I wouldn’t normally get excited about getting a cement floor poured, but after months of waiting, it is great to finally have the new floor in at our League City Ministry Center.
In August a college-aged work team from East Richland Friends (OH) got the project off the ground when, in the Texas heat, they moved tons of sand onto the floor to begin to build it up.  It wasn’t until almost November that the pouring was finally completed, with all of the work done through volunteers.
     The new floor is one of the thousands of repairs that are being made to get the League City facility “ministry friendly.”  Walls are being repaired, rebuilt, or reinforced, roofs and ceilings replaced, and cosmetic and structural changes are getting done throughout the buildings.  Some days, it seems like an impossible task that has no end.  Other days, like with the floor, we can see the progress and are encouraged at what God has in store.
     There is ebb and flow in ministry.  There are times of advance and times of regrouping.  Moving forward in ministry requires both spiritual and material investment.  The payoff is in seeing people’s lives blessed and transformed by the power of Christ’s good news, and that is already happening.  Praise God for this ministry opportunity and for the increasing fruit we will see in the coming year.