It wasn't as simple as it sounded.
The age of the headquarters building
presented another set of problems. Major
infrastructure needed replacing. This included
water and sewer pipes, electrical wiring, HVAC
units (all 110 of them!), security and data
systems. They all needed to be replaced. Of
course, that was in addition to the destroyed
furnishings, carpet and equipment. Much of
that seriously needed to be updated anyway. The
building is almost 40 years old; a full renovation
might better describe what we were looking at.
Repair. Replace. Expand.
If The LORD had only said, Repair, we would
have started immediately to do that. But just
what did He mean by Replace and expand for the
future?
damage.
By the next week, we successfully evacuated
the headquarters building and began relocating
250 sta members to every open usable space
around the campus. Even with this enormous
upheaval, we never stopped preaching the
uncompromising Word of Faith from the top of
the world to the bottom and all the way around
the middle. And we never will! No matter the
challenges! Glory to God!
A Plan To Rebuild
On that fi rst full day of the freeze, The LORD
gave Terri a word about the situation.
He told her, This is your Golden Gate Bridge
of Opportunity! You are not only to repair and
replace, but to expand for the future.
The LORD impressed on her that it was not
an option to just restore the building to its
previous condition. It was time to improve and
upgrade everything on campus—including the
headquarters building.
This was our opportunity to believe God and
use our faith. It was our opportunity to believe
for newer, better-performing equipment with
updated, cutting-edge technology. This was our
opportunity to repair what needed to be repaired,
replace what needed to be replaced and expand
what needed to be expanded.
The LORD told us to Repair, Replace and
Expand!
So, that's where we began. Repair.
B V O V
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This is your Golden Gate
Bridge of Opportunity! You are
not only to repair and replace,
but to expand for the future." but to expand for the future." but to expand for the future." but to expand for the future."
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