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.
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