Building Project Needs a Miracle
We
have had many miracles surrounding the second phase of the building
project at the base in Long Island. We definitely see God’s hand
strongly in the work, and we know for certain that it is He who is “building
the house”. We were moving along at an incredible pace with the church
teams God had sent us, and we were not certain how far the teams would
get. By the end of the last team project we had made tremendous progress,
but we still had a long way to go and no other resources to keep moving.
When God is managing your project, sometimes you find yourself in a lull
of activity, and since it is not you putting the plan together you have no
way of seeing what the next step is. We have been in just such a lull.
What we are discovering is that God gives us a dramatic pause, looks down
at us in silence, and watches our reaction. Having learned just a little
of the cadence of His marching, we know that now is the time to look up in
silence and smile with that knowing smile of “I trust you daddy”, and
wait to see what He does next.
Rick, Sandy, and the Bahamian board met
to discuss the situation. We know that there are potentially more teams
that will be able to come in 2006, but Jimmy and the leadership team felt
that we needed to bring the current construction to a close. While there
will always be construction needs, we all felt an urgency to return our
primary focus back to ministry. Reuben and Debra, with their two kids, are
planning to move onto the base in November. It is going to be pretty tight
with one 12x12 leadership bedroom and a leadership team of four adults and
two babies! We are still in the silence of the pause, but we are starting
to see Him move again. Friends of the ministry are saying, “let’s
finish this thing”. We are beginning to see God leading people to give
financially for the project so that we can hire Bahamian professionals to
finish the building by November. This is a daunting task. We determined
that the total cost of labor, materials, and fixtures will be around
$35,000. However, it is just like God to do something unexpected and
bigger than we could have asked for. We believe He is going to finish the
building in His grand style and surprise us all with a miracle.
