The Browning's
 
I am learning that in every building project there are ups and downs.  They can never be foreseen, but these emotional highs and lows are to be expected. 

For the last four weeks we have been waiting for several small issues to be resolved.  First, we dealt with a parking issue, which was resolved but then our excitement was halted by a mechanical engineering issue.  This issue was corrected just before Christmas week and then we began waiting for Berkeley County to release our permitting.  I am happy to announce that our builder has our permits in hand and our project is now moving forward! 

Now everyone knows that in America not a lot gets accomplished over the last two weeks of the year with Christmas and New Year's, but I am happy to report that construction crews are in our building and working diligently this week to get our framing walls up.  Below are some pictures of their progress.  We also expect that our frontage sign will be installed in the next seven days.  This has all been such good news to my ears and I am looking forward to our church getting our hands dirty together as we get to work on our part of the project.

Now as to our timeline, we had always hoped that we would be in our building and holding worship services at the beginning of 2010.  Our original timeline suggested that we would have access to the building in January and we would probably have our first service in the building in early February.  Now that we have waded through all these delays, we are recognizing that our initial timeline has been shot.  We expect that we will have more planning hickups along the way, so giving another possible move-in date may be premature.  Our contractor has told us that he needs at least 90 days from permitting to get this job done.  We also have some work that we are responsible for as well.  All I can tell you is this: God is in full control and He knows the exact date that He wants us to be in the building.  We will work diligently to make it come as early as possible, but God is ultimately in control.  Please join me in praying that everything will go smoothly and that God will work mightly through us over the next several months.
 


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