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A Year of Investing<br />
<strong>2017</strong> was a year of investing. In construction terminology you would say that we were digging<br />
our footings deep in order to build our building on a solid foundation.<br />
The “building that we are building” is an infrastructure that will eventually lead to a grass<br />
roots revival throughout Western Honduras. One Church in Each Village in this Generation is one<br />
slogan that we use to keep us focused on the goal. We also talk about what it will be like once<br />
we realize our dream of one church in each village by saying it will be a John 1010 Generation.<br />
The John 1010 reference alludes to the abundant life in Christ and the 1010 represents 1,010<br />
churches.<br />
The Moses Project is one of the key programs that we are using to train leaders that will plant<br />
churches in the surrounding region. Ostensibly, the project is a residential center for young<br />
men, aged 13 to 19 years old, that permits them the opportunity to finish their high school<br />
education while learning cutting-edge agricultural practices. While in our program each boy<br />
will train for 5 hours a day in one of the three agribusiness areas that make up the Moses<br />
Project. They will attend school at night to finish junior high and senior high school. They<br />
also receive Bible courses appropriate for their level and age. During the year of <strong>2017</strong> we had<br />
46 boys in residence.<br />
The costs of housing, feeding, clothing and educating these young men at present is funded<br />
by donations. God graciously provided $1,000,000 in donations and another $1,500,000 in<br />
loans that is allowing us to invest so heavily in agribusinesses. In the future however, with<br />
the investment that we made in <strong>2017</strong> combined with the investment that we are making<br />
in 2018 we will one day, Lord willing, be able to generate enough revenue to sustain the<br />
entire cost of feeding, housing, educating and discipling these young men. Autosostenible is<br />
the Spanish word for “sustainable” meaning that at least for the operational costs that are<br />
required to maintain the ongoing operations at the Moses Project we will not be dependent on<br />
donors. Our projections show,<br />
that if things go as planned,<br />
by December 2020 the Moses<br />
Project will be self-sustaining.<br />
So, over the next several years<br />
we will be investing with our<br />
eye on that goal. This will allow<br />
donations to expand ministry<br />
in other areas.
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