I am happy to say that this week, thanks to the generous responses of readers of this blog and supporters of World Wins International, that we were able to provide $2050 of the total of $4500 needed for this project in only a few short days.  I have been in contact with Pastor Sackey, and he said his church raised an additional $800 from their members and the community, which means that they were only $1650 short of the full purchase price, which the family has agreed to take on payments.  Praise God!

Thank you for your support of this great acquisition.  If you missed the original post and would still like to participate, we would be happy to let anyone who wishes help pay off the remaining balance on the land.  Simply contact us through the website, or go to our secure online giving page.

We, along with Pastor Sackey and his congregation, have been praying that the family who owns the land parcel adjacent to the Revival Harvest Academy school would decide to sell the property to the school for use in expansion.  As of last week, they are now ready to sell.  We are looking to assist them in financing the $4500 total price tag, $2000 of which is needed as a down payment immediately, as there are a few other interested buyers in the wings.  Allow us to share with you why we feel this is a great opportunity not only for them, but for a few of us as well. The key thing we would ask you to focus on here is not the purchase.  It is the potential.  Let’s explain.

About seven years ago we heard about a similar need.  We decided, along with 9 other families, that if each of us could contribute $300, we could quickly and easily raise the $3000 needed to install a water tower as a gift for Pastor Sackey, the first of its kind in his village.  When we made the decision to invest $300 in the water tower, we only saw the water tower.  In that moment, that happened to be enough, but who knows.  Another week, or if we had just had a car break down, (or if the economy was doing what it is today) we may have responded differently.  We would have missed out on one of the best lessons in our life.

What we would have missed was what that water tower enabled. In the last seven years, that water tower has proved to be the single most important catalyst for the development of what is now a school providing meals and an education to over 300 young children daily. 

THIS LAND IS THE NEXT WATER TOWER. This property is not the payoff.  The ability to expand, and the potential that this land represents over the next several years is the payoff here.  Imagine being part of enabling the development of a school that can provide for not 300 but 500, 600 or more children as it continues to grow.

Here is our challenge to you.  Please consider what you and your family can do to help make this land purchase a reality.  It may be $20.  Maybe its $100.  15 of us at $300 and we are done.  Maybe you want to do more.  It is up to you.  We urge you though – be part of this with us.  We will be taking emails and calls all this week, and plan to follow up with Pastor Sackey by the weekend.

The ideal plan would be to donate $2000 towards the purchase, and then loan them the remaining $2500 to allow their church to participate in the payback.  (This would also allow us to re-use this portion of the funds at a later date.)  Lets team up with their church in Somanya and buy this land.  We know where the economy is at, but we also know that we serve a God that says he will supply ALL our needs.  We believe in stewardship of our resources, and believe that this is an investment that will pay back those involved in ways that will transcend finances.  Please, get involved with us.  Its an amazing story to be a part of.
We look forward to taking your call or email.  We can be reached at 208*585*7370 or by email.  We’d love to speak to you personally, however, if you would prefer to simply make a secure online contribution, please do so at our website. 

Blessings, and may you experience the peace of God during troubled times!
Chad and Amy Houck
World Wins Int’l

World Wins Int’l is a registered Idaho 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization, and all contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Our booth space was perfectly placed between Extreme Faith Productions, (a concert promoter who was silent auctioning signed band memorabilia like guitars, framed cd’s, and such), and a company named Z-ion Cleanse, who had set up massage chairs with full body de-tox ionic foot baths.  These two booths were likely two of the highest trafficked booths of the show, so we definitely benefited from their overflow as the new kid on the block.

We all but sold out of our Krobo Glass Bead jewlery, saving only 5 pieces to sell online through our online shop.  That means we have now raised close to $2000 for the well drilling at Revival Harvest Academy in Ghana.  We will be getting more Krobo beads as soon as we can get transportation out of Ghana for them.

This show was also the first time for us to see the Project Rwanda coffee bike,
and we were fortunate enought to get it into our booth for the show.  This uniquely designed long-wheelbase bike certainly got people’s attention, and we hope to see a few of the $200 specialty bikes sponsored by folks who stopped by to hear the story.  These $200 sponsorships allow us to provide a micro-finance loan to a coffee grower from  Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee’s Inyakurama co-op in Rwanda

Rev. Theo Asare, the director of the company, is a former graduate of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK, and now runs a ministry training young Africans on how to use media for the Kingdom.  Through our US contact, we were able to get in touch with Rev. Asare and discuss the possibility of contracting his camera operators and equipment while in Somanya!  The result in a nutshell is that we could record a great majority of the events and days we are in Ghana, creating enough footage for a small documetary and also a phenomenal history and archive of the Somanya project at Revival Harvest Academy.  The cost for covering the camera equipment and personnel will be approximately $3000, only a fraction of what it would cost for this equipment here in the US.

If you can assist us in generating the production budget to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact us by email or phone.  We look forward to seeing how God will provide the needed resources for this great media opportunity!  If you, your business, or local church is interested in more information, we look forward to talking to you.