I want to once again thank everybody for giving so generously, financially, and also giving of your time, especially here locally, for the building renovation.

It's really been overwhelming and even humbling to see the kind of support that we're getting. We are, when I say that we're moving forward by faith, I mean we're moving forward by faith.

What is faith? The substance of things hope for the evidence of things yet unseen.

That's what I mean by we're moving forward by faith, just trusting that God is

going to provide all that we need financially, the funds that we need to finish the building.

And again, we're also trusting that we're going to be in the building November, December

of this year. That my son was just asking me,

do you think that that's possible or is it probable? He got that from me because I always try to,

when he wants something, I always delineate it with it's possible. I don't know how probable it is,

but it's possible. So he's using that against me now on and on me.

So I told him, I said, it is possible. It is probable that we will be in, but it's also

possible that we won't. And I mean, something could happen. Who knows what evil will befall

the land, but Lord willing we will be in by the end of this year.

I want to show you some pictures of the progress, just recent progress.

We're putting in the planners on the exterior of the building around the front entrances where the outdoor seating area is going to be.

This is a better shot of

the North Shore side of the building. This is where the outdoor seating area is going

to be and it's also where the entrance is to the kitchen and the fellowship hall as well.

This serves two purposes. It's both form and function. By function I mean it

keeps all of the water away from the building. This building had some real issues with water

damage, water getting in underneath the building which is why the floor, the ground underneath the concrete floor had settled.

So we've basically gone in and this is really amazing and Eric has basically gone in and

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