Moving In

This past Sunday, July 26, 2009, the Moca congregation held their first service in their new building. Even with all the benches and chairs set up, everything was pretty full!! Lord willing, it won't take long to outgrow this building.




Saturday was cleaning day and the crew arrived at 6PM. Everyone got busy right way moving benches, sweeping, hosing down the floor, mopping up all the water, setting up benches and chairs and dusting them off. Another crew worked at cleaning up the yard. It was a privilege to work alongside these people. Everyone pitches in, everyone wants to help, everyone looks for a way to participate. Even eight year old Alexandra picked up a broom to help out.

On Sunday morning everyone started arriving and choosing their places. It seems that after a while people choose a certain place to sit and that is their "customary" place to be during services. Don't know why it works that way, but it does. Everyone was happily searching for their new places to sit and their was a certain excitement in the air as people rejoiced in moving in to this new building.







A formal inauguration is being planned for September when the other congregations will be invited and people will have time to invite other family and friends. In the meantime, their are some minor details that still need to be worked on - like putting doors on the bathrooms!