We are still on target to get the building done on time. …. for the Fall MTI Semester starting the first part of September!!
God did some incredible work here last week during the July 6-12th POWER WEEK! On the seminary building both VCC and Faith Bible church worked on the building. Together as a team the Lord allow the following things to be done.
Downstairs the wall for the stairway was built; electricity was run to all of the walls and light fixtures. Also conduit was put in to run video and sound in the classroom downstairs. The office and hallway also had all of the drywall hung. A team also did a great job tiling the downstairs bathroom.
Upstairs the roof was constructed and finished over the bathroom and stairway. A closet was built on the upper landing of the stairway. Also all of More progress on the exterior of the building…the Grace contrinues….the rough electrical was installed, skylights were framed out, the roof was insulated and drywall installed (220+ sheets a group record down here!)! Also lots of block was laid and cement was poured in the walls upstairs. We still need people to tape and mud the ceilings and walls upstairs.
The group from VCC also did an incredible youth out reach in the community resulting in having around 120 non-believers come to a church service and hearing the Gospel for the very first time within the walls of a evangelical church! The regular church attendance is between 40-50. Many gave their lives to the Lord and found the love they were truly missing in there lives from Jesus! AMEN! That is what it is all about! God’s heart is that everyone would know Him!
They also installed a counter top and stove vent on the pastors house and had an incredible women’s ministry during the week!
This week we are finishing taping the drywall downstairs and the plastering of The new Roof linethe walls in the office area. Next week we will be plastering the walls in the two classrooms downstairs and tiling the hallway and office area. The week after that we will be tiling the rest of the downstairs, and finishing the drywall upstairs. Also an alumni from MTI said he is going to bring a team of guys in the next few weeks to plaster the whole outside of the building. We will need a big push the 10th through the 23rd of August to finish things up for this semester. Please keep that in prayer and consider coming and being a part of what God is doing! At present I have a few retired guys who will be working here for some time as well as a few small groups of guys coming from different churches! Please pray for more brothers and sisters to come those last two weeks! We will be doing a lot of painting, hanging doors, trim work, installing light fixtures, windows, carpeting, moving furniture in, cleaning, connecting internet, video, sound, and network systems throughout the building. WOW!
We are still on target to get the building done in time. We are still lacking approximately $25,000 for the building and the total amount for the solar power project. Please continue to pray! God is moving!
We are still expecting 80+ students according to Valentin!
We are so thankful to everyone who has been part of making this happen up till now and especially God who is orchestrating everything! Amen! We love you all!
God is good! All the time!
In His grip,
Brent Searway