Prayer Garden ... Thanks to the Team

This photo was taken Monday evening, June 19. With the project deadline just five days away and a plot of bedded plants awaiting a permanent home, the project seemed impossible. But Ray (see April photos) came Tuesday and Dale came Monday through Wednesday, and found a home for every plant. (photo by Nelson)
Dale also helped install one of the stone pathways from stones collected out back of the church (photo by Nelson).
Nelson the supervisor ... (photo by Dale).
The purpose of this garden at Crosswinds Wesleyan Church is partly to handle drainage concerns at this spot. But that could have been done a lot of different ways. Building a prayer garden, however, provides seclusion for spiritual retreat, a spot for supervised children to wiggle a bit and be outside, a place for counseling and spiritual guidance, and an opportunity for volunteers to serve.
Nelson and I tried to capture at least one photo of everyone who worked on the project and plan to put most of them on a CD. I'd like to have put more on this blog, but there just isn't room. Even with all the photos, I'm sure we missed a few volunteers. To maintain work flow, we usually "shot" people during a rest break, or at the beginning or end of a work session. I know we missed Sue and Kris ... and probably a few others, especially those who came when we couldn't. Nonetheless we appreciated every single pair of hands.
We also appreciated support from a couple area businesses: Tim Bobel from Wayside Nurseries in Macedon and Brent Bivoni from Sunrise Aquatics, also in Macedon (sunriseaquatics.com).
Most of all we thank God for giving his servants strength and safety while serving, for sending awesome advisors who gave great counsel. It will be exciting to hear some of the stories about how God uses this space. "Call unto Me," God says, "and I will show you great and mighty things which you do not know." I'm sure that I'll look back with amazement and soon realize my mind was way too small to even begin to comprehend what God really had in mind when he set it into our hearts to rebuild the prayer garden.