Moving along (slowly)

There have been a few delays with getting a majority of the work started, on the outside at least. We should see some of that change in the very near future. Meetings were to be held this week to work out the last little details. In the meantime, some work has continued with Milan Restorations working on the inside and at their warehouse in Elizabeth. All the pews have been dismantled and serialized and are ready to be removed. The altar area platforms are gone and the confessionals and crying room are too. Marco (from Milan) told me they had to construct a larger paint spray booth in their facility to accomodate our pew length for spraying the new stain and protective coatings. The organ remains behind, but it is well protected having been encased in a large wooden box. It is not in the way, so it was decided to leave it in place. The hope is that the pews would leave the building this week and work might really begin late this week or early next. Stay tuned. See the slide show for some new photos of work being done. I'll rotate out some of the 'before' pictures and start to replace them with 'during' so we can see some progress.

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. Ps 56:3