Update On The City of God Land Case

May 19, 2025

Hello family I am preparing to head back to Ghana very soon and I have much on mind on how things will be and even preparing for the mission house. I never got a chance to move in or stay there because I had to leave right before the place was ready.

A few days ago, I had the whole house to myself, here in the US. I had never loved or longed for silence like I did that day. I realized the TV was off, no news just silence. I was alone with my thoughts to talk with God. It felt so good. I didn’t realize I missed that life; the life of solitude and contemplation. Where here, it has been very busy and full of the world in every sense. We have had proms, graduations, family gatherings which I have loved but at the same time feel exhausted from. This snapped me back to the life that I was called to, out of the world.    There are many things I need to get in preparation for my return as well and also for the mission house.

Unfortunately, we found out that the land has been in litigation for the past 2 years as another chief claims that it’s his land and there is an indefinite stop order. I was so disheartened when I heard that because it means we cannot work on the land at all. I know Jesus said, in a previous message, not to worry and to pray but I thought we could bypass this with our prayers, this stop order. But here we are. So, now I thought what to do? How long will this take? What should we do in the meantime?

At night I contemplated all of this and more as I pulled the rhema for the second night in a row that said to listen closely at the door of your heart when God is knocking to speak with you. So, I finally mustered up the courage to listen as I felt Jesus immediately begin downloading many thoughts to me. I had my hands full, so I was unable to stop right away to write them down. But I felt He was bringing light to the City of God mission and our current situation that, although I wanted, to begin working on the land, He wanted me to work on building a prayer community for now. He reminded me of a message he gave long ago when I was wondering how the City of God would come about. I thought it would be best to first build the house for the children and begin there since we are called to the children first. He corrected me by letting me know to build a house for the missionaries first, to begin to cultivate a prayer community. And out of that prayer community City of God would be built. I thought, “Oooooh, okay, so, although we cannot work on the land, and we are not sure how long it will take He is calling us to use this time to pray and help with the spiritual formation of the missionaries until it’s time to build.

So, once I was free, I got my computer and began writing,

Lord, I am here. Many thoughts have come to my mind and thank you for calling me back to listen to the door of my heart to speak to me. I have been anxious about many things and definitely carrying many fears and doubts if I am in your will and if you are pleased, especially when I am unable to have some time with you to pray which is often

Jesus began,

“Well, My beloved, then offer your day to Me as a sacrifice, and it will become a sweet-smelling aroma to Me because everything you do will be an act of prayer. And also come to Me each morning to receive Me. You have stopped yet again because of guilt and condemnation. Who do you think is giving you those thoughts, Beloved?”

As an aside it’s true, I have been struggling with the idea of just rushing to receive the Lord. I always think let me make time later so I can properly come before Him with more respect or time at least to say one prayer or even do the Lord’s Supper. That would be better than just getting up and receiving Him, So because of it I’ve stayed away—because that time never, comes with the responsibilities, that I now have.

I also pulled a second Rhema which I had never gotten before but it said,

“Put aside those fears those uneasy bookings and qualms of conscience and those anxieties which can arise from our concern to achieve holiness and our salvation

Let us take good care not to get foolishly    involved    in all those fears and doubts which like paths leading nowhere only tempt us to wander on and on until we are hopelessly lost.

I thought wow okay Lord you are reading my mail. Sorry.

Jesus continued,

“Yes, it’s the evil one. So come before. I said I would prefer you to come in the wee hours, but it seems giving you a clear direction would help you much better. So, between the dawn hours when you wake, after your responsibilities, come to Me and do the Lord’s Supper. And in receiving Me, listen for My voice. there I will speak to you and give you instructions daily if you come

Now let me bring peace to your mind, beloved. Concerning the purchases you are making. They are in My will. That is why I gave you scriptures on courage. Continue to ask the Holy Spirit to get the necessary things you need for your trip back to Ghana and items needed for the mission house and chapel room”.

Really, Lord? I thought avarice was taking over or I feared it taking over. You know I am just like my mother, Mother Clare [laugh].

