We could not believe the price!

We could not believe the price. A church available for the price of a house!

My deacon Luis Lopez and his wife passed by a Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall and saw a "For Sale" sign on it. We went and investigated it today.

The building is in a good neighborhood, built on a hill well above the highest flood water line.  It is a two story building  of 35,133.4 sq. feet, with a lot across the street of just over 21,300 square feet. It has parking for about 40 cars.

The asking price for all of this is $164,900!

Plus, it is already zoned and has all the permits for use as a church, which are hard to get here in Puerto Rico. 

In a small town and in our post hurricane disaster economy, home prices have fallen, making this a tremendous bargain. 

Our current, temporary building is comfy and cheap, but it t has mold issues affecting some of our members. We really need better place for growth and the health issues of our members.

Could you help us toward this goal?

Our church has over $21,000 saved toward a goal like this. That leaves $144,000.  It seems like a mountain of a price for us. But, like Caleb, we can ask for that mountain!

Joshua 14: 12 Now therefore give me this mountain...

If you can help, please send a special offering to us through our mission agency or here online and put our name (Prelgovisk family) where it says MEMO.

Continental Baptist Missions
11650 Northland Drive NE
Rockford, MI 49341, (616) 863-2226 
https://gocbm.org/contact

Harvest Prayer Answered: Puerto Rican Pastors Rally to Work to Build Our Church

I have been praying for someone to go with me on visitation on Saturdays. I don't like to go visiting door to door alone here in Puerto Rico.

This last week, the pastor of a church I helped get started volunteered to go with me on visitation. His name is Angel Espada, which means "Angel Sword" in English, a great name for a pastor! He said he could give me one or two Saturdays a month. That doesn't sound like a lot, but it was a real emotional boost. During days when we hear a lot of "No's," having a visitation partner makes a difference, as we encourage each other, keep on going, and visit more people. I could also visit people with a partner that I would not otherwise visit if I was visiting alone.

Today,  I just got a call from another Puerto Rican pastor, Gabriel, whom I had helped in the past. He said he wanted to help me visit every Saturday. Gabriel also asked if he could bring along another man who he is grooming to be a future pastor so he can train him in evangelism! Also, he wanted to know if it was OK to visit in the town and pass out gospel tracts on additional days or times! I said yes, along with a lot of "Amen's!"

After all this time praying, how sweet it is to hear people from our past volunteering to give us a hand in one of the most difficult areas of church planting, soul winning visitation!

Rejoice with us, but please continue praying that the Lord of the harvest would send us workers, that their good intentions and offers of help would be realized,  and that our church would grow and prosper from the labor of these willing, worthy workers!