GO Team Come and Gone

Open air service on Sunday before the roof went up.

The team singing for the church...big group!

The construction team the last day...almost done!

       It is hard to believe that the GO (global outreach) Team from Bethany First Church has come and gone. The planning for this team started over a year and a half ago, literally hundreds of hours to make the week a success for 64 individuals.  The week went very smoothly and we are all proud of everything that was accomplished. We plan to write about each team and we will start with the construction.

         Andy’s main project was heading up the construction of Embelkwini Church of the Nazarene. This church has been under construction for the past ten years. In Swaziland building is done differently: they build as they receive money. For example, if the congregation raises enough for twenty

cinder blocks, they purchase the blocks and add to what they have

already started.

The timing could not be more perfect for Bethany First Church to come

and partner with the church. Due to the next step in the construction

being the roof, which is an expensive step. Imagine the years it would

take to raise the funds for the roof. God continues to show His

faithfulness as He directed the hearts and steps of the partnership in

taking BFC to Embelkiwini.

         We started out the week by having a church service in the unfinished church.  The team was welcomed with love and they decorated the church just for us. For the remainder of the week Andy spent eight hours a day with multiple team members and church members in completing the church.  When the team left there was a little left to be finished. As I write this Andy is at the church finishing the project.  What an exciting time for the people of Swaziland and the United States.