Rebuild Lakeshore

Teams have made incredible progress on this new construction house in the last month. The crew from Oklahoma worked hard the last couple of weeks and put together this video of one of the several projects we have going. I love the very appropriate Derek Webb sound track that epitomizes what we want to do here.

go in peace, to love, and to serve
let your ears ring long with what you’ve heard
and may the bread on your tongue
leave a trail of crumbs
to lead the hungry back to the place that you are from

and take to the world this love, hope and faith
take to the world this rare, relentless grace
and like the three in one
know you must become what you want to save
’cause that’s still the way
He takes to the world

go, and go far
take light deep in the dark
believe what’s true
He uses all, even you

Contact us today to make a donation or to make plans for your mission trip as God uses “even you;” to rebuild Lakeshore for His glory.

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Last month I posted a Crossroads Katrina Relief Video from some of our friends near Chicago. Here is another one from them that they did last spring.

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Mrs. Redford, a 76 year old widow with parkinson’s, and faithful member of Lakeshore Baptist Church, road out the storm with her little dog. She found herself swimming in the storm surge as Katrina destroyed the rental property where she lived. After the storm her family tried to get her to move away, but because of her strong desire to stay connected to her church, she took all the money she had and purchased a small piece of land and a dilapidated flooded mobile home.

Volunteers gutted the trailer and began trying to rehab it for her to live in. The twisted frame suffered irreparable damage. We quickly realized the futility of sinking money into such a damaged structure. At a church fellowship meal I approached Mrs. Redford and told her I had good news and bad news for her. I began with the bad news, telling her that we could not repair her trailer. She sheepishly understood and thanked me for doing all we could. I asked her if she wanted to hear the good news. She reluctantly agreed to listen. I told her although we could not repair the flooded trailer, we planned to build her a brand new house. She literally jumped for joy as tears of gratitude flooded down her cheeks.

Mrs. Redford now lives in a beautiful comfortable little shotgun house built with 100% volunteer labor and funded with the money people sent in from all across the country. She kept a record of all those who helped by asking them to sign boards. Hear her tell her story in the video below.

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Less than two weeks after the storm, Donnie Stubblefield from Crossroads Community Church and Roadhouse Student Services near Chicago emailed me looking to provide immediate assistance and forge a lasting partnership. With a strong commitment, deeper than words, these folks have gone the second mile with pavement pounding persistence and drive to see God glorified in the rebuilding efforts. We can’t thank them enough for their generosity and hard work. Yesterday we dedicated the second house they helped to build. Lord willing, I’ll have pictures to post soon. Enjoy the video.

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Our friends from Alpine Chapel in Lake Zurich, IL. worked with us last summer and put together this video from their experience. They did a great job of giving you a glimpse of what a mission trip to Lakeshore feels like.

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