Metro Miracle - San Diego

Church in a Day is a project to assist new churches in constructing their first church building. Numerous districts have adopted this program via Home Missions UPCI. Since it’s beginning in Arkansas dozens of new church buildings have been built. The Texas district is building one every six months.

Sunday, October 23, 2005

THE FORMS ARE UP

Metro UPC UPDATE - Oct 13-21 Things have been going at a fevered pace, and I haven't had time to get the great news out. The last week has been a great work of progress for Metro UPC of San Diego. Our compaction testing from the soil company gave us the final approval last Monday to start digging the footings and laying out the building. Even though it rained that day of inspection, it was a great relief to know that our dirt preparation was complete and passed inspection.

Materials were delivered to the sight Tuesday for the forms to be set. WE were EXCITED to see the truck filled with 2x12x16' forms for the church foundation. I needed a form setter to help me lay out the building and square it. Thank you, cousin, Rudy Oriel, for coming to the site and helping me lay out the building. May the Lord bless you for your help and sacrifice.

The ditches were dug with a mini excavator, and a ditch witch. A little bit of manual labor was needed for that phase. ( ask the pastor!) Man was the dirt hard to dig! With all the good compaction, the ditches were very hard to dig but we did it.

Friday morning the generator was fired up, the saws cutting...and the hammers swinging. The forms were being set and the pastor was really getting excited to see it all come to pass. Four years of hard work, waiting and trusting God to perform the miracle. And finally the forms were done by 4pm that afternoon. Thank you Bro. Tony Zuniga Sr. from Southbay Pentecostal for your professional help to make this possible. This week we will install the rebar steel and make up for inspection to pour the foundation. By the help of the Lord, a foundation will be poured this coming Saturday morning. Pray for this project, and DONATE your time in labor, check out the website at metroupc.com and fill out the form.

Lord Bless
Joseph Palacios