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 Our commission: "To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." (Acts 26:18) |
November 17,2009 - Great News! We now have $10,000.00 committed. Pastor Mark Smith, Faith Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA has committed $1000.00 plus help with printing and publication materials, building or vehicle signage, Bibles and personalized New Testaments. Further we have two individuals who have promised $500.00 each. I received three e-mails from pastors today who are praying with us and are excited about the wonderful opportunity we have. November 13,2009 - Pastor Bill Coffey, Westview Baptist Church, Rocky Mount, NC called and their church would be voting on giving $2000.00 and in addition making us their Christmas missions project. An individual who lives in the area has committed $500.00 toward the purchase! This brings the total today to $8500.00... To God be the glory. Today I am asking the real estate agent to file an adendium to the contract and move the closing date to January 15, 1010 which will give churches more time in order to participate in this project. The real estate agent said he has talked with the selling agent and this should not present a problem. November 12, 2009 - I met with the real estate agent today and finished signing the contract. The owner is giving us access to the property so we can do measurements and make a list of materials needed for the renovations. I also met our neighbor whose home is next to the property. He was very pleased about having a church next door. He was raised LDS, but doesn't attend because of bad experiences with other Mormons. Please pray for him. Bridgerland Tech drafting students sent the prints to the architectural engineer today. He will go over them, meet with Perry City and complete the plans. As soon as he finishes the plans I will meet with the city Building and Planning Commission and apply for the building permit. November 10, 2009 - Today we sent our second letter out to our supporting churches reporting on the progress of the work. You may read it at http://bible-truth.org/PerryNovLtr.html November 8, 2009 - We visited Victory Baptist Church in Orem and their new missionary Kevin Brooks. While at a fellowship after the service I met brother Mike Mullineaux, of Harvest Baptist Church in Riverton, Utah. He asked me to come and preach for him in the evening service. That afternoon on the way to his church Brother Lynn Stanworth, Calvary Baptist Church, Suffolk, Virginia called said they had voted to give $2000.00 towards purchasing the property!! Once again we praise the Lord for His answering our prayers. We now have $6000.00 committed and others have stated their churches are considering how much they will give toward the project. What a blessing to see others who have the vision to see what a wonderful opportunity the Lord has given us. Our vision includes seeing the property purchased, the building renovated and many souls in Mormon country believe and receive Jesus Christ as their Savior. How wonderful it is to be a part of all this. Also while at Harvest Baptist a licensed electrician volunteered to help us with the electrical work we will need! All we need now is to purchase the property and find a licensed plumber and get to work. As you can see the Lord is bring things together and we are praying the money needed to buy the property. November 7, 2009 - Pastor David George called and said Calvary in Tremonton was giving $500 towards the building purchase and that it may be more!! Praise the Lord for His provision. November 5, 2009 - I have found an architect who will take our building prints and go over them making sure they are up to code. He also putting his architect stamp on them so we can submit them to Perry City. His price is very reasonable and much less than the three other architects I contacted. November 4, 2009 - While attending services at Faith Baptist in Layton Pastor Beickel introduced me to a general contractor who has agreed to help us in getting the permits will need to renovation the building. The youth pastor, Brother Hall says he will bring his teens up and help with canvassing the area. November 3, 2009 - Bridgerland Tech students gave me the preliminary prints for the building. They look great. I will meet them tomorrow to measure the perimeter of the property for the plot map. I went by the city offices and made an appointment with the building inspector to make any recommendations he might have. The architect who is helping us said to send the prints to him and he will also look them over. I put a new slide presentation on my web site of pictures of the property. http://bible-truth.org/PerrySlidePresentation.wmv We continue to pray for God's provision. November 2, 2009 - Great News....Another dear friend from Virginia e-mailed this morning saying how excited she was about the work in Perry and has committed $1000.00 to help purchase the property. We are waiting this morning to received the signed papers from the owner. We continue to pray with you as the Lord continues to work!! We serve a wonderful Savior...what a privilege to be a part of what He is doing here. October 28, 2009 -
Carolyn made contact with a lady near here who has made a firm commitment to attend services. We have several other contacts as well. October 27, 2009 - Received another $1000.00 commitment from Grace Baptist Church, Hampton, VA. Only 129,500.00 to go. The papers were mailed to the owner today for his acceptance and signature. We continue to trust the Lord and pray. Received e-mail from a friend locally who has offered help with renovations when they start. October 26, 2009 - Wonderful News! After negotiating with the owner he has agreed to accept $132,000.00 for the property and agrees to pay the closing costs. The Lord is certainly blessing and answering prayer. Today we received our second commitment of funds of $500 from a couple in Mesquite, NV. The couple report they often use the Bible-truth.org web site and wanted to help with $500.00. That means we only have $131,500.00 to go!! Evangelist Mike and Mrs.. Haxton are putting a notice in the Northwest Baptist Newsletter and sending our letter to their mailing list. October 23, 2009 - Great News - Brother Mark Butcher called and said Unita Baptist Church, Evanston, WY is contributing the first $1000.00 for the project! We continue to pray the owner will accept our offer. Thank you for your prayers!! October 20, 2009 - I met the real estate agent in Ogden. The owner countered with $140,000.00. We offered $125,000.00 along with a description of repairs that will need to be done to the building. The owner has not seen it for several years. He lives in Georgia and does not have e-mail or fax so correspondence is by phone and snail mail. We continue to pray God's will be done. October 19, 2009 - I signed an agreement with the real estate agent and made an offer of $115,000.00 for the property. Carolyn and I finished writing, printing and mailing a letter to all our supporting churches asking them to pray about this opportunity and if the Lord would lead them to help us in making the purchase. October 15, 2009 - The real estate agent meet myself, the drafting department director and his students at the property and they made measurement and pictures to begin their work. The director made several good suggestions. October 14, 2009 - I met with the director of the drafting department of Bridgerland Technical Institute about the possibility of getting them to draw the prints for the building. He too was very cooperative and assigned three students to the project and will give them extra credit for their work. Once the drafting students finish the plans I have contacted an architect who will go over the plans and make sure they are up to code. Doing it this way will save us a lot of money. October 13, 2009 - Brother Beickel and one of his men met me at the property and once again was very encouraging in see the great potential and opportunity purchasing the property provides. That afternoon I met with the building inspector who told me I would need to have an architect draw plans of the building to include necessary renovations to bring it up to code for a church. October 12, 2009 - I asked Pastor Jerry Stonehouse, Grace Baptist Church in Logan and Pastor David George, Calvary Baptist Church, Tremonton and a friend who is a business man to meet me at the property with the real estate agent. They all were very encouraging in their comments and advice. After our meeting I went to the Perry City offices and talked with the City Administrator and the Planning Commission secretary about the property. They were very cooperative and said they could see no reason we could not use the property for a church. October 9, 2009 - Carolyn while looking houses in Brigham City area saw a 1 acre lot with a building for $150,000 in Perry, Utah. We drove down to see it and were impresses with its potential as a church. We called the number on the sign and when someone answered the call was dropped. I waited a few minutes and called again. This time Brandon Courtney answered and said he could be at the property in a few minutes if we had time. While we were waiting the phone rang and the first agent we called asked us if we had called him seeing our number on his phone. We explain that Brandon was on the way out. After showing us around, we began talking with him and found out he was Christian and attend a Baptist church in south Ogden. I explained to him what we had in mind and asked him if he would keep us in his prayers. He then said, "Let's pray right now!" Certainly, the Lord was working in directing us to a praying Baptist real estate agent in Mormon country. He e-mailed me Sunday saying he was excited about the possibility of seeing a church started here.
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