opposing spectrums. Therefore it is important to know whom are we serving...

And Jesus continues saying " - Look at the birds, they don´t sow or gather, yet your heavenly Father feeds them", This is the kingdom of God.

Thank you Jesus, for all your teachings, for all your work in our lives...

Thank you for all those you involved to make this miracle happen.

You made it all happen God, may you always be remembered by this story and our witness to it.

You are alive and real and I will always love you.