Jonathan & Meri - May, 2009
May 14, 2009
Hey Everybody
Well Meri and I have been officially travelled out. After more than a month and a half of being on the move we are looking forward to some time to settle down and rest. My temporary resident visa is approved and I no longer have to leave the country every 6 months. Now all that is needed is to apply for an extension every year. This is a great blessing as it gives us much more time to focus on our work in Toraja and does not leave us worrying about deadlines, and deportation.
As of my last update I had mentioned that we had possibly found some land. Well I am happy to report that we have made a deal on some land. A few items are still pending but the owner of the land is very interested in seeing our project move forward, and help the people of Toraja. The land is located very near our current house. There is a total of 5 hectares (12 Acres) for us to use for training. As of our agreement with the land owner we will purchase a small portion of the land to build our home and training center and will rent the remaining portion of the 5 hectares. This allows us to display a large number of agriculture and animal husbandry techniques. And have a permanent residence that can display green technologies in building, and power.
We hope to start developing the land this month and are right now looking into to all the technicalities of building in Indonesia. As well we are looking into green building for our home maybe rammed earth or cob and look at solar and wind turbines for power If anyone has any information on green building or knows of anyone who does please contact us as we would love any help we can get.
Love in Christ
Jonathan and Meri
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