Well our Indiana team has left us for now. It was hard for all of us to see them leave but, I think more for Joel because it was his home town and his home church. Some of them cried when they left and made me cry too. They shared their love and hearts with us so much this week. They have a new ministry starting called 'The Hill' and I know it will be awesome. The team worked for 4 days on a warehouse that we were able to get, to help the ministry here Praise God. We will now be able to store materials and things when they are donated to us so we can fix more houses. We are all excited. The building was a disaster as you can see by these pictures. We had to wear boots up to our knees and rubber gloves and masks that just make you feel like you could not breath. However, you had to wear the mask because the mold smell was so horrible you could not breath without it. When we opened the door for the first time the smell was enough to knock you out. The building had not been touched in 23 months so we were the first to go in and get everything out. The furniture, carpet, church benches and office stuff all had to be removed. The walls had to come down along with the ceiling. It was infested with mosquito's and spiders and roaches. Even theses pictures don't tell the whole story. The one picture you see of the brown circle board has a large spider on it. The sign actually says Welcome Home and isn't it a little ironic with the large spider on it. The Angola girls were fearsome. They went though that building carrying furniture and carpet out of the building like it was nothing. The guys were great too but there were just more of the girls then there was of the guys. In two days they had almost everything removed and was tearing down the walls. The team has really done a lot of work on this building.
In the ruins a brick was found with the original name of the church called 'Spirit of Praise'. My heart goes out to the the pastor and the church members that lost everything to this disaster. We found personal papers and belongings that couldn't be saved but must have had deep personal value to them. This brick will be returned to them as a reminder of what the church once use to be. There was a sign we found that reads 'If you will speak the word of God, God will empower the words you speak' so I pray for the paster and all the members for peace, a new building, and a new beginning in Jesus name. I would ask that everyone keep them in your prayers.
As I sit and think of the team that has left I do pray for a safe return and pray they come back soon. They will be missed but God is doing a great work in and through them. Until next time... lots of love coming your way from .. Allen and Dovie
P.S. I would like to say hi to Ryan from Missouri and Tim from Pa. Keep in touch.
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