Positive Steps Toward New School Building!

Dear Grassroots Heroes,

There are so many wonderful things happening to get the new school construction started for the Mango Grove Community School.

1. The 40 students in a very small Christian school, Joy Fellowship Christian Academy, in the Bronx, New York raised and donated $2,000 to assist the Grippis Farm community with their purchase of the new land they have been allocated for their school. These little first through fourth graders (in photo above) felt such compassion for the students at Mango Grove Community School that their zeal lead them to ask friends, neighbors, and family to help buy the land for the Mango Grove School. What is most touching about the story is that the New York school is itself without a proper facility and does not have the funds needed to purchase a new school building. I hope and pray that God will bless them for their willingness to share with others first before focusing on themselves!
2. A doctoral student in England held a birthday party, and asked that instead of gifts, all donations go to help build the new school. Several hundred dollars were donated by her friends.
3. The Grippis Farm Community has now been approved by the Ministry of Lands and Cooperatives as a cooperative. They are thrilled! They are now waiting on the certificate from the Ministry which can take up to two months. This certificate is all they need to present to be able to purchase their land with the funds donated by the New York school.
4. A mission team, from We’re All God’s Children in Pennsylvania and two churches in Virginia, is fund raising to build the new school building on the new land. The first funds were given to the Grippis community this week to get them started with their construction. 20 big hammers, which they requested, will be purchased for breaking rock which they are collecting from their own area. This crushed stone will be used to make the cement blocks for building their school. The same mission team will also donate funds to purchase two concrete block-making machines. The people of the community are donating their labor for clearing the land and for breaking the stones.
5. 5 members of the mission team will be arriving on August second in Grippis Farm to assist the villagers with their construction of the new school.

God is so amazing! He puts his pieces together in his perfect way, in his perfect time. What a joy to watch him work! If you would like to help the village build their new concrete block school, you can make a donation today for that purpose. The total needed is $135,000 – a seemingly impossible amount. But that is what we have thought before, and God has provided! If you would like information on how your business or church can participate in the “Build A Wall Campaign”, please write to me at tanya@grassrootsheroes.org. How is God prompting you to respond?