Moving on Up! (North)

Big things are going to be happening! The Toledo Baptist Temple has closed on 32 acres of property that is 3 miles directly north of its current location. Depending on when the TBT building sells, we plan to begin construction on this piece of land located in Lambertville, MI. It is an amazing property that we were blessed to get at an unbelievable price, and we hope to use it to effectively reach the people in the surrounding area.

The red border shows TBT's current property, with the church on the left side. Towards the right of the border is a back building that Head Start has rented from us for several years now, so in actuality, we've only been using about half of this area.

Using the same scale, here is a shot of the newly acquired land, which goes from Douglas Road on the right all the way to the left edge of the photo. Part of the property will be protected wetlands, as there is a sometimes dry creek that runs through it. Plans are to use the space for community outreach and make it available for people to use it for walking trails, recreation, possible skateboard park, etc. We've already met several teens who have been using the area for ATV riding. Towards the west edge of the property, you can see that the trees sort of form a natural ampitheater . . .we hope to make that useful!

Our church is excited and ready for the move! Directions study groups and FLOCS ministries are going full force as we shift to a new era. Our Harvestfest in October is going to serve as a grand kickoff for the new land. There are some pretty huge developments regarding that, I'll be able to share them very shortly!

Remembering

http://www.imremembering.com/

I can't stop looking at this website. It has probably 70-100 pages, and one evening not too long ago, I viewed every single one! Toys from my childhood, long-forgotten favorite foods, and 80's memories in general -how could I not love it?

Three items stood out in particular and were a huge part of my pre-school days:

I taught myself how to read on this Fisher-Price desk. I remember sitting on the floor in front of my closet, tracing the letters on the chalkboard, placing the magnet letters in the slots, and trying to sound out of the word "bath".


Maybe the time spent on this toy helped contribute to my current accounting/financial background.

The Fisher-Price medical kit! I think I lost the pill bottle early on, because I don't remember it, but the stethoscope worked surprisingly well and the blood pressure thingy was fun to spin round and round. The medical kits are still sold today, but they just don't appear nearly as cool. Now get off my lawn. Not an earth-shattering post, but I've had fun revisiting slices of my childhood. What are some of your favorite toys?

I'll try to do better with my blog updates, I've even had TWO whole requests for me to get back at it. I'm currently mad at my camera, which has been casting dark shadows on my pics lately, so we'll see what I can do.