A lot of last minute details were done today as well as the usual. Thanks for coming out and sharing the glorious 60 degree weather with us!

Sign welcoming neighborhood placed during the middle of the week

Muddy mess of a field…we were thinking of pitching a tent, but looks like we’ll be inside.

sanctuary before group arrived. you’ll have to wait to see the finished look for tomorrow

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New Covenant United Methodist Church Workday

Around 40-50 people showed up today despite the freezing cold. It was the first time for the majority of the group, so they got a tour before they were broken up into teams. This time, the focus was on rearranging the main room in order to get it ready for urban celebration next week.

The trash team was assigned to an area under the overpass.

A lot of the big items were moved to the first floor.

Thank you for all your hard work! For more pictures, please visit our facebook page.

Church of the Servant Workday

Yesterday’s workday consisted of people coming out from Church of the Servant. As usual, the newcomers got a tour of the building as others cleaned up the main floor. Several teams were then formed to clean up the street, mud the walls, and clean up the first floor.

A big thanks to all who showed!

Listening to Tim explain the room the last team cleaned out the previous workday

Mike breaking group out into teams

First floor team receiving instruction from Julie

Every work day will consist of a trash team

Trash team across the street

Trash team by the highway

Mudding team watching Greg prepare the mud

This is for the wall that connects the two living areas

Mudding team close up

Mudding Team

Mudding Team

Sweeping up the front area in the first floor

Alley trash area

Alley trash area

Trash

Individual sweeping in the back

Second stairway entrance

Washing jars

God answered another miracle: About a year ago, many of you know that we started praying for our needs here in the building regarding the carpet, roof, windows, doors, etc…

Here is a summary of the roof journey…

About six months ago, a roofer was on the roof and said, “oh, you have some hail damage and this could maybe be an insurance thing…” we had already had two roofers before and one had estimated that they couldn’t start anything for under a $100k…

So, a couple of weeks/months go by and long story short, the insurance company says yes: there is hail damage and we will need to fix it. And the insurance guy was saying that we will need a new roof.

Well, about 2 weeks ago, the insurance company sent us money that was insufficient for our needs. One roofer actually estimated that it was three times the cost of what we received.

This past Wednesday, God has done another miracle in this place. A representative from a roofing company and I spoke about ways to help with the roof. He had known about us for the past year. Being kingdom focused and wanting to love neighbor, he mentioned his support for what we are all about down here.

He informed us that we were short cost-wise and asked if we had a non-profit status. Because we are not trying to build an organization, I shared my heart with him yet having in the back of my mind that this would not help them out anyway financially. (In fact they would be doing us a huge favor). Upon sharing that information, he mentions that what I said to him would be even more confirmation about why his company should be getting involved. He hangs up only to call back two minutes later to commit to the roofing project in the exact amount of the insurance payment. crazy crazy crazy…I have seen God work miracles, but this one is huge…

Thank you for prayers and believing that the God who wants to see His kingdom come down here on earth is moving mightily over this place and whatever we ask in His name, he will give it to us…let us be reminded to press in with prayer…more prayer than talk about prayer…

blessings my friends, family, and warriors…

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