Christar U.S. Office Move

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God has done amazing things in getting the Christar U.S. office prepared for the move to a new location in Richardson, Texas, just outside of Dallas. Check back often to see updates of the progress. We're looking forward to serving in our new facility soon.

Christar U.S. Relocation Timeline

Monsday, August 30, 2010

We officially say goodbye to our faithful volunteers our Reading today. Pray that God will provide a new group of volunteers for us in Dallas.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

We’re going office furniture shopping today! Praise the Lord with us for the many doors who have graciously provided for over half the tables and chairs needed for the new Training Center, and pray that remaining 74 chairs and 16 tables will be provided for soon.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Twelve air conditioning units are being installed on the roof today; pray for safety for all workers involved.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Praise God with us that we received the funds to pay for several of the larger items we need for the Training Center, including the ventilation hood for over the dishwasher, a commercial icemaker and all the furniture we need for the breakout room!

Also, please pray that we will have power in the building soon; we’ve run into some issues with the electrical work. Ask that these issues will not delay the completion of construction.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Update on God's provision and what we still need

Praise God with us that he has already provided for:

additional bathrooms
kitchen and dining room
large training area and two meeting/breakout rooms
child care room
reception area
20' commercial freezer
commercial gas stove
Two commercial refrigerators
ALL the dining room furniture (16 round tables and 100 chairs)
ALL the small conference room furniture
ALL 36 chairs and two tables needed for the breakout room
Nine chairs for the training room
Two of four dish tables for the training center kitchen

To be ready for our first training program, scheduled in October, we still need:

moveable partition between dining and training areas - $17,565
ventilation/fire prevention hood (for over the stove) - $13,064.33
commercial dishwasher—$7,586.88
free-standing oven—$2,745.06
five commercial food preparation tables - $4,265.23
ventilation hood (for over the dishwasher) - $3,674.57
dish tables in kitchen –$821.80 each (two still needed)
commercial icemaker - $2,751.13
training room furniture
- chairs - $28 each (91 still needed)
- rectangular tables – $135.85 each (16 needed)
breakout room furniture

narrow tables – 67.92 each (7 out of 9 still needed)

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Monday, August 16, 2010

Read more about the Patrick and Mary Ann Cate Training Center, and how your donation can help facilitate Christar missionary training.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Praise God with us that we received our building permit for the Training Center kitchen this week! We’re making progress on the new bathrooms and the electrical work is moving along. Please continue to pray that the construction will be completed on schedule!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

As God continues to lead Christar to Texas, we like to present stories of His faithfulness. Why Move recounts how God led us to sell our building in Reading, Pennsylvania and how He provided the new building in Richardson, Texas. The Miller Story and the Luna Story are two examples of God's faithfulness and sovereignty in providing homes for our staff members in Texas.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

More pictures of the office renovation

ceiling studs drywall ladder scaffold checklist Bob Kilgore
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

The framing for all partitions will be completed today and our plumber is on schedule with the kitchen and bathrooms. Please continue to pray for all the work to be complete in good time!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Over 40 workers were in the building today—praise God for their continued safety!

Friday, July 16, 2010

We’re pouring concrete today—please pray for this task to go smoothly and for safety for the many workers in our building.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

We have water! Pipes have been installed and the water is turned on. Praise God with us for his blessing so far!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

It’s been a busy week so far! We’re excited that demolition is finished and construction is underway! Electricians have begun working throughout the building and the installation of our heating and cooling system has begun. Over the last few days we picked out paint, tile, carpets, finishes for cabinetry, so we’re getting an idea of how the finished product will look.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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Relocation update from Bob Kilgore, director of Christar U.S.

I’ve just returned from Richardson, Texas where I met with three contractors who bid on the remodeling of our new office building and training center. Wait until you see how God worked!

We thought we had seen God work in amazing ways already—but we hadn’t seen anything yet! Over the coming weeks, I’ll give you the whole story of what the Lord has been doing and continues to do as we transition to our new office building in Richardson, Texas—in meantime, here’s just a summary!

He provided a buyer for our office in Reading before we even put it on the market.
He provided a church who has graciously allowed us to keep working in the basement of our old building for the past 10 months.
He has continually reaffirmed His leading, selling several workers’ homes in Pennsylvania in just a few days, and providing new homes in the Dallas area.
He provided a building in the Dallas area that will allow us to better serve our missionaries, missionary candidates and supporters.

But we hadn’t seen anything yet!
Here’s what God did in less than 24 hours!

11 p.m. Tuesday, June 22—After many days of meetings and discussions with contractors, much perspiration and multiple proposals for the renovation of our new office building, I still did not know how I would decide on the right contractor. Before falling asleep, I asked the Lord for the 100th time point me to the right one.
6 a.m. Wednesday, June 23—I woke up with fear and trembling, and prayed that one of the new reworked bids would be at least $20,000 less than the others.
10 a.m. Wednesday—The first bid came in at almost $50,000 less than the original bid price. My heart sank—it placed that bid within $1,000 of the other bid I had already received. Now how would I decide?
2:30 p.m. Wednesday—With the clock ticking down to my departure for home, I met with Construction Zone of Texas.
3 p.m. Wednesday—Construction Zone’s new bid was $22,000 less than the other bid—more than the $20,000 difference I had prayed for! But God did even more! Construction Zone was able to negotiate free installation of some our kitchen equipment, saving us another $10,000!
4 p.m. Wednesday—With time running out, we went directly to city hall to pick up the building permit. The plans were completely accepted by the building inspector! That almost NEVER happens! As a result, construction began Monday, June 28!

The current plans call for completion of these renovations on September 8, 2010. We are trusting God to provide the $100,000 needed to complete the kitchen, movable wall and furnishings for the training center.