South Africa Development Update
House of Prayer Headquarters Renamed ‘The LightHouse’
Most of you have been following the story of our headquarters that we were able to fully purchase in April this year. In May, we moved into the upper office rooms and have been settling in ever since. During much time of prayer and fasting, the Lord has brought two scriptures that have been themes from several prayer groups. The first is John 8, which talks about Jesus being the LIGHT of the World, in Whom no darkness can hide, and the other is Matthew 5, which talks about being a lampstand and city on a hill that all can see your good works and praise your Heavenly Father in heaven. We trust God is going to allow us, in His power, to do just that in our new headquarters. We want to proclaim the Hope of Jesus and pray all will experience His power and love. We pray that all would feel the healing and wholeness He brings and truly, as we serve, no darkness can hide at all in the Light of His presence.
For the last six months, we have been developing a full floor plan that allows us to have six zones downstairs that can be rented separately for income generation projects. When the renovations are completed, we believe, according to calculations, that about half of our ministry costs will be covered by renting the spaces aren’t needed for ministry.
Having this headquarters has drastically expanded what we are able to offer students in terms of classes, seminars, online education, and exposure to business initiatives and other business and community initiatives in the area. We will continue to rent the lower level to our friend, the House of Prayer Church, who is working with Back to the Bible students from 33 different nations of Africa.
We are pleased to report that we have raised $54,895 of the $125,000 needed to complete the Phase 2 renovations of this building. This week we are putting on a new roof that will house a solar system which will significantly reduce the costs of operations and also allow us guaranteed source of power for businesses that rent from us. We are excited for a team of 8 to join us from January 15-25th, 2025, to start the renovations downstairs.