The MacIntosh Families

We were blessed to get to know the MacIntosh families from British Columbia as they served this past week. Besides serving at the Children's Home, the two families continued putting primer on the Baby Home walkway and stairs. Along with fellow YUGO missionary, Ron Struska, they also helped load the remaining roof panels onto the roof. Both these tedious tasks were accomplished during last week's heat-wave. It was refreshing to see two brothers uniting their wives and children in service to our Lord.

CALL TO ACTION - PRAY

1. We have started on the plumbing and find ourselves in need of plumbers who can work in a mixed environment of PEX pipe and copper pipe. Please pray for willing and able plumbers.

2. We are in the process of moving all of the drywall and insulation across the border. Please pray for the safe arrival of these products.

3. Most of the roof panels have yet to be installed. Please continue to pray for our roof guy, Chuck. Pray that God would open up his schedule to come finish the job. More importantly, pray that God would open Chuck's heart to the love of Jesus.

Vintage Faith Church of Santa Cruz

This week we were blessed to have Vintage Faith Church of Santa Cruz serve at GCH. The team arrived Wednesday afternoon and spent the next three days bonding with the kids while tackling a variety of cleaning and maintenance projects. They also had a small crew working on the plumbing in the Baby Home. The drains are about 90% complete. Part of the plumbing crew also helped load some more of the panels onto the roof before the drizzle (drizzle in July?) forced us off. No matter what was asked of them, this crew worked with total joy as unto the Lord.

CALL TO ACTION

Praise God that all the windows are now installed and that someone is coming next week to install the exterior doors. We will then be able to lock the building up and start wiring the house. Also, we have spots open in August for teams to come and continue the work on the Baby Home. Please pray for the Lord to send His workers to fill those spots. If you are interested in being one of those workers, please contact Juan Strutton at juan@josh2415.org

Elevation Church of Santa Cruz

Elevation Church just completed their very first mission trip as a church body. They had a small construction crew working on the Baby Home and several teams doing activities with the kids. The windows are all in. The walkway railing is finished and primed.  Exterior doors have begun to be installed. As their trip came to a close they wanted to bless the Baby Home through prayer and graffiti. Several team members walked through the home and wrote verses, blessings and encouraging words for future workers that will help finish the project.

CALL TO ACTION

The roof installation has begun! Please pray that it would continue and that no one would be injured while working up there. Keep our roofing guy Chuck in your prayers. The Lord is not done with him yet. Pray for God to continue showing Himself strong on behalf of Grace Babies' Home.

God's Faithfulness Continues

Saturday we finished up hosting the team from Grace Community Bible Church in Utah and hosted the monthly team from our sending church Horizon Christian Fellowship. All but 2 of the 35 windows were installed and we are close to having the building sealed up and secure. The Horizon team picked up right where the GCBC team left off and also painted the kid's play structure. The Horizon cooking crew brought and prepared an all-american lunch for the GCH kids and staff which included burgers, hot dogs, sausage, chicken, chili and of course, watermelon. Every day the baby home looks a little different as God continues to show himself strong on behalf of this project.

CALL TO ACTION

As you can see from the photo, the roof which was delivered a week ago is not yet installed. Please pray for the roofing team led by a man named Chuck who in his heart, wants to see this task through to completion but has been going through some trials in his life. Pray that the roof will get installed but more importantly that through his involvement with the baby home, Chuck would have a personal encounter with God.

Grace Community Bible Church Team

40 faithful high schoolers from GCBC in Sandy, Utah arrived Sunday to spend a week serving at GCH. They have been busy cleaning, painting, digging and building all over the place. It has been a blessing to see these kids fix their eyes on Jesus and then press forward and serve Him in whatever task is assigned. I believe this generation has been set apart as was described by the prophet Joel:

"And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;  your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants  I will pour out My Spirit in those days."

Roof Arrived Safely

Thanks to your prayers, the roof arrived safely. Thanks to both the trucking company and the customs broker who donated their services. Purchased the skylights today and finished framing the opening in the roof where they will be installed.

CALL TO ACTION

PRAY - Pray for the team from Progressive Roofing that will be coming to install the roof.

Final Framing and Roof

Just a few quick updates on the baby home. Many thanks to Jim, Franck, and Rob who came down from Encinitas and completed the last of our internal framing projects. They also began cutting back the rafter tails using a curved design that Rob came up with (see photo). This week is going to be an exciting one as we will be putting the roof on the building.

CALL TO ACTION

PRAY - The logistics of getting the metal roof from the factory in LA into Mexico and delivered to the Baby Home in time for the crew that is coming to install it are difficult at best and impossible at worst. But with the Lord, all things are possible. Pray for His mighty hand of blessing over this process.