July 11

I'm back!!! Wow, leave for two weeks and you come back to a whole new church. There has been a lot of work going on. Debbie, the greatest admin ever, has been working over time. She has moved most of the office and Narthex. She has set up the youth room as our temporary offices and set up the kitchen for Pastor Vicki office. She deserves more than a pat on the back, she is amazing!!!!!!!

The meditation garden is moving along. They sketched out the labyrinth today, and will be pouring the cement tomorrow. The electricians have been cutting out lights and putting holes in the walls all day. The plumbers took the fixtures out of the girls bathroom, now it is just a bare room. The concrete has been poured for the new office complex and the first wall is completely up.

We have gutted the Narthex and the offices...it looks so bare. They told us that the walls in the Narthex and offices will come down on Monday. I need to make sure I have my hard hat ready!

June 27

Soak it up, this is your last building update for two weeks. I think you will be able to handle it! They finished the first wall, pretty spectacular! They started digging in the meditation garden. I'm not sure what they are digging for but it looks impressive. We got the most wonderful news that we now have all the permits...construction or bust!

June 25

Super construction work going on! They started building the first of four walls. I have to admit, I am pretty happy the pink wall is slowly disappearing! I buried my coffee mug under the new office complex, so a little piece of me is with this building. :) I am heading out on Saturday for the mission trip, so you will be without your daily updates for two weeks! You will just have to do a drive by!

P.S. Why aren't they wearing construction hats? The sign clearly says they need to.

June 23

They dug a grave today! Okay, it wasn't a grave but it looked like one. I think it was for the plumbing...oh, and the guys let me help dig. That was fun, until I got dirty. They finished the air handler move. If you hang outside in the garden, you can get one wicked tan from the duct work. Now if only they could put a pool out there....

June 18

More of the same stuff. They are working on the air handler, which has made the sanctuary roughly the temperature of a dessert on a hot day. That's pretty much it.

June 16

I leave for one week, and I come back to a real construction zone! Maybe I should leave more often. Any who, they have dug the footers for the new office complex. (I think that is what they call it, it looks like a giant swimming pool to me!) They brought the Ashley trailer but it doesn't look like anyone can occupy it. OH, and the great big news...they moved the air handler! That was quite a show. I think we are in full swing of constructionness (yes, I know that is not a word). I should probably learn some construction lingo. Enjoy the pictures!

June 3

Kevin, my new best friend, started working on the storage closets today. He made it look like a construction zone, so that made me happy. We are still waiting for the construction trailer, which will make it all look real. The drop down plastic isn't tightly secured, so if you are trying to peak, be careful...it will fall on you!! Not that I would know that! :)

I will be away from the church for the next week but as soon as I return, I will update the site.