A report on one of our missionaries that served here..

Just got a wedding invitation from one of our Elders that served part of his mission here in our wonderful Rockport. Many come and many go.....some keep in touch and some don't...so it is exciting when one of them lets us know what is going on in their lives after the mission.

Lance Porter and his bride-to-be......

For Sale or Lease

Well, the signs are up. The owner against our wishes has put the building up for sale due to the fact that we will vacating it in the fall. So, that's good news, isn't it? As much as we want, like and love the old place, it will be nice to finally have a "permanent" home.
So, here is what you will see when you drive by our present location. Our "temporary" home.

  And here is the update on our "permanent" home....coming right on along....

Looks like a lot is going on inside as well as outside. I may have to get my steel toed shoes and hard hat and venture inside...LOL

Talk about Raising the Roof.............

The shingles are on and work seems to be moving right along. The parking lot is being poured slab by slab. The storage building continues being worked on. The dumpster site has been identified with the large guard posts embedded around the site.(Does the dumpster need to be guarded?....Okay, okay, I know what they are really for, LOL )

It is truly exciting to see the changes that are being made and how nicely everything seems to be coming together. Time is speeding by and we will be able to have meetings there before long. Yea..................

 

Layers and updates.

So, the beginning of this week, I went by and they were putting on another layer of roof. So, we have the initial layer of 4x8 sheets, then the black rolls of material, then strips to form some kind of air pockets, then another layer of 4x8 sheets, then another layer of the black rolls and THEN shingles!!!!
Yea, it is beginning to look like a real building that can and will be finished SOON!

                                               THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK

                                               Progress continues and the bricks are here as well. Evidently they have set up a model as to "how" it will be in design. I don't know how they "do" these things, but this little wall was at the back of the building about 20 or so feet away under this tree....

BUT WAIT..................................................there's more..................................................

Tucked away from the building is another small structure going up. Looks like the utility building to house the lawn mower and "things". Now, what I am unsure about and a little puzzled is the forms that they are building and looks as if they are going to pour concrete. Now, my question as a roving reporter.....ah, I'm NOT a roving reporter, I am just a curious bystander......is this another pad for something OR is this the parking lot? or what? I just had in the back of my mind that the parking lot would be asphalt, but I don't really know, so.........looks like I will just have to wait and see......................so, until next week on another epilogue...er.....update...... I will continue to view things.....my way.

Getting ready for the roof

Updates this week on the building is a lot of inside work while the roof is going on. Went by Sunday since it had been a couple of days since I had snapped a shot and I was very surprised to see men there working!
They were taking different pieces of the duct work from the steel containers in and out of the building, so, I assume they were installing them. The gates were locked, so I couldn't get any closer to see.

Then when I went by today, more work was done on the roof, but again, I couldn't get inside. (I'm really not suppose to go on the grounds without permission and a hard hat. LOL

Spires from a different viewpoint

Went by and looked at the progress of the building and the frame or base for the spire is set. and the front of the building has a wall. It's really coming together. It looks like all of the heating and cooling ductwork is on site just waiting to be installed.
Seeing the beginnings of the "spire" reminds me of an incident with my little four year old grandson when he and his mommy were doing errands in the car in Utah and was going through several different neighborhoods, thus passing by a lot of different meetinghouses, churches and even the temple. So when he saw the temple, he said to his mommy: "there are temples in every city, huh Mom?" his mommy told him that there were many temples all over the world but that they weren't in every city. Well, she could almost hear the wheels turning in his head when he asked: "Well churches look like temples, huh Mom?" She replies that they were sort of alike because they both have spires. He then said very emphatically: "Yes they do, huh Mom?"
Then there was silence for a while and then he said.........."Mom, do I even know what a spire is?"

I guess I'll never see another spire without thinking of that. Love that little guy.

Another update

Our new church meetinghouse is moving right on along. It is going up, up, up.........It is hard to maintain my excitement.
so, here are the latest and greatest.

The actual roofing boards are on and the temporary center support has been replaced with the permanent spanning support joists. (How's that for building lingo? actually, I'm guessing on the correct terminology.....LOL)

More to come........................