For some time we have sensed that the cloud of God's leading is lifting from Lichinga and slowing moving forward, eastward towards the province of Nampula, Mozambique.  As hard as it is to think of leaving Lichinga, we have taken steps of faith forward, crying out to God to make the way clear, the path straight!

This has involved the possibility of purchasing a training center to facilitate a ministry of training and discipling God's people here in northern Mozambique.  The training center belongs to SIL (a Christian organization that translate the Bible, connected with Wycliffe).  They are offering the center to us, YWAM, below the market value of 1.3 million USD and are asking $900,000 USD.  

We sent out our Vision Statement on Sunday, October 26. (If you did not receive it and would like to learn more, please contact us at victorlorifamily@gmail.com)  For two days, it was quiet, with a couple of emails of friends assuring us of their prayers.  We felt the weight of the burden of 900K.  I battled doubt.  Are we so foolish to ask/expect 900K to come in?

Tuesday, October 28, Victor woke up feeling like we mustn't be under this burden -- God calls us to walk up on the water not under it.  Jesus is calling us ...we are to walk and not look at the waves and wind.  That after noon, we had a Nampula team prayer meeting, crying out to God to do what we can not do!

Wednesday morning, October 29, we awoke to find an email (sent yet on Tuesday American time but got here Wed. our time since we are 8 hours ahead) to find the first pledge for .........$300,000!   I was floored!  Stunned!  Just like that, we are a third of the way there!  The plans for Nampula had been plans of faith, of hope -- was God really making them a reality?   Victor danced and laughed and cried at the news!

And since then, the Lord continues to amaze us.  We will try to record some of the stories here and keep a current account of how many pledges of come in so that you can watch and pray with us.

TO DATE:  We have received $389,665 in pledges.  We need a remaining $510,335 by December 15, 2014.

Sunday, November 2, two pledges came in for a total of $5000 that day!  Wow!  Thank you Lord!  Bless those who have given generously, sacrificially!  Then my mind jumped ahead to do the math.  If $5000 comes in per day and we 43 days to go....that will only bring us another $215,000.   Lord!?   And then I was reminded that we add, but in the Kingdom math is done by multiplication.  Did not God multiply the fish and loaves? God was able to take the little we had and multiply it!

Would you believe the pledge that came in Monday, November 3?   What is 5 x 5?  That's right! A pledge came in for $25,000.   Only God!

Tuesday, we received a pledge from a friend very involved in the Lord's service.  She had wanted to buy a different car, replace her car that she is currently driving.  But she felt from the Lord that she was to wait to buy a new car and rather give that money towards His Kingdom.  Then she received our email about the training center in Nampula and she felt that this was where the Lord was leading her to give some of that money!  We were blessed by her obedience!

These pledges received include a contribution from our YWAM Nampula team, a contribution from folks at the SIL center, and from a missionary family working in Nampula.  The pledges have ranged from $15 USD to $300,000.  No amount is to small when offered up in faith!  We are encouraged by each one standing with us in prayer and in finances!   God is doing what only He could do!  Praise His name!