We have had many delays in getting the parking lot done, including weather, expense, the city requirements and availability of contractors. Finally, today, we are pouring the parking lot and sidewalks (which belong to the city of McKinney, but we are privileged to pay for).
After Lazarus Saturday Liturgy I went over to see progress on the pour with Michael Daum, and was thrilled to also see some real artistry in the stone and stucco work. The pictures, which are pretty bad because I could not even see the screen because of the bright sun, and shot "blind" show some progress on the parking lot and stucco and stone work.
We will not come even close to getting in by Pascha, but I can say with confidence that our first liturgy will include the singing of "Christ is risen"!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saint-nicholas/sets/72157623590313281/
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"The house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth" (I Tim. 3:15).!!!
The Lord evidently guides you & supports – through all the difficulties to the success. And He will crown your efforts.
These words are really confirmed in practice with your church building:
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"Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
Proverbs 16:3
Hi, Natasha!
Thank you so much for your encouraging words and prayers for our little temple!
Just wanted to let you know that all of the extra stuff that is posted when you comment comes from 'cutting and pasting'. If you will type directly into the editor that is at the bottom of the post, that won't happen. Or you can do what I did to get around the problem–I type in .txt format (or whatever the equivalent of that is in Russian! 🙂 ) and then when you cut and paste you don't get all the html commands appearing, too. I was having the same problem with my posts and that is how I solved it.