August 4, 2009

Hello everyone! There are so many exciting updates to share this week. Things are rapidly progressing, and there are many positive things to share. Pastor Andy Horn recently met up with the folks from Hometown Heroes. It was an “awesome meeting” according to Pastor Andy. He shared that they are very energized about this project. There is a Hometown Heroes special on Dateline (NBC) that will be airing right as we are gearing up. We will announce the date of this special when the specifics are made available. Heaven House will have some great national exposure through this.In the area of permits, we have two updates. First, the building permit has been approved! Second, we have obtained the permit necessary to tear down the garage… And not a moment too soon! Tom Schwalbach and a crew of volunteers were on site at the O’Brien’s Monday afternoon, and removed the garage. I have it on good authority that at the end of the day, there was nothing left but a swept slab of concrete. Now that the garage is out of the way, The Losic team will be able to do the stakeout. The stakeout marks the beginning of construction at the site. Losic Engineering has donated all of their services to the project.In the previous updates, we reported a need for silt fencing to be placed around the perimeter of the construction site. Pat Bruch from BPX has come on board to do the complete silt fencing. Once the stakeout is done and the silt fence is in place we will be ready to dig. Justin Niemyjski has offered to do the excavating for the project for free.A big thank you goes out to all those who have stepped forward to volunteer food and food services for the construction site. However, there is still a need for more volunteers. If you are able to donate food, gift certificates /money for grocery stores/restaurants, or if you are able to prepare and/or serve food, please contact Gary & Marge Meyer at gdjmeyer@msn.com.