Personally, I am not singing "Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day." I am
praying "Lord, a nice gentle rain would be more appreciated at this time." I know, there will
come a time all too soon when we will be begging for rain, but friends, it ain't today.
Recently we have been challenged with a couple of episodes of excess of water inside
the church. The good news is that so far it has been something that with a couple of wet vacs, a
mop, and some fans, we have been able to clean up without calling any professionals. The
problem has been attempting to locate and verify where the water is entering the church. The
problem is aggravated by the fact that the 'flooding 'occurs when no one is here. until today,
Wednesday.
   The thunder roared (not the basketball team), the clouds pulled out all their drain plugs
and emptied the skies, and we were working in our offices, when we noticed the Belview
swimming pool (actually just a wading pool), beginning to fill. We also noticed that the source
was not the place we had believed it to be for a couple of months. For the first time we watched
the water coming in. AHA. Stay tuned after these important messages for the location. (Listen
in your imagination to the Final Jeopardy theme music)
   The answer is a place we had originally suspected but eliminated. Secondly, we believed
it was coming from an area originating somewhere in the west parking lot, it wasn't. We aiso
considered a problem with the new roof, it wasn't. Frustrating, isn't it? It's been driving a few
of us crazy for a bit (I know, I know, it wasn't that long of a trip to get too crazy for me). I
remember a lesson learned from a Sherlock Holmes book/movie, "If you eliminate all other
possibilities, the only remaining possibility, however unreasonable, is the answer."
   Okay, here we go, but first, just kidding, the water has been coming from the bottom of
the baseboard in the hallway near where the drinking fountain was. We had looked here
previously, and gone outside and the sidewalk outside the spot was dry. It hasn't been coming
under the wall, but apparently from inside the wall. The gutter down spout in the valley of the
roof was blocked and apparently the water seeped back under the roof line and migrated down.
   Before you ask, yes, we made a temporary fix, and yes, we made arrangements for a permanent
fix to be installed tonight. And finally, yes, I really, really hope this takes care of it. I'm pretty
sure, that it will work until it rains again-and beyond. The cost is negligible. There have been
several times in the past few years that problems that could have cost us thousands of dollars
have been handled for much, much less. THANK YOU JESUS.
   Soooo, leave your waders at home and like the children of Israel cross over on dry land and
join us for worship on Sunday, and every Sunday. You need to come every Sunday because we
know that God will act in every service if we are ready, and we never know when God has

                 See you Sunday and Love you, we are Praying for you. 

                                             Bro. Tom and Sister Sue