- Thu Apr 26, 08:54 AM
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Since December, our community home has often felt more like a construction zone than a peaceful place of hospitality. I can't express enough how amazing our inhouse community members have been about this difficult period of community life - they bore it all with grace. Thanks guys!
Praise God the end is now in site! The snag we encountered that slowed down the project for a time has been resolved and we are now looking forward to being able to celebrate the end of the work in mid-May. The celebration will be even sweeter because it will involve welcoming several new members into our home.
With the completed renovations we are move from having 4 bedrooms to 8. This will be an exciting transition but we know it will also have its challenges and we appreciate your continued prayer support.
Although prayer is certainly key, there are also other ways that you can get involved - maybe it's time to prayerfully consider if one of those new bedrooms might just be for you? Maybe you'd like to volunteer to help us with the final touches or massive spring cleaning we hope to do at the end of all this work? Or maybe you can help us complete the work debt free? Contact us for more information or head over to our Donate Page.
And once again, thank you for all of your prayers and encouragement. This has been an important season in ministry for us - and we look forward to what God will bring as we begin to open our doors to even more people!
- Thu Mar 29, 10:25 AM
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This week the house has been filled with new energy and enthusiasm as a group of high school students on MB Missions’ SOAR Heartland program have graciously given up their March Break to come and help out with our renovation projects. It’s been a HUGE blessing to have them at the community house! Thanks girls!
I also want to thank everyone who has been faithfully praying that God would resolve the “snag” we encountered in our building project earlier this month. I am thrilled to report that while the situation isn’t fully resolved, we are feeling God’s hand at each step and are increasingly confident that things will work themselves out.
The issue is relatively technical to describe and you can contact me if you’d like more details but the short version is that there was a difference in interpretation on a specific piece of building code between several city inspectors. If the decision went one way, we could complete the project as planned and on budget; if it didn’t, the budget and timeline for completion would both have almost doubled.
There are many things to give thanks for in this process but I want to highlight two in particular:
I am deeply grateful for the amazing team at Renos by James who are doing this work for us. At each step in the process I have felt a deep sense of confirmation that God chose them to do this work and I couldn’t be happier with that decision. I’d almost… almost… want to start planning another project just so we can keep them around longer. Thanks guys!
I am also deeply grateful for all of you. When surprises come out of left field there is nothing more comforting than knowing that there is a community of people who care and are willing to pray and send along words of encouragement. I have no doubt that your prayers are being answered in this phase of our project. Thank you so much!
- Fri Mar 9, 02:11 PM
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Hello Praying Friends,
Please dust off your knees and pray for our building project today. We’ve hit a snag that could make our project become both more time consuming and expensive. We know that God is up to something and has a plan but we have no idea what that plan may be. Please pray for a spirit of calm and creativity for all involved in working together to find a solution to this latest challenge.
We are truly blessed to know that we are not in this alone. Your prayers, encouragement, and financial support make it possible for us to do what we do. A change like this can be a scary thing but knowing we’re part of a larger family makes all the difference!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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