Garden Test Passed

The field next to Harvest Chapel needed a crop grown before the church could buy it for parking and a kids play area. Squash, corn, beans and tomatos were grown. An application was submited to the Farm Review Board and it passed. So we have the green light to submit the papers requesting rezoning of the land- the church can't buy farmland so it has to be zoned multipurpose.

So we now have a pile of squash, a freezer full of corn and beans. Thank you Jesus.


And the renovation continues. A 70 some year old man who is thrilled at the new church start vision comes every day Martin is onsite to help with whatever needs done.
Building is definitely different without teenage boys helping!! 2 days a week instead of an allout effort makes progress slow- however, English calsses were help on Oct 2.
Hopefully I remember the camera this week.

Garden Produce

While the summer team was here, the garden was put in. Corn, beans and squash. Well harvest time has come- be nice to have the team back. Ruth and Naomi picked beans for 2 hours and only got done 1 1/2 of 6 rows. Thankfully we all like beans and we know that at least we will have beans this winter.

The corn and squash are looking very good too.

Renovation

The shutters are no longer down- walls are going in.

The future dining/fellowship room mostly has a floor- finish framing it in tomorrow, and 4 walls. The sliding glass door is not in place yet. Plumbing starts tomorrow by a contractor, and electricity has begun.

The entryway and toilets are framed and cement poured. Need to build something that looks like an entryway and put a cross on it.

The men poured the footings for the wall in the santuary as well- the floor in there will have to wait until funds are in hand.

With only Wednesday and Thursday fro Harvest, the weeks go by very fast.

As a result the launch team decided to put off the official start until November. That should give lots of time to get things moving- maybe even have parking by then.

Purchased at Last

The search began last October, narrowed down in January to the place purchased at the end of July. The application for rezoning was approved on July 29th, the deal was completed on the 30th. Beauce of the Ghents vacation, renovation did not begin until today. Alas, I did not take a camera... next week.
The wallboard was ripped off and cleaned up and the framing for the floor begun.
Lack of lights and energy means the floor will not be down until next week.

The elders have begun a cash only policy- no more loans if at all possible. Pray that we would have all that is essential get get up and running.

The Garden

One of the conditions for buying the field next to the Harvest Chapel site is that a crop is grown.

The owner has no intention to grow anything so it is up to us. With the summer team and the Mortleys help, that goal is well on the way to being met.

Squash, corn, tomatoes and beans are all starting to produce.

Hopefully the paperwork can start soon- it will take about 5 months for rezoning etc.

Picture taken in July.

First Prayer and Praise Time

June 29th saw the first ever praise and prayer time inside the proposed new buildings. There were 32 people in attendance. We are looking forward to Jesus meeting us in a special way over the month.

Gardening

The proposed site for Harvest Chapel has about half an acre that is currently farmland. In order to purchase it in the future we need to grow a crop.
For 2 days the Serve Tsugaru Team pulled weeds, rotortilled, put down pastic mulch and planted seeds. It was very rewarding seeing a weed patch become a garden- now to keep up with the weeding.