Yep, God is faithful to say the least! Enough funds have come in to complete the concrete pour yesterday, and He held off the rains allowing us to do so! All week it has been showing signs of rain, but nothing came down out of the sky... but it has been raining, thundering, and lightening all throughout the day today. I think it's safe to say that God has a hand in this church project!!... and the past couple weeks can only be explained this way! Thank you all so much who have allowed God to use you to provide part of the foundation...may God bless you abundantly!
The question now is, what's next? Now more bricks are being laid and then the column bases also have to be poured. It would be great if the rain would hold off another week, but these items aren't quite as crucial as the actual concrete pour. After these items are accomplished, then all the trenches can be filled back in with soil. Then the whole site will need to be tamped down... by hand. After a few tampings, loads of broken bricks are brought in and tamped down on top of the soil to provide ground to pour the concrete slab on. This layer of tamped bricks is called the hardcore treatment. In order to complete this, about another $900 is needed. The rain will be a huge aid in this phase since it will allow the soil to settle back down in the trenches and allow dense compaction of the soil then bricks.
If you would like and are able to provide a part of the Malawi BIC Church Center foundation, please don’t hesitate to donate. You can donate online at http://www.bic-church.org/wm/give/partnership/malawi/ and scrolling down to "Maone Church Center." You can also send a check written out to BICWM with “Maone Church Center” in the memo line, and sent to either BICWM, PO Box 390, Grantham, PA 17027 or BICWM, 2700 Bristol Circle, Oakville, ON L6H 6E1.
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