About a month back, Dan sent me the following email. I've been meaning to post it and this last weekend's services reminded me to get this "small intervention" story out there.
Rob;
As you know the parking lot at MC3 was rough graded last fall when Cutting Edge installed our dry wells to meet city code for occupancy. Josh Walk (GCC member) is one of the owners of Cutting Edge and he not only donated the men and the equipment to install the surface and building water drains but donated the four dry wells that contain all the water runoff. We estimated the value of this to be approximately $10, 000 to $12,000.
This spring Josh brought a crew back in an re-graded the lot to fill in the mud holes and ruts created over the winter and spring thaw. At that time I shared with Josh that we really wanted to pave the lot but the bids were coming back in around $15,000 to $18,000 and we didn’t have the budget for this expense but I was still looking for a funding source. No funding came in so I was resigned to “dealing” with the parking lot again this winter.
Tuesday night Josh called and asked if we got the parking lot paved. I shared that we had not and that we were just going to deal with it again since every dollar of our budget needed to be allocated toward programming. He asked if I minded if he sent a team over on Wednesday with a load of limestone and I shared again we had no money let alone the $4 to $6,000 it would take to bring in 3” of limestone. He stated that he was not asking me to pay a dine but he wanted to donate it to the mission – he believed God had really been blessing his business over the last few months and he wanted to return the blessing. So, last night I swung by MC3 and pulled into a smooth, lime-stoned parking lot and I began to cry.
God has been so good to us and gives us full-blown miracles every day but I just race by them most of the time – lately, I have begun to envy Raj and our Indian pastors that get to witness miracle after miracle because without God’s intervention it would not have happened. Well, yesterday I had nothing to give and Jesus showed up in Josh Walk’s skin and dropped it in my lap. Maybe that is exactly why God is allowing us to deal with our present budget crisis because we have become so self-assured and self-reliant that we miss God’s hand of provision over and over again.
As remarkable as the miracle is the back story on Josh. Last year he was taken for hundreds of thousands of dollars by a large contractor that found a loophole for not paying but Josh was committed to act with integrity. Fuel prices kept escalating higher and higher this summer but he was committed to operate his business debt free and pay his employees on time – everyone got paid. His wife and he are dealing with all the real life issues of a blended family but he keeps doing the next right thing. Quite frankly, it humbles me greatly when God continues to allow me to lead and influence people like Josh that possess a faith like a lion.
Thanks for allowing me to be part of your team.
Dan
I need a tissue for the tears. Wow, God is amazing.
Posted by: Christine Henry | November 24, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Another amazing Story....keep them coming, share them
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Posted by: Clara Millan | November 25, 2008 at 10:59 PM