Big improvements to the building's exterior

The exterior stucco has been repaired and the building has been painted grey with white trim.

Well, it's been more than a month since I have been able to post an update.  We had a work day earlier in August, but then were forced to take several weeks off because of other ministry obligations.  During that time, however, the work continued in our absence as we contracted with a local professional to repair the exterior stucco of the building and then give the outside a fresh coat of paint.

I was looking forward to seeing the newly updated exterior yesterday when we arrived to work on the building.  Everything looked great.  The outside of the building looks so much nicer now that it's been cleaned, repaired and painted.  Several neighbors made a point to tell us just how nice they thought it looked and how much they appreciated the improvements we have been making to the property.

This side of the building needed the most repair to the stucco, but we are very pleased with how it looks now that it has been repaired and painted.

During the afternoon and evening hours, we had the privilege to talk to six neighbors.  Some we had spoken to before, but most were new people that we just met.  There has been a lot of curiosity as to what is going on with the building so we have been sharing about our vision for a church and letting them take a look inside to see the progress we're making.

We spent the evening cutting the grass, removing more garbage/clutter, repairing some lights and painting some trim.  We also made a change to the color of the front doors.  They were bright red, but we didn't like how that looked so now they are being painted "Norwegian Blue" which is the same color we used on the accent wall behind the stage area.

As schedules allow, we are going to keep aiming to work at the church at least one day each week until we have the building updates completed.  We still enough to do to keep us all busy for a while, but the progress is starting to become very evident to our volunteers and to the community.  Thanks for your continued prayers.