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| Joyce with a shovel, breaking ground. |
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| Lloyd with his shovel breaking ground. |
Lloyd saw the need for a church in a neighborhood in Nuevo Progreso. We were given a large piece of land and got all the permits necessary to build. In June of 2000 we took each other's picture breaking ground. It was just the two of us. We decided to call the church Bethesda, which means pool of healing.
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| Lloyd used orange spray paint to map out the church on the ground. |
We mapped out the church on the ground and squared the corners. It wasn’t easy. Then we hired locals to dig and pour the foundation which is now 6 feet deep and very strong. It took months for us to pour the floor, block up the walls and put on a concrete roof for the parsonage. All this was accomplished by hiring men to work for us.
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| Parsonage was finished, auditorium walls went up, but there was still a lot of work to do. |
When the building began to rise, the Church of God in Mexico sent a Bible School graduate, Francisco Javier Perez, to form a congregation, live in the parsonage, and watch over the project. He was there 2 years.
Since that time we’ve accomplished more on the building and had other pastors at Bethesda. Lloyd’s vision is to have a 2 story building that will house rooms for a Bible school.
The building of Bethesda Church of God in Nuevo Progreso continues. The current pastor, Rudy Cruz, is a hard working man who is full of the Holy Ghost. He shares our vision to see people saved, delivered and healed.
Contact us if you would like to help continue this special project. In the beginning it was just the 2 of us, breaking ground, but as this work grows, we need the prayers of others and also financial support. We want to see Lloyd’s vision fulfilled.
Psalm 126:3 The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