It’s so true guys. I laugh with Mother about this sometimes because I used to judge her on many things and now, as a spiritual mother myself, I do the very things she struggled with. I rarely buy things for myself but when I get the green light from the Lord, even when it’s for others, I can easily go overboard so quickly. I thought, wow, so humbling. When I thought, this avarice, and desire for worldly possessions, I had mastered it. I have come to rely on Holy Spirit, asking Him, literally, on each purchase.  If I lose my peace I go before Him to look over my purchases and see if there is anything He wasn’t pleased with.

“Yes, there are many things I have revealed that you have in common, to humble you when you judge another”

Yes Lord thank you for the humility for sure.

“Concerning the land and what seems like a delay, Beloved, it requires much prayer and sacrifice again. Do not be in a hurry. Those were My thoughts earlier, that I am building a prayer community. That is the foundation of each Heartdwellers community. Without prayer none of the communities will last, whether now, or in preparation for the rapture or during the tribulation. It doesn’t matter what ministry I have called each community to it all begins and ends with prayer. The community must be formed in brotherly love and bound by prayer. So, although you are ready to work and build, I am preparing you guys to pray. Pray in the work, use the time you have waiting for the litigation to be over to pray in the work, and to form the community.

“Your presence there will mean much and that is when the real work will begin, Beloved, getting you adjusted again. Much purification and sanctification will happen for the two precious souls there and for you and your beloved as well. This has all the makings of a beautiful family community.

I desired that you would go there much sooner. I know it’s a sacrifice, not being with your beloved always. But I’ve called you guys to separate but intertwining missions. I need you to take care of the business I give you and him to take care of the business I give him.”

As an aside, family, Jesus is talking about the innermost desires of my heart. When I first got married and had thoughts of a family I always wanted us to be together; go everywhere together, do missions together, and never be separated. In the Ghanaian culture, it’s very common even for a husband and wife to live apart, in different countries even, for the pursuit of financial stability. I never wanted that but Sister Ruth and I were talking, and we have found that we have had to sacrifice in this way—being away from our husbands for months at a time for a reason. And now going back, as Derrick and I talked, there may be times he will have to live in the city for a few days each week to do his work while we are at the mission house. He has received a new contract to farm peppers. And although it’s exciting it will take him away for a bit of a time. I also wondered if all of that was in the Lord’s will because, again, it’s not what I wanted. So, I was doubting, a bit, this direction. Jesus, knowing this, answered me.

“When you pray behind him, submit to him, and walk in brotherly love, always towards him, it will leave Me more room to work. That is the life of a missionary.  Your lives are a sacrifice in every sense of the word. As you are faithful to My work I will bless you both. And in due time you will walk together in one heart and mind for the vision and the mission. I am doing that with him now, although he doesn’t realize it. But it’s most necessary for him to follow the path he is on now and I am leading his steps. This farming initiative is in My will. Although things will not happen perfectly and failproof as he expects, every setback, even failure will serve as a lesson to gain in him greater experience and understanding of the work which will be a great blessing to the City of God once the land is released for you to begin working on it.

I will send others in a short time so be open to that as well beloved. For now, It would be good to work on getting their permanent residence for the two souls so who are there to have them secure in that area.”

Yes Lord,

That was the end of Jesus’ message

Thank you, family, for those who have believed, stuck with us, and walked alongside us concerning the City of God mission. It has definitely been a rollercoaster ride for sure so. We begin again then stop then begin again. The beautiful thing is, it’s all The Lord’s doing. Every setback and delay, even if the enemy assigns it, God uses it.

And just as an update regarding the $1000 lawyer fee, we received it finally, Thank you so much to those who donated and made it possible. However, we have another situation that has arisen where the other chief, who feels that it’s his land, said it was his people who were manhandled by the military and is now asking for $2000.00 in order to make any type of assault case go away although they threatened the people on our land, So, we need to pay that by Monday actually. So, please, any donation amount you can give, will be such a blessing. More importantly, we definitely need your prayers. This much opposition or resistance that is coming against the mission, the City of God work, for sure. Please continue to pray for Brother Robbie and Mother Caroline who are there, the missionaries. Please pray for provision for us as well. Continue to pray for the mission, for favor for this court case, and for the true family and the rightful chief. Pray that the truth will come to light, as to who really owns the land. Pray and trust that the family and the chief whom we gave the money to are the true owners of the land, and that we get to keep our land and continue to work on it. So, thank you, family, for your prayers.

God bless you until the next message.

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