Little Brown Church Roof Repair--Part 2

I received this additional information and pictures from Pastor Mike Iverson from the Yellowstone Church in Billings, MT:

"After many email discussions and pleas for help we had the following people participate in the Little Brown Church re-roofing project:

Doyle, John, Rock, Aaron, Marty, Laura, Zach, Mark, Rock's Grandson - Belgrade Community Church
Red, Travis, Marcus - Roundup Emmanuel Baptist Church
Ross and Paul - Billings FBC
Mike, Leonard, Michael, Bill, Zach - Billings Yellowstone Church
Doug - Hardin FBC
Wayne - Crow Agency Community Church
Larry - Little Brown Church
Nancy, Newton, Olivia, Kenny and several ladies from Lodge Grass provided wonderful hospitality and food while we were there.

I think that this was a tremendous example of what we can do if we choose to work together. When we think of missions work - or projects, we often tend to think of traveling long distances or maybe even overseas, but I think it is important for us to remember that there are people right in our own back yard that need our help.

A couple of things that I thought were noteworthy: As we were wrapping up the project, some neighborhood ladies walking down the street stopped to talk with me about what was going on at the church - people in the town of Lodge Grass took note of the activity that was taking place and were very impressed that people would come from all over the state to help the church in Lodge Grass. I was also very impressed with the camaraderie that took place between people of different churches, but also amongst people of the same church. I noticed people from BCC and Yellowstone Church who previously hadn't known each other very well begin making new friendships.

I think it is significant that in a time of need we were able to come together and meet a need that the people of Little Brown Church had almost given up hope on. They had $3000 in a fund to replace the roof, but had received quotes that were significantly higher than this from various roofing companies. After excess materials were returned - the final cost of materials for this project was $3087.64 (plus some miscellaneous supplies brought from the Belgrade team).

The people of Little Brown Church often feel as if they are forgotten or abandoned and felt very blessed and encouraged to have our churches come together to help meet this need. Thank you to everyone who participated and to everyone who encouraged members of their various churches to participate."

--Pastor Mike Iverson, Yellowstone Church