..............When changes are good :)

Note: I really didn't want to post this without pictures but this internet is just really really slow and I can't upload them. :( So, they're coming later on!

I really don’t know how come I haven’t blogged about this before.

My church has had some serious changes in this last couple of years, starting off with the looks of it. If I had pictures to explain myself about the past it would be great and perfect but I don’t have any, so let me try and explain myself with words.

At about 7 years ago, my dad was the pastor of that same church, and by then, the floors were not ceramic tiles, or even concrete, it was a dirt floor. There were no individual chairs, just big wooden benches for like 7 people, they were not fancy, they were handmade, painted with this brownish kinda red, weird. The ceiling was not fancy at all, it had a million holes, so when it rained we actually could have used umbrellas inside the church, when my dad was preaching sometimes and the rain would fall down, he had to stop talking for a while and we would just be quiet for that while because the rain would fall SO HARD on us, that we couldn’t listen to any of what he was saying because the ceiling was just and iron roof, I don't know if that's how it's called actually, but you get the point. It was awful; it felt as if all of us were in this little shack  that was about to fall apart, trying to have a good Sabbath.

By this, I don’t mean to say that the looks of something is THE most important thing in a church, but it’s important, I think God is pleased to see that his house of prayer looks nice for him, that the people in church would work as hard as possible to get a nice church. Remember how in the past, in the bible we find how the people from Jesus time (and way before him too), would make the best out of the Church of God, they would use Gold, fancy design and stuff like that just to build the house of prayer, their church, because it was precisely for God. BUT, also by this, I don’t mean that it’s completely and absolutely necessary to have a BEAUTIFUL church, some churches just really can’t afford it. It’s expensive and they would rather use that money for things more helpful than the looks of the church. At least they keep it clean and as pretty as possible, with their hardest effort.

The point of this post is just to make a point, And my point is that is so beautiful to see how my church as changed in this years, how all my brothers and sisters have WORKED SOOOOO HARD to make it look like it is now. You have no idea how influent the environment of any place can be.  It looks brighter, cleaner and prettier, which makes you feel better. Being a designer, I know how much color and lighting affects even the mood of the people that are in that place. And so, we now have individual and comfortable chairs for each person, ceramic tiles, fake ceiling (we can now hear the pastor preach, and we can also hear ourselves, you have no idea how bad it was we couldn’t even hear what the person right next to us said, it was so so bad, and trust me, I am not exaggerating). And church is painted pretty J Actually, we have just changed the paint, it use to be half white, half deep red, and last week I went to the hardware store with dad and bought three different types of blue (beautiful colors), and recently painted it. It looks gorgeous. All to have a new year (since holy dinner), and start fresh with new energies and surroundings. I’m excited.

Ok, that’s from the inside… now, from the outside, it used to be like… I don’t know how to explain, like muddy? I don’t know lol. But it was awfully bad looking, so we worked hard (again) to cover it with cement and make it look smooth and not with different levels like it use to be. And so, 3 weeks ago, we decided to paint it just like a mural wall simulating the volcano (you know, ‘cause my church is ½ km. away from the San Salvador volcano), and It looks SOOOO pretty! And I think the most exciting part of everything was to see my children help out with the painting, aaagh they looked so pretty and cute helping out. They did a great job, there was a point where they wouldn’t even let me paint ‘cause they stole my paint brush haha.

And so, here are more pictures of the painting and the makeoverJ, still lots of work to be done, we have to remodelate the children/youth room. We share the room with the kids ‘cause there’s no more space, so it’s gonna be a challenge for your fellow designer to make it look appropriate for both groups.  Let’s see what the future brings. 

God bless you all. I ask you please to pray for my church, all the people that make the best effort to make it look nice to feel better and have a nice place to come every Sabbath. Bless their hearts Lord.