In Search of a New Venue(Updated): Praise Report!

For those who have been praying since my last post, I want to say a huge thanks! What I initially thought might turn into long arduous process actually only took an afternoon to sort out. We visited just two locations and found our new recording space. A local church (Tuine Gemeente for the Rustenburgers following), has generously offered us space in their sanctuary building to use for the rest of our project. What's great is not only will it allow us to get back to Monday-Friday and two sessions per day, but we tested the sound quality this morning and we are getting the same or better quality that what we have had at Lebone these past few months! Praise the Lord!

With this move we should be able to finish now by the end of October or early November at the latest whereas if we had to continue with Lebone we would be finishing more likely December or January due to the limited availability of the rooms. It is exciting to think that we could be less than 8 wks from completion now! Again, thank you so much to those of you who have been faithfully praying for us in this whole process!

So this will be our last week here at Lebone and then Monday we move to the new location. This week we are having Pastor Joseph and Pastor Levy finish the books they are currently working on. Pastor Joseph is finishing Leviticus and Mark today and tomorrow while Levy will finish up Proverbs hopefully on Thursday. This will officially put us over 50% chapters of the Bible completed over 60% if you go according to books of the Bible complete!



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