DECISIONS...Decisions...decisions

Here are some thoughts I have had as of late about putting this together.

• We have a price quote on land, just under $4000/acre. There are 5 acres that are in close proximity to Hopewell and a nice and safe positioning for a guest house. Total cost than just for land is just under $20,000 USD. 5 acres, assuming it is a square piece of land...however that is very unlikely...but for this case lets go with a square piece of land that is 466.7' on all four sides. Our drawing with fences is 120' x 140'. That leaves a lot of extra space for growth.
• Here is a question out there for you: What makes a quality community? When we bring more clean water to this area of Barut will more people come? What if we brought more jobs would more people come? What if we brought high quality and reasonably priced food would more people come? When we use the money to invest in the area by adding more clean water, more food, more jobs, micro-loans, etc...will people trust more than they question? As we add jobs, improve the community, and the Hopewellian students are investing their time to learn these skills and taking these job skills, experiences, and work ethics to other parts of the country/world? What about education? With an increase in international visitors...how fast can the Hopewell school infrastructure grow? Can we get a full school building with a school farm, computer labs with internet, Jr Academy with age appropriate toys, games, and experiences, a technical school for high school graduates that are not going university where students can learn trade skills, a high school job program to help students pull their families out of poverty while learning life skills?
• How do we pull in more international travelers with an emphasis on charity and volunteering while highlighting the natural beauties of the Kenyan lands and the Kenyan people? This week I will be making a list of travel magazines, websites, and blogs. In addition to this we are going to need to find a huge group of travelers for this coming summer...wouldnt it be sweet to see IV-Hopewell open up and be booked for the entire months of June and July and parts of August? Lets say 100 people stay at IV-Hopewell during the first few months. Now take those 100 and their positive experiences and multiply it...what can happen next?
• My vision still is to have International Villages across the world. People can rest assured their money from their stay supports locals through jobs, charity, infrastructure, and promoting more international exposure...all while saving money from traditional hotel stays and tour brookers. How about the beach in Unawatuna Sri Lanka? Ravished by civil war, tsunami, and poverty...the people of Sri Lanka are amazing. Can you see it WTW's IV-Unawatuna.

Dear friends...we can do this...think big, pull it all together and lets change the world!