Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me . . .
A BIG Thank you goes out to the Brick Masons who came out to lay the stones for the expansion to our Executive Suite here at the Dixon Building.
On August 31, 2009, our Texas Baptist Men Retiree Builders and their sweet wives came from all parts of Texas to grace our premises with their RVs and once again begin work “for the Glory of God”. We at the Robert E. Dixon Building are the grateful recipients of their labor of love as they work to complete our much needed office addition.
The project builders spent the month of May in Ingram, Texas. First Baptist Church of Ingram had begun a multi-purpose building to be used as a gym and a temporary worship center. For various reasons, they were unable to complete the inside of the building and were getting a bit discouraged.
Samaritan’s Purse needs volunteers who have extensive skills in carpentry to help build 13 Log/Timber Frame houses in Eagle, Alaska after ice breakup and flooding destroyed homes in the town of 160 residents. Eagle is located in the Eastern part of Alaska on the Yukon River, 8 miles from the Canadian border.
On Monday morning June 22, 2009 the Texas Baptist Men (TBM) Brick Layers started moving into Tyler, Texas to Brick the Parsonage for the Korean Baptist Church of Tyler. They started setting up about noon and finished up on Thursday afternoon.
A letter of appreciation was sent to Leo from the First Mexican Baptist Church in Galveston. Click HERE to see the letter.
GOD CONNECTS WORKMANSHIP OF TBM BUILDERS WITH NEEDS IN BULGARIA
Forty-eight pieces of solid oak furniture including bunk beds, desks, and wardrobes are currently being constructed by TBM Furniture Builders and destined for an orphanage in Bulgaria.
A few months ago, one of our Retiree Builders,
Eddy Carr, had surgery and was down for a long
period of time. I'm sure he got cabin fever within the
first week, so he took up knitting to give him
something to do.
The week prior to July 14, 2008, the Church Builder group of the Texas Baptist Men Retiree Builders moved into the community of Brashear, Texas near Sulphur Springs to assist the Brashear Baptist Church in the construction of a 16,000 sq ft Family Life Center/Fellowship Hall/Gym/Youth Education Building.
The first week of April 2008, a tornado went through the Glen Rose, Texas area and caused major damage in the little community of Nemo, Texas. The New Prospect Baptist Church was hit and two portable classroom buildings were destroyed.
A few months ago, one of our Retiree Builders,