Looking for a Church
Martin asked us to pray for his church congregation as
they were looking into the possibility of building a church.
Cost was a concern as they have only 40 members. Here is
God’s answer to his request:
"When we moved here there was about six to ten people
meeting o Sabbath at the Company Leaders house, currently we
have about 30 - 40 people attending (Praise the Lord).
This presented us with a dilemma because after we moved out
of the elders house even the place where we are now renting
is now too small. We started to pray for another place where
we could meet. We were looking for a larger place to rent
but no luck. One day we found out that there was a local J.W.
church for sale for $139,900. Our Church elder said that we
should look into it, but with only $15,000 in the bank for a
building fund it was impossible.
To make a long story short there was a miracle and we now
own a church building DEBT FREE! The price was negotiated to
$100,000 and there was a $50,000 donation promised to us if
we could raise the other $50,000. Within two days $20,000
was contributed from the conference, $15,000 donation from
one of our elderly member, and our $15,000 in the building
fund made it there.
We were discussing at the business meeting that we still
need to get a Piano. By the end of the meeting one of the
members that was not present there called and donated
$5,000, so now we will even have a Piano. When God works He
goes all the way. "
Martin, June 1999.