Progress!!
Construction Continues! The bathrooms have been “roughed in” by the plumber and framed. The front of the building has taken on a whole new look with the demolition of the old and installation of the new...
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We FINALLY have our building permit and construction is ready to begin! Since our last newsletter all the preliminary demolition work has been completed at the building and we are ready for REPAIRS TO BEGIN! RTTT_8_14pg 2 final jpeg
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Praise the Lord! The work has started! In our last newsletter we told you about the building that we have received and shared our vision for its future. We are very excited to say that the preliminary work has started! A precious man from our church, Skip, shared his construction talent with us for several days. Much of the removal of the damaged floor has been done! While the damage was a little more extensive than we anticipated and termites were discovered during the work, we are now ready to start the re-construction and repairs in the main room to make the flooring solid! The...
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Look What The Lord Has Done! 2013 has been an eventful year for us. In January, the Lord moved us from the Houston area back to Vickie’s hometown, Denison, Texas. Moving from the suburbs to acreage in the country has been quite an experience for us personally. As we prepared to move we sensed the Lord had purpose beyond our expectations. Returning to her hometown after more than 40 years, Vickie felt like she was being called as a missionary of sorts to the town she left behind as a rebellious teen. Located in NE Texas, with pockets of poverty and high addictions, Denison is very much in...
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Hurricane Sandy Strikes East Coast October 29th Wednesday, October 31st we deployed On Wednesday, October 31st we deployed to the east coast in response to the great need after Hurricane dubbed,“SuperStorm Sandy” by the media. The devastation we witnessed reminded us in many ways of the destruction after Hurricane Ike in the Gulf Coast region. However, in many ways the impact of Sandy is much more magnified. With the population density of the Northeast, the volume of people impacted is significantly greater than in the Gulf Coast. With basements in most all of the homes, water...
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Friday, March 2, 2012 Kentucky struck by an EF3 tornado Saturday, March 10th Rise to the Time deploys When we first heard of the storms we were concerned for those affected, but we had no thought of deploying as we felt we weren’t “ready”. After all, we didn’t have the truck or RV that are part of our vision for ministry. However, as the week progressed information contin-ued to surface about the needs in Salyersville, Kentucky. As we opened our hearts to hear from the Lord, we became increas-ingly aware that He only asks for our availability. Justin Boland, head of GCRN and...
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When crisis comes, it seems like everything suddenly is going backwards! It seems that times are dark and difficult. But as the Lord shows up and His Church connects with volunteers, officials and those in need, things begin to improve and the load gets lighter. Often, things end up better than even before! We pray that each of us can RISE TO THE TIME IN HIM!