Last time I wrote a bit of an update about where we were at I said that Martin was trying to get a social enterprise project started.  He has worked really hard on it for the few weeks but we have decided that we are not able to start it ourselves.  Martin spent hours and hours working out costs and how much we could make and it turns out it will cost three times more than we first thought and would take 2 years before we would get our investment back.  I guess this is fairly normal but we don’t have the money it would take to start or the money to live here for that amount of time without a wage.  However, one of the local councils in the regions we have been talking to farmers in is really interested in the project and have said they would like to put up the money and pay Martin a wage to get it going.  He has another meeting with them next week to go through the details with them and they’ll tell him if they’ll be able to or not.  I am trying not to get my hopes up too much as we have been promised things before that have fallen through but it would be so fantastic if this were to happen and I do have a quiet faith.  The project is such a good idea and would really assist the community economically, environmentally as well as socially.  Not to mention Martin has worked really hard on it.  I am praying heaps if others would join me we would really appreciate it.

If it falls through Martin is still hoping to be able to work with the farmers who were interested in the product.  They have invited him to speak to their associations about various things including teaching them how they could make some of their own compost using their own waste.  Obviously it would be a smaller scale but at least the time wouldn’t be fully wasted.

In regards to me I have my first doula client who I have been meeting with.  She’s a cousin of Martins and we have had some exciting chats.  The hospital still hasn’t got back to me though despite numerous phone calls so I am also praying that they will soon.  Again I would value your prayers about that too.

As always we just keeping trying in hope with as much patience as possible but it it is getting frustrating……