MUCH CHEAPER TO PURCHASE LAND AND TO CONSTRUCT A MODEST STUDIO-OFFICE BUILDING
To assure our survival and stability, RADIO 74 needs to own a small
piece of land in an industrial zone (about 50,000 sq. feet) on which to
construct a modest studio and office building of about 4,000 sq. feet. The
building must include one apartment for a live-in technician and family, and
four small studio apartments for short term volunteers and students. We
also need space for our growing antenna "farm"...satellite, microwave, FM and
Digital Radio transmission towers and antennas.
Residential land is very expensive in the part of France along the boarder with
Geneva, Switzerland ($45 per square foot). But industrial land is much more
reasonable ($4 to $8 per
square foot). The land we need
will cost between $200,000
and $400,000
at current Dollar-Euro exchange rates.
A concrete block structure, plumbed and wired, will cost about $500,000
if built by a local contractor. But RADIO 74 staff and volunteers
...why not assisted by skilled volunteers from North America! ...could put up the building at half price,
around $250,000.
Total project cost: $450,000 to
650,000
Our annual operating budget, about $280,000, contains
no fat. Not a penny can be pinched towards this urgent project.
Success appears
humanly impossible. And with the fast shrinking dollar
coupled with gloomy economic forcasts, the challenge has multiplied. But with God, all things are possible.
Please pray with us asking God to supply... that He will touch hearts, for an
outpouring of love to see this project through to victory.
We seek neither comfort nor luxury... only that God's kingdom be rapidly
advanced... particularly were the advance of the gospel is struggling most, here in Western
Europe and in North America.
We thank you in advance and are deeply grateful for YOUR contributions!
"My God shall supply all you need
according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:19