This week I have been working on the basement apartment. The work has been cleaning out the things stored there and sealing the walls for moisture. Today I will be getting gutters to put on the house which will fix 99% of the moisture problems. There is much to do. We have to raise the duct work so as to gain as much height as possible. We do not want to live in a cave! This is the next big step. After that we will start framing up the walls/rooms.
Yesterday Joe Goodman finished up installing the sewage pump...ugh... but another essential that is out of the way. The apartment is big and roomy but limited as to what we can do because of the issue of "access/egress" safety.
It has been a nice adjustment since our arrival here in Central Tennessee. The Goodman's have been superb. Our new partners at Coldstream are Jon and Kelly Burkeen moved in the same weekend we did. They are settling in. Jon has been busy mowing the large campus.
JOHAN left for Africa yesterday. Please keep him in prayer. It will be a busy month for him as he coordinates and organizes ministry with our partners in Mozambique and Malawi.
June will be busy for us as we continue to build the apartment and shuffle our accomdations for those who have booked the cottage in June and July. Lou Ann and I have to vacate the premeses the weekend of June 7/8... Our anniversary is the 9th so we may just go somewhere... we will see.
Also in June I will be speaking at Davidson Baptist Church near Hazard, KY and the following week performing the wedding for our dear "son in the faith" Joshua Holland and his bride Taran Cody.
REMEMBER that I will be traveling and working in Zambia August 5 - September 18. This is a coordination trip that will be focused on strengthening our leadership and making sure the training is in place for our HUBS. There will be a lot of traveling involved from as far west as Solwezi and northeast to Kasama.
We will be conducting two HUB pastor training seminars in the Northeast District.
Pray with us for the funds needed for this important trip. THANKS!
Have a great day as we prepare for THE DAY.
Jeff
Lou Ann and Jeff Hawkins work in Zambia and India equipping and training the indigenous church to make disciples. It is a purely native, indigenous ministry that is bearing much fruit to the glory of God. Hope Builders Ministries (www.HBMin.org) is the parent mission Jeff and Lou Ann are partnered with.
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