"Round Two!"

Howdy all!
It's been about a week since our last post, but it's been impossible to get online here at Pastor Corrigan's home, due to inclement weather. The rain has been amazing these last few days! It comes for about 4-7 hours and pours out the most awful fury drops of water can muster. Then it stops and leaves without a whisper. Very strange.
Joel's message Sunday night was a big encouragement to the church. It was great to see the Lord work and to see Him continue to work!
Monday was scheduled to be a rainy day. God, however, gave us enough time to finish the walkway! Praise the Lord, it turned out great. We even had enough time to paint the side side of the church building! God is so good to us, is He not? It's been encouraging to see Him answer prayer after prayer this summer!
Tuesday, we began installing spotlights in the auditorium of the church building. It was a learning experience to say the least. It took us until Wednesday morning to actually finish. We were pleasantly surprised when we turned the switch and all the lights actually came on and stayed on! Not only that, but the pastor actually said they looked even. *Phew.* After that, we removed some old carpet from a storage room and did some general maintenance work around the building while the pastor and his family were presenting their work to a church in Tennessee. We're still trying to figure out the drywall, though...
Last night, Bro. Richard Young gave a powerful ending to his three part series on why a Christian should not drink alcohol. It was a wonderful, Biblical handling of a controversial topic and it helped us very much. It was also nice to visit with he and his family and the church members after the service. God has blessed us with the opportunity to serve at a very loving church.
Today was another work day at the church. We did some more electrical work today, replacing ballasts and light bulbs and light fixtures in the building. We also were able to help the pastor do a little work on the pulpit. It has been an all around terrific and educational experience here at Sligo Baptist Church and we're are sorry to think that this is our last week here.
Pray for us, as we are finishing up some things for the pastor this week. Also, pray for Matt, as he is preaching this Sunday-night. Thanks in advance! We can't wait to see what God has in store for the rest of this summer! It's going to be great!
Your brothers in Christ,
-Matt and Joel

(P.S.- Below are some pictures from the week. Enjoy!)




Here is one of Joel and pastor Corrigan painting the church building.






Finally! It took until 9:30 that night, but we managed to get the brick walkway finished. It actually looks straight, too. Not bad for a couple of rookies, if we do say so ourselves...



Funny story behind these pictures. We were changing ballasts in the auditorium light fixtures when we looked out the window and saw a turtle of all things, crawling across the sidewalk in front of the church. We went outside and decided to have our pictures made with it. It was after we had put it on our heads that we realized it was a snapping turtle. Oops...