neljapäev, september 08, 2005
The building
Today we toured the building that the city of Tartu may let us use for the homeless day center and corps. It looks like it could really serve this purpose well.
The building used to house a frozen pizza manufacturer, and so has been kept in pretty good shape. There are some renovations needed in a few rooms, but most are in decent condition and basically need cleaning up. The only big concern is that the roof may need some work. There are probably 12 or 14 rooms altogether, from three very large rooms that were used to produce the food, to smaller, office-sized rooms. Two good sized rooms look like they would work well for the homeless day center. The biggest challenge is heating the building, which would be done by electric heat. But in these two rooms there appears to be a wood-burning furnace that has been covered over. If this is true, we can use that for the primary heating source, which would substantially cut down on the heating costs. The city is offering to let us use the space at no rent if we simply do the fixing up and pay utilities.
So now the big challenge begins: finding the funding and people to make this happen. Please continue to pray for this. It seems to be right, but we want to be sure it is God's will as we proceed. Pray that we will see clearly the path to follow.
Below are some pictures to give you an idea of the place (you can click on them to see a larger view).
--Tim
The building used to house a frozen pizza manufacturer, and so has been kept in pretty good shape. There are some renovations needed in a few rooms, but most are in decent condition and basically need cleaning up. The only big concern is that the roof may need some work. There are probably 12 or 14 rooms altogether, from three very large rooms that were used to produce the food, to smaller, office-sized rooms. Two good sized rooms look like they would work well for the homeless day center. The biggest challenge is heating the building, which would be done by electric heat. But in these two rooms there appears to be a wood-burning furnace that has been covered over. If this is true, we can use that for the primary heating source, which would substantially cut down on the heating costs. The city is offering to let us use the space at no rent if we simply do the fixing up and pay utilities.
So now the big challenge begins: finding the funding and people to make this happen. Please continue to pray for this. It seems to be right, but we want to be sure it is God's will as we proceed. Pray that we will see clearly the path to follow.
Below are some pictures to give you an idea of the place (you can click on them to see a larger view).
--Tim
