Renovations
June 15th, 2008 | Category History
Observations from an outsider…….
I recently went to the Community Center for a meeting. I was there early and chose to look around the grounds to see what had been done since I had been there last. The outside grounds needed some attention, like the grass cut and the trees trimmed, but I could see such potential. It will be great to wonder through these grounds in meditative thought when it is completed. I long to see a gardener take on this place…….
I went to the front door and it was unlocked so I went on in. I heard some activity going on upstairs and knew that the Free Christian Church had been renovating one of the large meeting rooms so I wanted to check out their progress. My children had been primering the dark maroon lines on the walls a few weeks before. I entered the room and could see the great transformation that was taking place. I greeted the men in my poor Lithuanian and was delighted when the pastor spoke to me in perfect English. “What made you want to help us with this?” was my first question. His response endeared my heart to him ,”We heard you were doing this and I thought to myself,’ If I were taking on such a project wouldn’t I appreciate if someone would help out?’ and so here we are.” Already we are seeing how this “project” is bridging the gap between churches. It was such a blessing to so many to see a group not even affiliated with us takes such measures to see this vision succeed in a tangible way.
We have been able to use the meeting room several times since then. It is amazing to me the difference.
