Signing Leases

In order for our church to build the 2.9 million dollar building we are putting up on our land, we have to lease space in the building out. We are hoping to have a public high school lease the space, but because of the delays on the project they are dragging their feet. We have put them up in portable buildings on the property, gone through the expense of permitting the permanent building with the State ($10K & 2 1/2 week delay) and are finishing the space according to their needs. We also had originally partnered with a day care provider to lease out some of our space too. They have since gotten cold feet and don’t seem to be interested any longer. So I find myself in another faith stretching situation. Without lessors we cannot afford to pay back the building loan. The doors are scheduled to open in January now, and I have to find at least one tenant and walk the school gently but purposefully through the lease process. It has been heavy on my mind this week. God is big enough to handle this, He has brought us this far. But I still find myself troubled over the prospect of having to find a tenant, and playing hardball with the school. Just another example of the ups and downs of church planting!