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Excerpts from Lotus House/Why Not Now Ministries, News letter

We continue to see tremendous favor in Viet Nam. Our friends, Don and Maria Whitney (picture of them below), are doing an amazing job of making contacts, building relationships and establishing a Kingdom influence not only in the community of our land, but also in Ho Chi Minh city. Within one to two months we should have our initial permits approved and will be able to begin acquiring permits for building our first children’s home. The government knows we are there to help children and are very happy that we are. Their main concern is our safety since we are Americans. They don’t want to get into trouble with our Embassy if anything were to happen to us.

The Whitney’s, along with the help of a new friend, are making gifts for the neighbors to give away at a cultural event taking place in January for their New Year. As you might imagine, living in another country with another language can be extremely challenging. We have a gift sent from Heaven in a girl in her twenties that felt called to come stay with Don and Maria on the property. She has been educated in English and is fluent in both languages. They said they could not imagine life without her there, especially during the initial first few weeks.

They also have another new friend that is a successful business lady. She has a car and her own driver which is not all that common over there. She has been extremely generous offering her driver to deliver supplies to the Whitney’s when needed. That is a four hour drive each way.  Bottom line is; ABUNDANT FAVOR!

 Starting family homes in another country is not an easy task. Especially with the government system that is in place. I must say though, we have felt honored and well received by the authorities there to this point. Something other friends in ministry are amazed at that having had experiences there in the past. We are not surprised, since we are confident that Holy Spirit has put His stamp of approval on this dream and mandate. It does take time and there are many expenses in the process. I am anxious to start receiving the children and sometimes wish I could just snap a finger and be done with all the preliminary details. However, I know there are lessons, victories and celebrations that are to be discovered in the process.  


Financially, the permits to be allowed to house the children will cost about $2,500. There are many other costs in day to day operations, from hired help to property up keep and repairs. Please continue to pray and agree for favor and prosperity in all the endeavors associated with The Lotus House and Why Not Now Ministries. I am totally stirred deep inside that we are on the verge of making history. I sense that this is the beginning of something huge. Our desire is to influence nations and the best way I know is from the inside out. As we raise up these abused, rejected and abandoned treasures; they will then be released with The Good News to their nation.

This excerpt from Mark Neitz newsletter tells a bit better what and why we are here and how things have been progressing.  It has been slow, especially for us, since we’re used to getting in and getting going. However, God has us on hold for the moment so we're enjoying the nice weather and surroundings.  Perfect for spending quality time with the Lord.  

While we have met some very wonderful and sweet people, without an interpreter it is very hard to communicate.  Don and I are studying the language each night, after giving English lessons to some of the neighboring children, but they seem to learn much faster than we do at our age.

This government and it’s laws are very different than what we are used to in America.  Everything does take time but it would seem that the fact that we are here on the land is pushing things further along than if no one were here yet.  Favor seems to be something that we continue to walk in and we're grateful for it, and all your prayers for us as well.