A Tale of Two Churches

Charles Dickens wrote the book A Tale of Two Cities. In this month’s newsletter, I would like to tell you about the “Tale of Two Churches.”

In recent months, I have asked prayer for Sanford Bible Church. So I wanted to give you an update.

We were able to close on 2 of the 6 lots that we are selling. This last week we used part of the proceeds from that sale to replace 2 a/c units that were nearly 30 years old. We also have contracted to have our roof repaired and re-shingled. That should be done in the next few weeks. We would also like to replace our old pews with chairs. That is on our “to-do” list. Those projects have pretty much depleted the money we received from the sale of those 2 lots. We should be closing on the sale of the other 4 lots at the end of this week. The only snag is that I need to get a survey of the original land the church owned and submit that to the city of Sanford. That task has proven to be a bit of a headache.

That brings me to the tale of the second church. As you know, the Midwest has been hit hard with numerous tornados. One of those tornadoes caused quite a bit of damage to my church in Missouri. Fellowship Bible Church of Eldon Missouri could really use your prayers as they recover from the damage that was done to their building. The basement did not suffer much damage. Once they get things cleaned up a bit, they should be able to meet down there. It will take a while to repair the damage to the upper part of the building and to the sanctuary.

In Christ,

Bob

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I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.

-D.L. Moody