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The Saturday before our first service we had a great group of volunteers from our church clean all the windows, floors, etc.
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No job was too much for them. They wanted God's house to be in good shape.
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One group cleaned all the plastic chairs.
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Don did some touch up painting on the rails outside.
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Moving the SS furniture from the small old building to the big new one was a challenge on the staircase.
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This table seems to be moving itself...
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...but a look from another angle shows Oswaldo giving it a piggyback ride to the new church.
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Carla moved the SS materials to their new home.
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The (heavy) pews were loaded on a borrowed trailer and driven to the new site.
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Everything was put in place... the pews...
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... and the chairs.
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Everyone pitched in as things were coming together well.
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Even the cleaning supplies were brought in for the cleaning closet.
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Time for a break! Room temperature Coke and Inca Kola, the soft drink of Peru were just what they wanted.
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Everything is set and ready for Sunday morning!
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What a beautiful sight!
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Sunday comes and the first use of the building is Don's youth SS class. What a privilege to train up the future church!
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As everyone started arriving, Andreíta enjoyed using the handicap ramp we installed as we were constructing the building.
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Then the service started... Praising our Lord through song and giving Him thanks for His blessings to us.
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We have two kids classes and one young peoples' class.
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We also have a nice roomy nursery. This is a big step up from using our kitchen each Sunday as the nursery.
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Pastor José did a good job of preaching on missions, thanking God for what missions has accomplished in their lives and encouraging the Peruvians to "do their part".
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The end of the service included baptism of a teenager in our church. What a way to celebrate a new building... with a new member!
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Saraí, the young lady who was baptized, wanted her picture with the pastor, his wife, Carla and Don.
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