> > Brothers, > Good news indeed. The faithful are to be commended and we will offer thanks at Mass. Could we have a photo or two of the good work? Blessings in St Marthaof Bethany. GDVW+ > Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow!! On July 21 The Church of the > Holy > Nativity , Lima, Ohio signed for a construction loan to complete the > renovations of its newly acquired building. While this may seem like a > singularly insignificant achievement to many, I believe it is truly a > miracle!! The loan was acquired through a bank at an interest rate below > that of the current mortgage. (This bank actually turned us down when we > applied for money to purchase the building!!) Also, every other > institution > we applied to for the funds ( a total of 5 in all) turned us down and > several of the loan officers told us that given our current cash flow > there > was no lending institution that would front us the money. Their advice in > almost all cases was for us to do a significant amount of fund raising > during the next six months and then to reapply. It is just over two years > since we began to pursue the purchase of this property and building and > the > Lord has been faithfull and blessed us each and evey step of the way. We > are > currently negotiating a contract with the construction company that is to > complete the work because the bids are a little higher than the total > available from the loan but that is going well and should be completed by > early next week. Renovations will probably begin during the second week of > Augustand should be completed by early to mid-November.. > > Holy Nativity is listed in the Cycle of Prayer for the month of August so > I > would ask that you continue to pray for us and all that God is doing in > our > small parish and give Him thanks for all that He has done for us so far!! > He > truly is an awesome GOD!! > > Blessings, > > > David+ H. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover the best of the best at MSN Luxury Living. http://lexus.msn.com/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using FREE Catholic Online Webmail! http://webmail.catholic.org/