FriSep112009
As soon as possible – that is the short answer! We would
love to move this fall or next spring but since nothing is on the horizon
a more realistic timeframe would be 2-4 years.
If we can find/purchase land then a likely timetable would be to have
that firmed up and owned by us by spring 2010. And if we have
to get a zoning change on the land that will take 6-18 months so we
will start that asap as the land purchase firms up. We then have
to raise money to build which could take as little as 6 months or as
much as 3 years. We need to raise at least a million dollars (after
raising up to $750,000 to buy land) so it could take time.
Once construction starts a likely time frame would be about 12 months
(give or take) till move in time. So overall – we are probably
looking at 2011 at the very earliest and 2014 is possible on a slow
track.
Now all this could change as God could move things far quicker … and
He could call us to walk a much longer path. Our concern
is that if we keep growing as we have been we may not have any building
which will hold our numbers for our ministries – so much prayer is
needed!