Demolition begins on the Apartment Building

The weather has turned to fall-like and it is absolutely pleasant. Nathan and I after his home schooling went to town in the Apartment building. It was built sometime around the 1970's and was rededicated in the 1990's as the new Yochien (Preschool) office and building. It was the original church sanctuary here. Before there was any church they had the apartment. It is two stories and very high ceilings. The yochien quit 4-5 years ago and the place was left to rot. A family moved in temporarily but there were problems and they moved out. There were others who stayed there as well and there is a lot of junk left behind. Moving in Japan is expensive and so some people will just rather buy new stuff and move on rather than move out. Anyway, somewhere down the line some shoddy construction add ons caused pipe troubles and leakage and moldy walls and rotting carpet. The air was rancid and thick with mold. The walls had spots and growths. The carpet had mushrooms growing out of it. God wants to bless this place again and he wants us to clean it out.

So today taking the worst room in the place Nathan and I went to town and stripped it bare. No more carpet and the wall material is gone. There is so much more to be done but we were elated to get this much completed. I had all the window and doors open and just by getting rid of the rotten materials there was a tremendous change in the air. The Ai no Kyokai folks are in disbelief and thanking Jesus for the work getting done.



Next week we begin to paint the inside of the other building where we will begin services in our very own Calvary Chapel Iruma. Can't wait to say by by to the shocking green paint.