Guess who we found living in the attic...

The outside of the building looks nice on days like today.  The stucco has been repaired.  The exterior has been painted and the doors are sporting their new color.

As you can tell from the series of pictures we've posted, there has been a lot of work that we've had to do on the building to get it ready to start hosting worship services, Bible studies and other community events.  We're starting to feel like the end is in sight and in the coming weeks, we hope to have all the painting complete so we can have the flooring installed.  (We're waiting to do the flooring last.  That way, we don't have to worry about paint drips.)

This past week, we had a couple groups go to the church and work for several hours.  We were able to load a trailer with more of the junk we purged from the building and the back room where we've been collecting all the clutter is now just about empty.

More junk being purged from the building

Before and after of the back room.  It was piled high with clutter.  Now it's just about empty.

Mike Ivins, a contractor from Core Creek Community Church is helping us with some of the additional repairs that need to be made to the building.  This week, he repaired the vent at the crest of the roof.  It had been bent by animals that were getting into the building, so he fixed it and put a metal screen on it to prevent animals from attempting to enter the attic again.

He also started work to repair some of the damaged ceilings and is fixing the front window areas where we had a damaged stained glass window. 

While Mike was up in the attic working, he came across a creature that has been doing some damage to the building.  We previously thought it was a squirrel that had ripped apart speaker mesh and left a mess in other areas.  It turns out, we have a raccoon living in the attic.  We're giving him an eviction notice.

There has been a raccoon living in the attic.  He wasn't happy about being found.

 That's all that's making news for now.  Thanks again for your prayers.  We're getting much closer to the day when we'll be able to start hosting meetings and other events for the community.