StoneHaus Chapel
The winter season, with its short hours of sunlight and less than favorable weather at times, has caused us to place the Chapel building preparation project on hold.
However, Chapel services continue to be held as regularly scheduled in the General Overseer’s residence. Friday night prayer meetings have continued to be blessed with the presence of the Lord, as well as worship services and fellowships on Saturdays.
We will continue to meet in the StoneHaus Mission main residence until further notice.
Foreign Mission: Maasai
Praise be to God for the rain He has been sending over the past couple of months. We continue to pray for Him to bless with an abundant garden harvest and thriving livestock.
Maasai mission has three plots of land on which to build rental housing to help several families within the community. Indigenous missionary, Bishop John Tino, says, “Generating an income through rental property will help the local mission be financially capable of meeting basic needs, without needing to seek support so often.”
Two plots are located in Ntulele. The third plot is located in Sekenani, where Bishop John Tino has recently stepped in to replace the pastor who fell to a moral failure.
We will remain in prayer for those hurt by this situation. We will also be praying for the fallen pastor to genuinely repent, and that he would be fully restored by the Holy Spirit in God’s timing. Until such time as the pastor shows fruit in keeping with repentance, and with a minimum timeframe of one year of showing such fruit, Bishop John Tino will continue to minister directly to the Sekenani community. John has been a healing presence to the community in this critical hour. StoneHaus Mission is thankful for John’s quick response in addressing this situation. We are also thankful for his wife’s support of her husband, having been faced with the reality that John must be away from the family often, as he commutes weekly to be in Sekenani.
The three rental buildings will each be 3,600 to 4,000 square feet, and will each provide nine or ten rental units. Each building is estimated to generate a monthly revenue of $500 – $600 USD. Maintenance expenses and reserve funds will be set aside from generated revenue. A few units will be kept available for housing missionaries and pastors who visit the areas to provide support to the mission.
At the estimated cost of $30,000 per building, plus 5 water tanks for each building estimated at $500 per tank, this building project calls for raising $97,500 before the end of this calendar year. Construction of the first building will begin when the first $30,000 USD are in hand. All donations toward this effort will be pooled together by One Dollar One Cause. Everyone is encouraged to pray and to give their financial support, and to direct potential donors to the One Dollar One Cause website (www.1d1c.com). Donations should be earmarked “For building project.”
Bishop John Tino and his wife, Mercy, are expecting their new baby to arrive in March or even as early as the end of this month. We are excited for them, and ask that you join us in prayer for God’s blessing of health for both mother and baby.
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