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Nehemiah Project About to Begin: Construction Teams Needed
With only $85,000 left for the payoff of the land for
the DR Vision, we are excited to begin thinking about
the next phase of the property development, which
includes building a 3'-4' concrete wall around the 46
acres and then placing a 6'-8' chain-link fence on top
of that wall.
Ok, so we are excited about getting to that point.
The idea of rebuilding the Great Wall of China is not
so exciting. We will need to do this however, for
security of residents, buildings, equipment, and
construction sites.
If you think you might be interested in coming down
and working on a construction trip, please write us
today. Perhaps your church would like to plan to
bring a work group in order to help us complete a
section of the wall. We already have a couple of
construction groups planned and we'll need many
more. Pray about helping us get this wall complete.
Also, we are still searching for the best price of
chain-link fence to ship in. If anyone has a contact,
please write us!
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Nine baptized on the beach
We were thrilled to celebrate the baptism of nine
people, Sunday, Jan.21. It was exciting to load up
people in our cars and drive down to the beach to
have a baptism service in January. What a way to
begin a new year. We baptized two men, two
women, and five teens!
UPDATE: Our long-time newsletter readers
will be excited to know that one of those baptized
was Robin Baez, who was saved several months ago.
Many of you sent letters back then, praying for his
salvation. Continue to pray for this family, as they
continue to grow in the Lord and serve Him. They are
a special blessing to our church. Above, Robin
Baez is about to follow the Lord in believer's
baptism.
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Land Update (thermometer drops) :
We praise the Lord for an unexpected gift from a
church two weeks ago; $20,000 was given by a
church toward the payoff of the 46 acres of land for
the DR Vision. This leaves only $85,000 to go. Thank
you for your faithful prayers. Please pray with us
that we can retire this debt this year and be able to
focus on beginning construction! Isn’t it great to be
part of something so much bigger than ourselves?
God is doing a great work.
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Remembering Christmas
2006 ended with a great Christmas Celebration! We
held our annual Christmas dinner at the church. This
year, Alli’s job was made so much easier by
delegating the responsibility to Llodelis Baez. Llodelis
has a true gift of hospitality and took this as her new
ministry. It was a blessing to see new Christians get
involved in the annual festivities with a new
perspective of the true meaning of Christmas.
The Christmas program was also the launch of our
church choir. The program consisted of five choir
songs, a duet, a solo, a quartet and songs by the
Children’s choir. Above, Bethany Melrose directs
one of the children's specials for the Christmas
program.
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