Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you all, our blog followers! We trust you will have a great Christmas wherever you are in the world.

Last night we had our 2nd Annual Christmas party here in our new building. We had 56 men, women, and children come out!! We were pretty excited to see all the people here in our new building. Aside from playing some games and enjoying some Christmas treats, I gave a short gospel challenge as well! Please pray for some of those folks to come out to the church services in the weeks to come!

First service!

Thank you for praying. God answered SO MANY prayers to bring us to this point and He deserves all the glory. Our first service in the new building went well. We had 15 people in attendance including our family! I preached out of Psalm 127:1a Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:. I brought out the point that without the LORD's help this building would not have been possible. I could have tried my hardest to get all the work done, but would certainly have fallen short. I then likened that to the fact that we cannot do anything to gain salvation; it is only through Jesus who was born to die.

Leading singing with my guitar!

Look what the LORD has done!

The completed Sanctuary, ready for our FIRST service tonight!!!

Becky and I cleaning up the Sanctuary.

The completed entry-way for the church.

David Parker, the last of our work crew, building a coat-rack and shelf.

Sanding the new pulpit!

Plumbing the kitchen sink (my least favourite of the trades). After multiple attempts, I finally got the leaks stopped!

We're in!!

Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. As of December 1 we are now into the house part of the new building!! GLORY TO GOD! We are still working on the downstairs part and plan to have the first service THIS Sunday!!
David Parker from England/Manitoba is still here and has been such a help with the finishing work.
Things were a bit eventful this morning. Due to the cold temperatures our sewer line froze up and flooded the downstairs bathroom a bit. Thank the LORD there was no damage (only water to mop up) and were were able to get a plumber to come and thaw it out with high-pressure hot water. We still are waiting on the phone company to install our phone line and have a been waiting 3+ weeks. PLEASE PRAY that they will get working on this soon. Thank you again for all your prayers and support!

Becky and I in our new living room!

Dining room.

Hallway.

Progress, progress, progress!

Some views of our beautiful kitchen! It is really so much nicer than we would ever have imagined it to be. We praise the Lord for His provision and for the generous people who have made this possible. Most of the second floor is completed and we have about 1/2 of our "stuff" moved over. We will move the rest tomorrow and Thursday and plan to stay overnight for the first time on Thursday!

The pantry, with the fabulous shelving built by David Parker. David has volunteered to stay an extra week to help us finish the downstairs of the building. LORD willing, our first service in the new Sanctuary will be on December 12!

Much work being accomplished!

Juan Friesen rolling down the vinyl plank flooring.

Working on the kitchen cabinets.

My little qamutiik (ka-mu-teek) loaded down with garbage for the dump.

Becky's father applying the glue for the shower walls.

Flooring started!

Some of the assembled cabinets!


David Parker assembling the kitchen cabinets!


The vinyl plank flooring upstairs is ALL completed thanks to a great job by Juan Friesen and David Parker!

Meanwhile I continue to paint, paint, paint! Unfortunately Becky's parents did not make it in yesterday, so Lord willing they will be in tomorrow! We are still on schedule to move next week! Please keep praying about that! THANK YOU!