One Life

Friends,

For 1.5 years I’ve been asking you to pray about the opportunity of having a Korean real estate developer purchase land and buildings for a CBS campus. After a long wait and much prayer and fasting I’ll be meeting this man face to face in Korea next Friday over lunch!

As I understand it his wife was praying early one morning and the Lord spoke to her heart, “This year you are to help Japan.” She told her husband who contacted his pastor friend in Chicago. The real estate developer had given a large sum of his own money towards that pastor’s project of sharing the Gospel with the deaf in China.

That Chicago pastor didn’t know anyone in Japan, but after asking another Chicago pastor friend learned about our ministry.

Then the real estate developer suggested the possibility of buying land via his investors group; they would own the land and lease us the land for free indefinitely; they would build all needed buildings for us; we would own the buildings; they would pay for everything.

We’ve had about 5-6 phone conversations with this man and every time seemed very positive. But we kept waiting for a visit from this extremely busy man.

Finally we will meet him next Friday. Craig Chapin, Rev. Yu and I will be going and will give a presentation.

The land we LOVE and are hoping to buy is 1.8 acres (which is an unbelievably huge piece of land in Japan). The land price is $2.2 million (an incredibly cheap price for Japan – 40 times cheaper than other land we looked at). Buildings could be an additional $1 million for dorms, offices, classrooms, and worship hall.

If you feel so moved we invite you to take a 24 hour period of time between now and then for fasting and prayer. I encourage study of the book of Daniel as well as a reminder of the absolute sovereignty of God over kings and kingdoms and every circumstance.

Potentially the biggest meeting in the history of our ministry. I don’t anticipate any concrete decisions until they actually see the land, but this is a huge step forward potentially. Such a provision could provide adequate space for the next 50+ years!

May the Lord who can move the hearts of kings work a miraculous work of provision for His great glory!

* Please also share this prayer request with your church and network of friends!

With thanksgiving,

Michael