The River Oak Grace Church from Oakdale, CA brought down a mixed age group of servants to teach and aid in construction. The group brought down funds from the memorial of Sister Isabel Dominguez, who dearly loved the people and the pastors of San Felipe. Her departing desire was to help Pastor Pedro Gomez, of [...]



The River Oak Grace Church from Oakdale, CA brought down a mixed age group of servants to teach and aid in construction. The group brought down funds from the memorial of Sister Isabel Dominguez, who dearly loved the people and the pastors of San Felipe. Her departing desire was to help Pastor Pedro Gomez, of Iglesia Nueva Jerusalén, build a better house for himself and his wife. In addition to construction, each day a devotion for the group was done by a local missionary or pastor and each evening the group presented a Vacation Bible School to the children and Pastor Paul conducted classes deepening their knowledge using the biblical thread “The Cordero de Dios” (The Lamb of God) from various books of the Bible. They were also taught a simple and easy to remember method of presenting the “Good News” to others raising their confidence level and encouraging them to evangelize in their circle of contacts and/or influence.
that will be used as a house for a family with three girls. The next day they donated their skills and time to Sonshine Hacienda Orphanage. They made the forms and poured 5 cement slabs that will be home to the air conditioning units that we except to be delivered starting next week.
moving forward with the tiling in the care-taker apartments. One is now completely tiled and one is in process. Now that the majority of the major construction is done, another group of individuals and the men from Nueva Cancion cleaned up the rubble and trash that has built up since the last “clean sweep”. The building seems to transform almost daily. A Canadian family approached Marketplace with an offer to build and install the second floor safety railing. This will set off the building beautifully when in place. The tile to continue with the other rooms is one site and will be the next set of objectives. The material to trim out the windows has also been purchaced so that part can continue to advance as well. A bid for the air conditioners has been accepted and delivery should start within a week or two with installation soon to follow. It is difficult to mention all of the “littler” jobs that are being advanced. We ask that you continue to pray for the movement toward completion of this badly needed facility in San Felipe.
and pour the foundation itself.
The Lord has also put upon our hearts to modify the purpose of the first floor. It will be modified to have a total of four room with the intended purpose of housing up to eight of our elderly here in San Felipe. The current Serenity House location, that can accommodate a maximum of 3-4 men, will be moved to the new building when it is ready. At present we are limited to men or women and cannot take both. The planned apartment of the building will be used by the care takers of the Serenity house. As you may recall the purpose of the Serenity House is to house elderly that are either without family support or in abusive situations. We thank God for changing our focus to a facility that can be used all year instead of only a few weeks per year. The purpose for the second floor will remain for additional group housing.
99 Plus 1’s Serenity House for elderly men recently under went a staffing change. Brother Joaquin and his wife, Sister Lupita have graciously accepted the responsibility for heading up the caring for the men who live at the house. They have been long time friends of the ministry and have assisted around the 99 Plus 1 complex in many ways including cooking, cleaning, gardening and preparing the group facilities in order to receive groups.