I am told that you can only pour concrete when the temperature is 32 degrees and rising. Well how opportunistic that we need a foundation poured for our new Worship Center and we have had an unusually mild stretch of weather this January.
These pictures were taken as they poured the concrete for our foundation at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday the 20th. Can you believe that it was almost just under 40 degrees before dawn in the middle of January? These guys worked all day and late into the night. We actually got a little rain shower just before they were ready to stop at 8:00 p.m. That small amount of moisture kept them working until 3:00 a.m. Thursday morning!
The "Boom Pump" Truck pouring the cement for our foundation. Yipee!
One of the coolest things we have decided to do thus far is to place Bibles at various spots in the foundation. Each Elder donated a Bible that will be placed under each entrance and Pastor Jori’s Bible will be placed under the pulpit area. The Bible under the East entrance illustrates what we are trying to say through this simple act. It is turned to 1 Corinthians 3:11 which says, “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
Pastor Jori's Bible embeded under the pulpit area.
The night before the foundation was poured the Elder’s gathered on the property and prayed over the areas where the Bibles were going to be placed.
Elders gathering to pray as the foundation is poured.
A look out into the distance.
The concrete had to be poured in two separate intervals. The second half of the foundation was poured on Saturday just as the sun was rising.
This was the second pour on Saturday at daybreak.
Looking back toward the East as the sun rises.
What a beautiful way to begin a year. The concrete will take a couple of weeks to cure, and then…The Steel Building!
Until next time,
Pastor Jori
