Back to Kibuye

This piece of land that one day will be the home of SoZo Minstries Africa's Heaven Touching Earth. The orphan village with 256 orphans mothered bu 32 widows... Every time we go here I can hear the sounds of those children playing. The dinner bell sounding and the silence before the dinner prayer. Cows came down the hill and the corner of the property is still the local boat-stop for pick ups and drop-offs. I imagine the boats filled with white and black people who return from the main harbor with soda-pop for special events. I see children jumping from a dock that stretches into the water. Nani and Zoey already made a friend on the land. They played and swam in the lake.
The peace and calm of the place is just amazing. The beauty stunning. One day...

We brought our friends Aaron and Kendra to see the place and they too could see it... Hundreds of children on their face worshipping Jesus. Living in peace and love with themself and each other. Widows that found purpose in life as they love and mother the children. People from all over the globe coming to help and equip the community around and love the children...Keep praying for Heaven Touching Earth. God is on the move, what started with a God given vision will end with a place beaming of Life, full of Jesus and amazing testimonies about our God.

Heaven Touching Earth to be...

Bossi, Bossi, amakuru? (boss, boss, how are you?) We're out in Kibuye on some hidden mountains by our property. The view is breath taking as always. The desire of living on our property with 256 orphans and at least 32 widows gets stronger as I notice this young boy and his friend. Their cloths were ripped, the zipper of the boy's pants did not even close. I wonder what kind of life they live and if they even have parents or hopefully at least a mom.

Bossi... bossi... he yells. What will he say two years from now when he will see us there 24/7?

He makes me smile and the excitement of Gods purposes for this place bubbles inside of me.

We took a boat and went to see our land from the water. As you can see it is huge! All the land you see is for HTE (Heaven Touching Earth!) I remember when we had the dream, visions and the scriptures all referring to this place at the water with orphans and widows living on it. A place where heaven touched earth. Where the presence of the Lord would be so strong. Where people all ages would be on their faces before the Lord, where he would restore them and make them whole...

And now here we are... communicating with architects, writing the plan for this place, meeting with ministers and leaders of big organizations to learn from their experiences. In the mean time I feel so humbled by the greatness of this project. The logistics scare me, the funding needed makes me want to run from it all... I fee like king Salomon when he took his father, David's, place. He cried out to God and said; Oh Lord I don't know how to be a good king help me. Give me a heart of wisdom.

...yet the Lord keeps opening the doors before us. Showing us we are to keep going, step by step obeying him as He leads. It sounds so easy...

We were welcomed to our property by these kids and the cows!

Beautiful wild flowers on our land.

Land Identification in Kibuye

Today was a big day! So we dressed all nice as we would be meeting several government officials. I came with high heels and all! In my excitement I focused on the "looking good" for the occasion to much. We drove with some of the officials in the direction of Lake Kivu. We turned from the mainroad unto a rocky road. After about 10 minutes the road came to an end with the announcement that we had to continue by foot....

What was I thinking... So there I went for another 20 minutes on my heels, sliding over the rocks due to a lack of grip... Feeling like an old woman when Travis grabbed my arm preventing me from falling I wondered why I wanted to look so nice. Wasn't the special occasion Identifying land? DUH....

When we arrived at the suggested land I was ready to set up camp and stay forever. The beauty of this place... The lake, the mountains, pretty birds and butterflies, gorgeous flowers. I was humbled at the sight of such beauty!

The land the government wants to give to SoZo Ministries Africa for the development of an orphan childrens village goes from the boats in the water following the treeline up. The whole area in the photo including the scrubs in the fore ground are part of the land.

The trees in the very back are that same tree line again, all land seen is part of it.

The photo's above were looking southwest. This photo is looking north. The second point from the left, the ending of an island would also be partof SoZo Ministries land....

The land is not ours yet, paperwork and other logistics are still part of the process. Pray fot Gods will to be done and for us to find an architect who can draw plans for rough terrain! God has been amazing us. Today was one of those days where I feel so tiny in comparison to His Masterplan. God is good!