How to Build a New Ministry Building (Part 1)

 Last month the old building came down, and now we'll share how the new building goes up!  Here's how we started...

...With prayer and a very special group of ground-breakers.

This was the ground-breaking crew, ready with the little shovels to dig in.  They were an enthusiastic and thorough bunch.  No spot was left untouched!

Even little Abby got in on the action.

Let the construction begin!

How to Demolish a Sunday School Building

 The day we've been waiting for - especially certain little boys who love heavy machinery - the demolition of the old Sunday School building!  It started out a bit less exciting than we anticipated, though.  Asbestos abatement was the first step.  Naomi put up this sign to remind everyone to go to the sanctuary for class, because the building became off-limits while all the building materials containing asbestos were pulled off.

After a week of abatement, the building looked like this. 

And then the exciting part!

In less than 20 minutes, the site looked like this:

And the excavator spent the rest of the day scooping up the mess.  And we spent the day watching out the window!

And that's how you demolish a building!