Friends and Family for Center

PAINTING BEGINS

WHEN THE WEATHER BEGAN TO WARM TO THE NORTH DAKOTA HEAT WHICH WE ARE ALL ACCUSTOMED TO, A FEW OF US BEGAN THE TIREING JOB OF SCRAPING THE CHURCH. I WAS PLEASED TO FIND THE HELP WHICH WE HAD IN THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU TO SEVERSON�S, RUUD�S, ROHDE�S AND SATERN�S FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH SCRAPING AND LUMBER FOR THE BASEMENT WALL. WE STARTED PAINTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON THE PROJECT SO WE WOULDN�T GET TO FAR AHEAD AND HAVE A BUNCH OF BARE WOOD IF IT RAINED. THAT PLAN WORKED WELL,

WE DID A LOT BEFORE THE SERVICE ON JUNE 30. BY THE TIME THE SERVICE CAME, PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THE CHURCH, WE HAD FINISHED A GOOD PORTION OF THE PAINTING SO PEOPLE COULD SEE THE BRIGHT NEW WHITE COMPARE TO THE OLD FADED AND CHIPPED WALLS. AS TIME WENT BY RON WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND I BROKE MY FINGER SO PAINTIN SLOWED CONSIDERABLY. FIELD WORK

NEEDED TO BE DONE AND DAYS GOT SHORTER. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THE ONLY PLACE TO BE PAINTED NOW IS TO FINISH THE FRONT WITH THE STEEPLE. HALF WAY UP AND THEN WE ARE DONE. NOT TO BAD OF A JOB, SOME PEOPLE DIDN�T THINK WE WOULD MAKE IT THIS FAR. IT IS AMAZING WHAT A LITTLE DETERMINATION WILL BRING. THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HELPED WITH THIS JOB.

SERVICE A SUCCESS

JUNE 30, 2002 WAS A PLEASANTLY WARM DAY WITH NEARLY A CLOUD IN THE SKY. WE COULDN�T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER DAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS WAS CENTER BUSTING AT THE SEAMS FOR A GREAT SERVICE. THERE WAS ABOUT 73 PEOPLE THAT TOOK THERE PLACES IN

THE SHINY PEWS. PEOPLE CAME FROM AS FAR AWAY AS MONTANA AND MINNESOTA AS WELL AS BANKOCK, THIALAND. PEOPLE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED OVER THE CONDITION OF THE CHURCH AND HOW MUCH WE CARE. THANK YOU TO ALL TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.