Category: Update

• PRAISE THE LORD! We began our sewer re-route this week. We are currently looking around for the best deal on the materials.
• Our men also began to prepare for the trench, where we will drop the new sewer line and electrical.
• Our volunteer men began removing the sidewalk by the fellowship hall so we can dig the trench.
• Edison also came out this week and started the pole relocation project, they will do it in steps.
  • Step 1 is complete, one of the new meters is installed and the construction power is now live.
  • Step 2 Edison needs to replace another power pole next week that will support our new transformer.

• We made much progress this week clearing the site preparing for the ground breaking ceremony.
• We also had another week of the skip loader rental at no charge!
• Much time was spent on performing dirt containment and preparing for the grading.
• We bagged several hundred sandbags and repositioned the construction fence.
• Shane Manley, who is heading up the electrical underground project, is getting ready to start this project very soon.
• Tal Neumann and Kevin Castanon both spent time this week planning the onsite sewer relocation and trench layout. Both of these projects will be done by our great men, which will save us tens of thousands of dollars!

Site Clearing Update

• This week our mighty volunteers have worked on clearing and leveling the construction site. They have done a great job!
• We are approximately 85% complete and are expected to be done before our ground breaking ceremony on August 30.
• John Ellis also gave us several free days this week on our equipment rental. The equipment rental is $275/day!

Construction Preparation Update

• We had our material delivered for the underground electrical feed that we will be doing ourselves.
• Shane Manly is heading up this project and is doing a great job He and our volunteers will help us save over $5,000 in labor alone for this project!
• We also are moving forward with the sewer reroute. Our engineer came out and staked out the run and marked the site up so we can dig the trenches in the proper location.

Special Building Blessing

• Since we successfully recycled the required amount of debris in our demo project, we received a $3,000 check from the city for complying with their “green building” policies. PRAISE THE LORD!

God is truly showing His favor on our building program. He is sending us many blessings that we never expected.

• This week, we rented a skip loader and material separator screen.
• John Ellis, from Ellis equipment, gave us a great deal and donated 8 hrs of his time this week to operate the equipment.
• The Lord has brought us many volunteers this week to operate the equipment.
• The site is leveling out and we are in the process of weeding through all the dirt to remove the concrete and debris.
• We had some lighting on the temporary power poles installed for night time security and safety.
• Richard Lazo had a meeting with Joey Abrot, Pastor Abrot’s brother, who is providing the steel for Bethel Baptist’s new building. We are looking forward to see how the Lord may use Joey to help us on our building project as well.
• Richard Lazo also had a pre-construction meeting at LBWD to coordinate the main sewer reroute with the inspector and city engineer, and we are expected to pull the permit for this work next week.

We praise God for each blessing we have received in our building program. We especially praise the Lord for Richard Lazo and the great job he is doing. Please continue to pray for wisdom and God’s blessing on our building project.