thank you Lord for the mangoes

lately, i've been feasting on the luscious mango produce of the tree we have at church. it seems i've been having mango for breakfast, lunch and supper for the past two weeks.

just this afternoon we collected over 70 mangoes. two of our brethren climbed up the tree and shook the branches while my friend jade and I collected every fruit that fell to the ground. such happy times made only happier by the wonderful feast afterward.

these past few breakfasts have made me realize that mangoes are my favorite fruit.

thank you so much, Lord for the treat you threw in with the church property. You really are the best.

to brethren who are reading this, don't worry, we left you some.

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.  

Leviticus 25:18, 19

it's September already?!

it's been a full month since my last post. i know, i've been slacking off. we've been really busy with all the buzz at church.
first off, we're moving really really soon into the new church location. it's a few kilometers away from the old one, a little far for commute but it's all worth it. it's half-a-hectare of land with so much promise in it. we'll start cleaning up this sunday.
along with that, we just started on a new business at church - one that'll help ensure we could pay for the land's monthly dues so it could finally be ours. we're selling Hope for Health's herbal supplements. it's the perfect business for us since it's helping people move away from synthetic medicine and providing them a safe source of effective natural alternatives. i put quite a bit of my time into building the website for that which you can visit here.
i've also been busy with paperwork for the church's registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission. we've been unregistered until our prison ministry called for it - and now we are! :)
my current and upcoming projects include the next quarter's Sabbath School lesson, fliers, promotional materials for the herbal supplements, actually moving into the new church location, scrapbooks for the Earliteens class (yey!), blogging, more Bible students, and much much more.
i'll let you in on the loop as often as i can, so stay tuned. God bless you. :)

We're Moving Soon *Excited Much*

If you've wandered about this blog and its pages, you've probably noticed that my church and I are currently big on a church building project. It's been a little over a year since we started eyeing this piece of land and because of the grace God gave through the support of many kind brethren from near and far, we will be able to start cleaning up and moving into there next month! How truly wonderful is that? :D

This photo is from Google Earth. The boundaries set here are purely from my estimates and probably aren't accurate, but I'm sure you get the idea. The lot is about 5120 square meters in size and will be enough to contain not only a church, but also an office, a guest house, a health and wellness center, a publishing house, a training school, a vegetable and herb garden, a vegetarian restaurant, and maybe even a bookstore and a small media center!

Initial payments have been made for this lot, but it's still going to require years and years of hard work, benevolence and self-sacrifice before this could be fully ours. But it's work we're all willing to put in.

Besides the one by the entrance, there are three dilapidated buildings on the land that, with some scrubbing and minor improvement, we can temporarily use for services and assemblies. There are also two swimming pools, one of which we're thinking of converting into a baptistry.

Browse through recent photos of the lot here.

If God impresses you to extend your support for this project, please let us know through royalvalleyfreesda@gmail.com.

You can also learn more about Royal Valley Free SDA Church by clicking here.

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