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You know, what a great day
to be out on the
new site for Grace International School
the fact that it's the day after the court verdict
is what makes it great because as most of you will know by the time that
you see this video
that Grace
basically didn't gain any ground
in the lawsuit. Things basically stayed the same from the lower court's
decision
and we decided to take a hike out here because I wanted to talk to you about what's
on my heart. Last night when I was praying and thinking about coming out
here today the scripture
without a vision, the people perish
and this year
as we're
promoting in talking about what's needed to build
this new campus
the advancement department has come across the phrase ripples of grace.
And I want to share with you
how I see
the scripture passage
without a vision the people perish relates to this idea of ripples of grace
I also don't think it's a coincidence today when we arrived on the property
that
there was a group of women and children harvesting
one of the small sections
where we planted rice on the property that we're using in our
cafeteria at school
to me that picture
is an example of the great harvest that
is taking place throughout Asia
and you know that ripple can't happen
through the ministries and the lives of our parents
who are church planters,
who are Bible translators, who rescue women from being trafficked,
who insure that children
who don't have parents
have a safe place to live in an orphanage
those are just a few examples of the incredible number of ministries that the
three hundred and thirty-four missionary families
have throughout this region
and that ripple that those parents
ministries have throughout the twenty four countries where they're involved in
ministry
couldn't happen without Grace International School and as
the courts decided
that we now have to walk away from our property
we're left with
moving forward with
what we believe is God's plan for the future of Grace International School
which is this
incredible site
that's bare land
dirt is being move from one corner of the property to fill up
and raise
the land about a meter to two meters in height so that
we can begin the construction
on the middle and the high school buildings
we want that to happen
and we want those buildings to start
being constructed by the end of twenty thirteen and the goal is that we will be in
those two buildings by the end of twenty fourteen
and so I just invite you to keep praying
prayer is going to be that which makes the difference for us here and I also want
you to think about what you might do before the lord
to help us see these buildings built
by the end of twenty forty thank you so much