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August 2008

Hello to all our friends and family.

Here it is August 2008, and we wanted to show you the progress we have made with the Vocational school construction in just two months.
	You can see it has taken many years to complete for various reasons but we are grateful it is finally going to be completed this year!
We have been using the lower floor for sewing classes and this second floor will be for computer and English classes in January 2009, Lord willing.
	Thank all of you who have had a part in helping us build these classrooms over the years.
It will be a muli-use building and a sure blessing to the local community

*Please look below at the documented progress that has been made and blessed by God over the past four years.*

	*Brief photo history of how it all began* July 2004 - Karl, Tom, and Dietrich breaking ground for the Vocational School
August 2004 - Walls going up on the first classroom
	February 2006 - School room inside
July 2006 - Organizing sewing materials inside first classroom
	July 2006 - Human prayer chain around the schoolroom This is the dedication to God of this first classroom (3 are planned) begun two years ago! Twendy-five local pastors as well as my good friend Clark Farley from Columbia, S.C. were present as we thanked God and prayed for all who will be coming for classes be touched by His Spirit.
September 2006 - First sewing class group photo
	September 2007 - Sewing classes continue to be popular
June 2008 - Work begin again on the second floor This tree became beams for the school building in a number of different dimensions, the largest was an 8x8, 20 ft long weighing about 900 lbs! It will be the main horizontal cross beam to support the roof. Lifting this beam 9 ft high to put in place will require about 12 strong men. *Work continues and is shown by the first seven pictures in this August 2008 newsletter above.*