A wall in 50 days..Nehemiah (and God) did it, why not us?

We found out a few days ago from the City of Phoenix that because of the zoning area our church sits in and because our property fronts a major street and residential houses, a chain link fence isn't an option. We need to go with a block fence, a six footer. We need it to be 1,440 linear feet. Thus far, the bids we've received are between $28,000.00 and $34,000.00

Funds are being raised from different sources, including at least one local Rotary club and the possibility of a few more Rotary clubs joining together to help us. We're also exploring the possibility with Rotary that there might be a fencing contractor who would be willing to donate some materials or labor, or maybe even both to lower the cost, or maybe even cover the entire thing--which certainly is feasible based on what God has already done to get us this far.

We really need to get it done by mid-June, about 50 days from now, (I think I've heard about that being done before!) If we do so, then we would be on target to have the soil prepared, the refugees trained, and planting started the last week of August for the fall growing season here in Phoenix.

Pray that we get the right 10 families. Currently we are looking at 4 Chin families, (from Burma,) 2 Karen families, (also from Burma,) and then 2 Bhutanese families, and possibly two families from an African country.

Phoenix 10/40 Interface is becoming a reality. More on this next time.