May 2024 Update

Church, we are so close to finishing the work to BUILD more room for God! Next month we look forward to celebrating the six-year anniversary of our journey to BUILD over the first three weeks of June. We will mark the occasion with stories and examples of how God is moving through all of us in these spaces!

Our SW corner renovations in our existing facility are continuing smoothly. The lower level is now complete and our Early Childhood Ministries is currently moving into their new home. Additionally, our Special Needs Ministry will be moving in this fall! Renovations are also well underway for the upper SW corner where our Grades 5/6 will meet along with several other ministries. We anticipate the upper SW corner being finalized this summer! We’re so close!!!

Global BUILD update at La Hermosa Church!

We have also received some exciting updates from our Global BUILD projects with our global partners. The work we funded to reinforce the foundations at La Hermosa Church in San Miguel del Progresso is complete and the church renovation is now advancing to Phase 2 where our investment is also contributing to extending the walls to provide better security and replacing the basement floor to keep from further shifting and damage.

Because of our generosity, this church which had become destabilized due to rainfall and erosion, is now a safe secure gathering place for worship, community and discipleship to indigenous communities in the region through our Global Workers at VELA! See the video further below!

These are this month’s top construction updates:
  • Renovations in Level 1 of the SW corner of the existing building have been completed. Early Childhood Ministry has moved in. Special Needs Ministry will be moving into their new spaces this fall!  
  • Demolition of the 2nd floor SW corner is underway. The reception room on this floor is completed, with exception of the carpet. Carpet will be completed when the Grade 5/6 area is ready for carpet to be installed.  
  • In the expansion, all gym operable walls are now installed and operational. The sport court walls have been painted; play lines are being marked out and painted, along with installing the front wall tin and the glass door for this court has been ordered. 
  • Multi-purpose room next to main atrium is complete. 
  • Landscaping is near completion. We are awaiting for the wet weather to pass before line painting in the parking lot.

Photo Gallery

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Update Videos


Because of our generosity, the facility for La Hermosa Church in San Miguel del Progresso (which had become destabilized due to rainfall and erosion) is now a safe secure gathering place for worship, community and discipleship to indigenous communities in the region through our Global Workers at VELA!

Importance of Prayer



Praise and Prayer of the month 

We are grateful that our Early Childhood Ministry is now moving into their new spaces in the SW corner and that our generosity in Mexico means that indigenous communities there have a safe secure place to gather! 

Pray that God will recruit and move through our Early Children’s Ministry volunteers to plant early seeds of truth, love and belonging in these young minds, and that they would grow to become mighty people of God! 
 
Pray that God will move through the our global workers to impact the lives of indigenous communities through their work at the newly reinforced La Hermosa Church! 

Visit this link for a full list of BUILD prayer requests for May 2024.

Finance Update


Through your generosity to April 2024, God has provided $23.1M (Chapter 1 $15.7M, Chapter 2 $7.4M) leaving $2.4M remaining in our Chapter 2 goal. We are grateful! We still have a way to go to reach our goal. Thank you for continuing to pray and persevere with us in our journey to “complete the work,” physically, spiritually, and financially, in the spirit of 2 Corinthians 8:11. 

To see where giving is at today, visit here. 

The financial plan for the project is available here.   

To give, visit here.  

Read, Watch, Catch up...


Just joining us on our journey to BUILD? God has been leading us in these projects since 2018. To learn more about the mountains and valleys of this project, visit these links: 

  • Watch the BUILD update on the four-year BUILD anniversary here 
  • Watch the BUILD Journey mini documentary we aired on our three-year BUILD anniversary here 
  • Read Q&A’s here. 
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