Wow! We have quite a week behind us. We’ve been eager to make a short DVD/video film on the vision of Philosophia and “House Nazareth” to help communicate the enormous opportunity this represents. We worked like beavers all week and finally finished up Sunday afternoon just before we had to drive Seanne back to the airport. But we made it! Thanks for your prayers! As soon as we can, we’d love to show it to you.

The interesting thing is that during the production process almost everything that could possibly go wrong did. Seanne - who’s done a fair number of film projects - commented: “Almost every film I’ve worked on has had some glitch. That’s just part of the territory; but this project had all the glitches!” (From computer issues to the digital camcorder we were using for editing breaking down.) Pete Stewart - friend, board member and encourager - commented: “I think we’re doing something to make Satan mad!”

That is the point, isn’t it? I’ve often wondered if, as followers of Jesus, we could somehow calibrate how close we are to the center of God’s will by the amount of spiritual flak we get? (I realize that’s oversimplified, but there is a kernel of truth somewhere there…)

Here’s the current update on “House Nazareth” finances from Dale: donations = $71,240; interest-free loans (until 01. June, 2005) = $451,000. This is part of the “second miracle” of “House Nazareth” (the first was that the Sisters and the Roman Catholic real estate people in Germany decided to offer the property to Philosophia. When God confirmed this and the necessary funds came in by the deadline in December, the next step was possible.) As you can see, there is a long way to go to reach $1,000,000 in donations and longer loans by the end of April: this will be the third miracle of “House Nazareth”. Please continue to pray!