León Mission Update

Praise God, we have rented a place!

This is the building where English classes will start on April 26th. It is where we will eventually start holding worship. Seminary classes will be taught here and the place will also serve as a dormitory for sem students.

Whoo, that's a lot of stuff.

Fortunately, the place is a house and is the perfect fit for all that we need. Even better, it is in a superb location. Although you can't see from the picture, it is right off of a major intersection in a key area of the city.

The location is ideal, and the price was affordable because...as Mike says, it is a "fixer upper." The first things to go will be the wallpaper and stained (I won't say with what!) carpet -

Because the price for rent is within our budget, we will be able to do some repairs to this place. I expect it to look much different -and by that I mean better - in just a few months.

It is an awesome feeling to have this place rented. Now we can focus on the next steps involved in getting a church started here. This includes English classes and the outreach efforts associated with them (thanks Andrew and Derek!).

While English classes will begin right away, we will not hold church services in the building until we get a group ready to go. This could take a number of months, depending on how things unfold.

Meanwhile, we will continue to worship with St. John's in Sleepy Eye on Sundays. In fact, an article about us tuning into their live services appeared in the Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch. I strongly encourage anyone who's on vacation or away from a church to turn on their computers on Sunday morning and join them too. After all, we'll be there!