Imagine waking up on a cold morning, and going to wash/shave or have a hot shower, and there is only cold water. Imagine doing the dishes in cold water. Or catering for 80 people, and having only cold water to clean with.

We have become so used to hot water, that we take it for granted, but when the tap runs cold, then we become aware of how useful it is to daily life.

You may say that hot water is not really useful to teaching and training the next generation of leaders in Portugal. It really is not central. Our main thrust is equipping people with God’s word to serve the kingdom of God, whether in Portugal, or in the Portuguese speaking nations outside Europe. We train using the Bible, since it is effective in producing maturity in God’s people, and we also model in our own lives godly character to the next generation of leaders of the church.

In the formal context of the college, it becomes increasingly so as more people are trained and more things are needed: a classroom in which to teach, a place in which to gather, resources and books to read; technology such as computers, and somewhere for students to live . . . all these require infrastructure.