bUyiNg tHe LaNd bAcK 2 GoD...

As most of you know, we had to buy the land last year around this time ...with 5 weeks to raise 30.000 Euros, God was faithful, and with it He got many people to participate in what is now God's land, as it was supposed to be from the beginning... we learned that nothing depends on us, nothing depends on men's will, but God is sovereign above our individual choices of participating in what He desires to do or not...(obviously when men choose to live their own way, they always end up harming themselves or others)
So when we say now that this land belongs to God, we really mean it, and we can tell a nice amazing story of God's miracle and provision...

And also , being God's land, it became many people's land... from all those who have been passing by (I never counted, but more than a hundred for sure), from all those who have been praying, from all those who have been generously putting money into it, donating books, buying trees, bringing buses, giving tents,etc... Even the Mayor of the nearby village and our neighbours who have been supporting us in so many ways...As I said in a previous post, we are all simply carers of what belongs to God, and each of us plays our special role in it...

We're really thankful for Mike and Ed who generously lend us 8000BP (+/-10.000 Euros) to be able to pay back to Yves and Regina the total amount of 30.000 Euros by April last year...
But we're almost in April again and we need to be faithful to our word and pay them back the money...
We must have around 1000 Euros that some people have been giving throughout the year, so we still need to raise 9.000 E more till April to cover up the total amount...

We thought we could sell our olive oil to help, but this was not a good year for the trees, so we cannot count on it...we just got 30 liters this year, which is not even enough for our regular use...

As I was delighting myself few days ago with the beauty and the amazing smell of the little Almond tree we planted last year, I was reminded by God of His promise last year as you could read in this post ...
“The word of the LORD came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?"
"I see the branch of an almond tree," I replied.
The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled." (Jer1:11,12)


As it happened last year, we'd like to offer you again the opportunity to participate in all that God is doing among us and donate some money to this land... it doesn't need to be much cuz we've been also learning that "little is much" in the Kingdom of God... consider it as a seed that God will multiply... consider it like planting a tree, proclaiming hope to this land and to God's purposes...


we have the official papers as well (after almost a year of paperwork) and the land is now in the name of an Association we formed 4 years ago in Lisbon called "White Stone", that anyone is welcome to be part of...
So here are White Stone's bank details...
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White Stone – Associação Recreativa e Cultural
Banco Millennium BCP (Portugal)
NIB- 0033-0000-45315758012-05

International transfers:
IBAN- PT50-0033-0000-45315758012-05

SWIFT- BCOMPTPL

Address: Rua da Santa Rita, 78;Almoinhas Velhas;2755-199 Alcabideche - Portugal


Share with your friends as well... you can also make different initiatives, like the "Jesus Freaks Community" in Cologne who are setting up a big party with concerts and making t-shirts to sell to raise money for the land :-) Thank you guys... this community as been a blessing to the land in many ways !!! They are beautiful people !!!

This is already a miracle land... and I'm not only speaking about raising money, but mostly about people's lives being transformed, people finding the peace and rest they were longing for, people being literally delivered from death, people being affirmed in their identity and a barren land being transformed into a beautiful and peaceful garden :-)

Thanks to you all ...
And thanks to God
who make impossible things come true !!!
Above all , pray :-) that's the most powerful gift...

PEACE