Dedicating the Land

Hope and urgency fills the Living Love Ministries Board as they talk about the plans to build a home for hurting children. One key part of everyone’s conversation is thankfulness to God for the newly purchased twelve acres of land and a desire to give honor where honor is due. Looking to the Bible for direction, we see that many of the people of faith mentioned in Hebrews 11 honored God by building altars to Him after receiving land. Here’s an example from Abraham’s life ...

The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your children, I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD. From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel ... There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. Genesis 12: 7-8

In our time, building an altar sounds strange, but scholars of the Bible tell us that building an altar was an outward expression of honor and of dedicating the land to God. By dedicating land to God, we are acknowledging who God is and honoring him with gratitude. So, on December 8th, Pastor Mark Kraybill, Bob Gehman and Becky Jones from the US Board traveled to Kenya to join the Kenyan Board at a dedication for the new land. Along with a time of prayer, trees were planted as a symbol of peace and hope for the future.

Will you help LLM provide hope for Kenya’s hurting children? Lord willing, the building will begin in early 2009. God has blessed LLM with a matching grant of $50,000, so all donations from now to December 31, 2008 will be doubled. (up to 50,000)

May peace and joy fill this Christmas season for you!
Janet Oberholtzer - for the Living Love Board