One of our Chapel's and Chapel Center is getting all new carpet. It is a wonderful thing, but when you have old government buildings you will always find asbestos. joy, joy.
The contractors are extending the carpet laying process to remove the asbestos in Chapel 1. Which is chaos when you have three protestant services and one Catholic mass scheduled to use that facility all in the same day. It means a lot of work for everyone. All four protestant services and two Catholic mass services scheduled for Sunday have to be either at Chapel 2 or another facility.
Our service being the contemporary service can easily move anywhere. We were already praying about moving to an old Airmen's club called the Kashim. This is a perfect opportunity for us to get to try it out and see if it will work for the congregation. We had our first service there Sunday night and I think it went great. It has so much potential.
It is also a lot of work, because we have to setup and tear down for every service, but we are okay with that. Kyle started a service like this at our last base, Fusion (Young Adult Ministry). It was a lot of work too, but it was fun, exciting and some of the greatest highlights of our ministry. Speaking of Fusion, we heard some exciting news about Fusion from our Chaplain friends who took over the ministry when we left. They are getting the whole bottom floor of the building given to them. They are going to turn the whole thing into a Young Adult Ministry Center. God is so awesome. I love hearing that the ministry is continuing, but not only continuing but doing even greater things since we have left. Exciting! I think that is what Paul was talking about when he wrote about each minister having different gifts. Some plant the seed, some water and some get to see the fruit of all the labor! It seems like in our ministry experience we are usually the plant the seed stage. ha! Sometimes when I am weary I would love to be involved in a ministry that was already going great and I could just ride the wave of greatness! :) No, actually I think I would be a little bored. I think we both enjoying getting our hands dirty in the planting part.
I am excited about the service. I think God has some great things in store for the young airmen and families of Elmendorf!
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That asbestos junk will slow everything. Our church had to remove some asbestos siding from one of our parsonages. We did it ourselves to save a ton of money. We wore face masks. Still, hope I don't get cancer.
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Wow, that is awesome! How wonderful to hear that the Lord is continuing to work and grow the ministry that you began there. The whole reap and sow thing!
I hope this new place works out for you guys. That asbestos is the pits. For some reason, everyone put those ceiling tiles up (over the original ceilings) in the old houses around here, and they are a pain to take down. Wear respirators!
p.s. Thanks for the comment about my hair! I liked it that length but it started driving me crazy. I'm so over long hair; it's annoying and a pain to fix and I never felt like it had an actual "style." I keep trying to let it grow out but then it starts bugging me all over again. I think that was the longest it had gotten in about 5 years! I've chopped it twice since that picture was taken but I don't have anything more recent of myself!
im the biggest fan of planting - its awesome because you don't have to deal with the junk and funk someone else has left behind!
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