The on-going Church remodel

Hey all!  Just wanted to let you see what we have been up to for the last month.  Work on the future home of Amazing Grace Community Church has begun in earnest. We are there every day except Sunday doing some sort of prep work to get things ready for the tradesmen to come and start their jobs of plumbing, electrical work and h/vac (defined: heating and air-conditioning ducts and units).

Enjoy these photos of what we have accomplished - but please also pray for us as there is SO MUCH still to be done.

 - - - Clean-up of the building after 95% of demolition took place - in preparation for a small Birthday Celebration of Amazing Grace Community church which we held on September 11, 2016. People took a tour, looked at the plans and signed some of the walls with verses and well wishes.

 - - - We found an interesting signature on some of the flooring that was uncovered, from a remodel that took place in 1954.

 - - - Work began on the outside of the building, looking at the roof repair that needs to be done, painting and replacing the windows.

 - - - Then there is the lower work. The floor in the basement is buckling due to the acidity in the soil reacting with the cement. They were not prepared correctly when they were poured. So we are slowly removing a whole bunch of cement, wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow. We are having cement removal parties in the evening - Come and join us!

- - - We had help come from the states as we began to put up the frame walls! Thanks so much. 

- - - Then the other misc jobs, removed cement doorways, pouring new foundations, building new cement block walls, and moving piles of lumber from place to place in the building as the work areas shift around.  

 

- - - We have many hands who come to help us as their schedules allow, sweeping, moving piles of wood, bringing us lunch, coffee or snacks and swinging a hammer.  We are excited to be making progress on the new church home and will keep you posted on photos as progress continues. Please pray for the safety of the workers on the site and Howard and my strength and stamina - we aren't as young as we were when we built all our previous homes.