Author: Admin

• We need to haul out several hundred loads of soil. We have been praying and looking for a location that is close by the jobsite.
• God opened up Signal Hill Petroleum and a horse ranch. Both locations are a mile away!
• Praise God for our men! Oscar Torres and Ivan Esquivel worked hard at driving our dump truck.
• We had many other men show up every day to help us load the dirt and get the truck turned around quickly for the next dump.

• This week we awarded the steel building contract to ROC Construction. They are a dealer of NUCOR Prefab Buildings.
• Not only has NUCOR been highly recommended, but they also brought prices down to cost. Other bids were above $1 million. ROC Construction came in at $650,000.
• We also received our grading permit—Praise the Lord! Albert helped us by pulling this permit.
• Paul Weeks from the CLAIM Team is assembling a crew of men to come from Georgia to perform our site grading. These men are grading contractors by trade and will be able to come into town and knock out this project for us!
• The Claim Team will help save us tens of thousands of dollars in the grading and in the future on our project.

• We began to backfill the on lot sewer trench.
• The soil engineer came by to perform a compaction test and gave us some tips on backfilling.
• Edison poles were removed.
• Preparations are currently being made to prepare the bed that the gas line will lay in.
• Brian Sluder from Sword and Trowel Missions came and spent the weekend at our jobsite. He is helping us put together a plan to save us $100,000 on our grading. We are praying that he can come back in a few weeks and get the grading done using our own volunteer men!

• Cost Savings–The Lord has allowed us to save thousands of dollars in the early stages of our construction project. We have seen him lead and guide us through the process. God has helped us to save nearly $100,000 so far. We have the most committed church in America! This is demonstrated by the willing sacrificial giving and service of our people, whether it be time, talents or treasures. Its exciting to see how the Lord is blessing our church’s faithful stewardship.
• Rough Plumbing Assistance–We had a great meeting with Bro. Vonnoh (CLAIM Director). As we unfolded our construction plan, he was already coordinating teams of volunteer CLAIM men that may come and help with our project. His son, Joey Vonnoh is a skilled plumber and is looking forward to the possibility of coming and heading up all of our underground utilities for our new building. This is a big blessing and will help save us tens of thousands of dollars in the early stages of our project.
• Grading Information–We received our grading plans two weeks ago and have submitted them to the city. Emma Vargas is doing a great job with gathering bids for this work. Brian Sluder of Sword and Trowel ministry will be here next week to survey the site and prepare a plan to help us perform the grading ourselves. Please pray that we can use a combination of our men and the other skilled men that the Lord is bringing our way. The grading contract prices could be $100,000.
• Equipment for Grading–John Ellis has committed to giving us the best deal in town on all of our equipment. He has also been a big help with our on lot sewer project. Not only has he given us a great deal on the back hoe rental, but he has also has taken time to train our volunteer men. John has given us the compactor wheel rental at no charge (typically $95 a day)
• Pre-engineered Steel–Fred Nour, our structural engineer, is helping us locate several companies and key people to help and advise in ordering the pre-engineered steel for the structure of our building.
• Sewer Reroute–The main sewer reroute has been completed. We were also able to save money on this project by removing the existing man holes and removing the existing sewer line. The onlot sewer has also been completed. This 240 foot sewer line projected was completed with 100% volunteer work!

On lot sewer project

• Last week we completed the on lot sewer reroute. The pipe is in and working.
• We will perform a leak test for the inspector this week so he can sign off on it—weather permitting.

Electrical reroute project

• On Saturday we pulled in the 6 new wires that will power our existing building. It was a big job, but praise the Lord for our men. They used their time and talents to help us save tens of thousands of dollars.
• Edison will disconnected their wires, and we can then land ours and power up the building.