Update before vacation

I am going to be gone for a couple of weeks, so I will not be able to do updates on the building. I will be doing updates on some of my travels.
Now, on to the building. We have DOORS!

 Brick is going up................................

It's really happening. the builder is saying that work is progressing and everything is according to the time schedule.

The parking lot is really coming together also. President Campbell is so glad that it is not asphalt. It looks like high quality and very well enforced concrete.

Now what is really exciting.......SHEETROCK....WOW, now this really makes it look real. The rooms are coming together and they look larger now.

Anyway, it is very exciting and we are anxiously awaiting the finished product.  Only about 75 more days.....
More updates when I get back.......until then...................................

We have windows!

WOW, finally, we have windows....AND......the brick is going up!!! Now it is really getting serious. Things are going to really ramp up and get exciting. It's beginning to look a lot like.................................this is getting R E A L !!!!!!!

More parking has been poured, things are moving right on along and it will be October before you know it!

How exciting

Fourth oh July 2012

We had a wonderful time this morning when we journeyed to Portland to share

in the celebration of the 4th of July with our church family. We had yummy pancakes, sausage, fruit and 

drinks. Bob Bailey brought his cannon and to the kids delight, he shot it more than once.

So, tradition continued....................

and fun was had by all.

No steel toed boots!

Okay, I didn't have to get the boots or the hat. So, here are some inside pictures. Last week others were taken on the inside and there was SO MUCH stuff in there, it made it look SO SMALL. (I think I'll stick to the outside.) Now a few days later , it looks a lot better, so here ya go.....

I know that there are going to be a lot of rooms and most of the pictures are kind of looking down the hall, so.......get your imagination going and see what is going on.

Still not a lot going on the outside except that with the rain and sun and heat, the paper is changing colors a little bit. Still waiting on the windows....

How can I sing this one?

"The thrill is gone?".....No, that one won't work cause the thrill is definitely there.............actually, I kind of feel like that Mervyn's tv commercial (Oops, maybe they aren't a national store, but anyway) there is a lady standing outside the door looking in and saying "open, open, open"...only I'm saying..."waiting, waiting, waiting.." So, here is the scoop on why we are waiting.
It seems as if the wrong windows were delivered to the work site. Now whether it was ordered wrong or shipped wrong.....who knows.....doesn't really matter.....any 'ol who....the wrong windows, so now we are waiting for the RIGHT windows.  Which means...no brick laying will be done UNTIL the right windows are put in. So..........waiting, waiting, waiting....... That is why the only change that you can visibly see is........
drum roll please.................................the SPIRE is complete!!!!!!!

So, until I get the hard hat and steel toed boots..........this is all of the progress for now.






Hey, I just got to thinking...maybe we don't need any brick........just picture this...

Old building, old color








   


 


New building, new color.........


We would still be in a coastal color at least.
I'm just saying....................................

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