Waterproofing the basment is finished!

B-dry finished waterproofing yesterday. We are so grateful that work is done. They had to cut the drywall on the bottom of the walls a few feet as part of their waterproofing so we have work on the walls that needs to be done to make the place habitable. The flooring cannot be installed until August as the cement has to have sufficient time to cure first but the walls can be worked on in the meantime. There is a lot of work that needs to be done to fix the walls and we are not drywall experts so we will need help with this big project. There are two groups of wonderful christian men we know with experience that we will call. Our prayer is the basement is finished by August so God can guide us how to best use the space. There are two ideas at present; teenager with a baby needing mentoring and help, and women with one or two children needing mentoring and help. We will keep praying about God's desire for that space and I will do some research in the meantime. I do not finish graduate school until September so I will be busy until then, and keep working on research regarding need in the meantime, and be in prayer for God's provision to finish the basement to make it habitable. Please join me in prayer!

His will, His timing, His way,

Cheryl

Thank You Barnesville Baptist Church!

May 2, 2012

We are so very grateful for a substantial contribution from Barnesville Baptist Church to enable us to proceed with the waterproofing of the basement.  B-Dry is coming on May 14 to dig the trenches and install the drain to keep the water from the water table from ever flooding the basement again!  This means construction to finish the basement for the women's ministry can occur as early as June 2nd.  After the waterproofing is done we will need to fix drywall on the walls and some places in the ceiling and install new flooring and the basement will be habitable again.  We are very excited for God's plan for that space once it is ready for habitation.

Philippians 4:19--And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

April 28, 2012

I re-did Faith Home Ministries website.  Now it will be easier to update. 
www.faithhomeministries.com

Long Overdue Post!!

November 2011

I said I would write about this incredible charitable contribution and here it is........(better late than never).

Audi, USA donated an Audi A6 to Faith Home ministries in November! David and I flew to Ingolstadt, Germany to "receive" the car and tour the very nice Audi Forum and factory to see Audi's being made. It was an incredible week in Germany and Prague (we had to drive the car somewhere and Prague was close). We drove the car off site and enjoyed it for several days in the Czech Republic and beautiful Bavaria, Germany (truly stunning). David got to drive it on the autobahn--the car goes FAST! Then we returned the car in Munich where we flew home and it was shipped to us. It came a couple days after Christmas. The Audi A6 is one of the top five safest cars for 2012. We are very blessed and continue to be amazed by Audi's incredible generosity--THANK YOU AUDI!!!! What an incredible opportunity to see the Czech Republic and Bavaria, Germany that we didn't think would happen until after retirement! Below are photos from the trip (click on photos for enlarged view).

September Update 2011

We still have the 6 and 9 year olds and the next court hearing is in November for them. So we still have five girls in the house at present. The finishing of the women's ministry is on hold probably until next summer. The basement was flooded, mercifully before the new flooring was installed! We have to address this situation to prevent future flooding before finishing the basement. We believe a sump pump is needed, amongst other things.

I will update on the incredible blessing of the car soon; it was approved and the car is ordered! We are still so blessed. Meanwhile, prayers for God's provision for the sump pump install (thousands of dollars), please!

Thank you and God bless you all!

Cheryl and David

Update-July 31, 2011

Lumber Liquidators did give us 18 months to pay off the flooring with no interest so we are proceeding with that plan. We are anticipating installing the flooring in September. Meanwhile, stay tuned for more incredible news about the new car donation. We heard from the donor last week and they think it will happen in one or two months; truly a blessing. We are amazed. This will give us 11 more years (or more) of no automobile worries. Wow. Meanwhile, we have two precious little ones, 6 and 9, with us at least until the end of August. We will know more in August.

So Blessed,

FHM

July 25 update

Lumber Liquidators has budget constraints at present, preventing them from donating the flooring as considered. We have to wait at least three months and check again. We are praying for direction regarding timing and procurment of the flooring materials. Sometimes they have excellent sales and they have a six month no interest payment plan so we will see how we proceed. They do have excellent prices, but it all adds up. We will not need the flooring material until September when the crew comes so we have some time.


His timing, His ways, for His means,

Cheryl