Walls of Faith ~ Going Up!

Blessed be the name of the Lord! We are ever so thrilled to see WALLS going up. The exterior walls of the upper level office space are done. Today, workers will continue building the walls of the training hall and our future residence. Pray that construction will not have to be halted due to lack of funds. Projected Completion Date: May 1, 2011  We'll let these pictures tell the stories!

Side wall of CEF Office with Large Window Provision



Front View of Upper Office and Lower Dorm Rooms



A Look from the Corner across the Street




Side View of Office Area / Main Door Entrance



Basement Level - Dorm Rooms and Sitting Room
with Kitchen Area

Side View of Office Area and Training Hall Area
in the far right of picture

Windows and Doors ~ How Exciting!



Another Milestone: All FLOORS are Poured!

With tears in our eyes and lumps in our throats, we stood under an umbrella watching the FIFTH and FINAL cement truck pull up. The wheelbarrow brigade began again. After SIX hours of hard work, the men celebrated the COMPLETED CEMENT FLOOR of the training hall. The flooring for the entire building is now done!  Praise ye the Lord!

Smoothing the Cement of the Veranda (Porch)

Wheel Barrow Brigade nearing the End



Completed Cement Floor : Training Hall





So Build We the Walls! PTL!

Despite a cyclone out to sea and torrential rain, our crew of dedicated men insisted on pouring the floor for the director's apartment on Thursday this past week. They worked SO hard under very difficult circumstances.

On Friday, January 14th, the master block layer, along with his crew, placed cement blocks for the wall between the office and the training hall. Another crew began preparing the groundwork for the flooring of the last part of the training hall.  This is SO exciting!

Pouring Cement in the Pouring Rain...
Such Determination!

Determined to Finish the Apartment Floor
despite the Torrential Downpour

And it is DONE!




Wall in Front Will be Between the Apartment
and the Training Hall
Wall towards the back is the Wall Between
the Training Hall and the Office



Going Up!

The fifth of January 5th was so exciting! Twelve cement trucks came pouring tons of cement for the upper floor of the new CEF office and front portion of the training hall. We rejoice with hearts full of thanksgiving!

The construction crew had initially planned to pour the cement flooring the next day for the Director's apartment at the back of the new building.  However, God had other plans. He sent five days of continual heavy rains.  Today, January 11th, the plumbing and steel rods for the apartment floor were put into place.  If it does not rain, the pouring of the cement will be next and possibly as early as tomorrow afternoon!

Pouring of Cement...Upper Floor



First Cement Truck Arrives
for Pouring the Upper Floor

The Finished Upper Floor of CEF's Office
and front portion of Training Hall

Becky Takes the First Step
Onto the Upper Story Floor



A Giant Step for Kent
and What a Thrill ~ Faith becomes Sight!




The Upper Level of Our Future Office ~
Blockwork Will Begin Soon!



The Lower Floor with its New Ceiling

LOOK at What GOD is DOING!

The First Wall for the Ground Floor Goes Up

The First Pouring of the Concrete Floor in the Basment

The Concrete Basement is Completed!  Ya-hoo!

Final Column Work on the Retaining Wall

Column Work in Preparation for the Second Floor

Work Behind the Retaining Wall which will eventually be Covered by more Concrete Flooring ~
We've Come This Far by FAITH!

Praise the Lord for His marvelous works!  He has graciously provided funding needed to complete the foundation, the flooring for the ENTIRE building and all BLOCK WORK including ELECTRICAL works that must be installed during the construction of both the interior and exterior concrete walls!  Oh, how we praise Him!

We are now asking the Lord to provide for the ROOF and RAFTERS.  PRAY for God's continued provision.  Construction is on schedule and is due to be completed by next April or early May if funds continue to come in so as not to halt the construction.

THANK YOU for praying and giving to this great need.  It will be so wonderful when this beautiful building is complete for His glory!

 

Jesus IS Our Cornerstone

On November 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM, the CEF staff gathered at the property to pray and commit the FIRST building block to the Lord. Words cannot begin to express the overflow of praise and JOY in our hearts as we witnessed this moment. REJOICE WITH US!

Our contractor estimates that  this phase, which will include pouring the concrete slab flooring, will be complete before Christmas, as long as the weather remains good. (For your information, November 1 is the beginning of our hurricane season.)

Pray with us that Jehovah-jireh will continue to provide for the rest of the needed funding.  We have only ONE-THIRD of the building funds on hand.  Therefore, we continue to trust the Lord for His amazing and bountiful provision.  Have YOU had a part yet in what God is doing here?



Jesus: Our Cornerstone




The FIRST Block of the CEF FIJI Office/Training Hall




For the Children of the South Pacific



Foundation Progress of Week 5




"Foreman" Kent expressing our gratitude for the work this week.

 

Our testimony to the Lautoka commuters





Men hard at work digging by hand the foundation

 



Cement poured for the foundation

 


Ground floor where the dorms, visiting staff guest room, and storage rooms will be




We are using the land to its fullest extent!





Cement blocks for the "retaining wall" which is the back wall of the ground floor

 

And It's GONE!

We (the Bryant family and Shoma)  watched as the excavator arrived on site and began to effortlessly push down the remaining walls.

Our vision of faith is becoming reality!

It's for REAL...Walls are DOWN



Demolition began on Monday, Sept 27th, 2010
In the lower right corner is CEF's temporary office & storage shed onsite.



The Walls Are Tumbling Down

We've certainly stepped out in faith!  We were able to sign the contract for the first phase of construction Sunday afternoon, 26th September 2010. This phase MUST be completed before the rainy season begins in December. This phase will also preserve our building permit which was due to expire in 2011.

You can see the early results of three days of demolition. The walls should be tumbling down within the next 24 hours.

We learned that as of September 22nd, more than $20,000 came into CEF International Headquarters designated for the Moriah Project.  An additional one thousand dollars was given recently by co-workers attending the CEF Asia Pacific Conference in Cambodia.  The national directors of 22+ countries chose to adopt the Moriah Project as the regional missions project. 

 We need approximately $165,000 to meet the $75,000 challenge which ends in less than 24 hours on the 30th of September.  Thank you for PRAYING and GIVING!

30 DAYS and COUNTING

PRAY for GOD's PROVISION to meet the September 30th deadline "challenge" to receive USD$75,000 for the MORIAH PROJECT!

PENNIES from HEAVEN

CEF of HAWAII recently completed their summer ministry of 5-Day Clubs and used The MORIAH PROJECT as their missions project in their summertime Bible clubs.

TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND PENNIES were given in their missionary offerings.  This comes to a total of $2,400.00 and is the equivalent of approximately $4,500.00 in Fijian currency!  This is such an INCREDIBLE BLESSING.

Dr. John Dekle, State Director of CEF Hawaii, reports that folks in a NURSING HOME lovingly counted and rolled all of these coins for us.  Isn't it heartwarming to see God use the young and the "never too old to serve the Lord"?  God bless them everyone!

We have close to 35% pledged or given toward the overall construction cost of CEF Fiji's new office and training hall.  PRAY for GOD's miraculous provision!  Contact us for further information on how to give!  Every CENT COUNTS... just ask these children who gave!