Greetings from the Mississippi Gulf Coast

A report on our most recent construction team written by the local church we helped:

The next team came in April 15 -20. Ken and his crew from First Baptist of Perryville, MD drove their caravan all the way to Mississippi, 1200 miles more or less. They insulated the exterior walls and installed the HVAC ducts and inside unit, unloaded, hung and taped most of the sheetrock, ran the main water supply, poured the concrete in the trenches for the drains in the floor and completed the rough plumbing.

Which, by the way guys, passed inspection as well. In addition to that, they built an entrance deck for a man who just had both knees replaced.

They also stripped a roof on another house! They stayed very busy! What a blessing to know all of these people. It was great to have Marylanders down south!! Lynn and I were both honored and humbled to be able to serve along side them. We look forward to their return.

As for First Baptist Church of Long Beach, our building campaign is nearly in full swing. The slogan for the building campaign is “His Church Rising”. Pray for the leadership and various committees as contractors are chosen and work goes forward, that we would “Build to be a blessing and not let the building be the Blessing.”

See also the flattering editorial, Should have called the Baptists, found on:

http://www.perryville.org/2007/04/18/should-have-called-the-baptists