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For in so much as you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.”  Thus said our LORD

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Finishing touches

Chester Wood 8/13/10

Thank you all for your help, prayers, sweat, donations and hard work. We are not finished. Far from it. There are finishing touches on south wing. We need to build a dining hall, refinish the duplex and completely renovate the north wing to make it like the south wing. We need to get started soon. We have already made a difference for the first three families. One has already moved on, got a job and an apartment. He faces many challenges but we gave him a chance.

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Finishing touches on the Inn

Chester Wood 8/2/10

Ray and Chester request a turnout on Wednesday, Aug 11 to help put finishing touches on the Samaritan Inn.

We need many areas of help including the following,

1. Dressers and bed frames into three rooms

2. Finish painting and bolting bunk beds

3. Dress up rear of building, and east wall, caulk or concrete point cracks in block and paint

4. Paint the green trim on the west end of building

5. Install new construction fence

6. Get blinds and install in rooms 6,7,8 and the office

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Bob Evans Community Fun Night

Chester Wood 7/2/10

 

Find attached the Bob Evans Community Fun Night flyer for July 15.  We will continue to have these events each third Thursday to provide funding for Samaritan Inn and Christian Care Center Ministry Village at First Baptist Church Leesburg. 

 

You may download and copy as many as you want.  It is to be honored in Bob Evans restaurants from Orlando, Clermont, Leesburg, The Villages and Ocala. 

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NEEDED

Chester Wood 7/1/10

NEEDED;  6 ft counter top finished on left end; 3 ft wide base cabinet with counter top. Maybe someone has something lying around. No outragious colors please.

Thanks.

Chester

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MATTHEW 25:35-40

“Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

For I was hungry and you gave me meat,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
I was a stranger and you took me in,
I was naked and you clothed me,
I was sick and you visited me,
I was in prison and you came unto me.

For in so much as you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.”

Thus said our
LORD

If ever there was any doubt for the need of the Samaritan Inn, Lake County schools could quickly dispell that notion. Schools report there are 1,466 homeless students, as classified by federal guidelines.

The Samaritan Inn will provide temporary housing for families trying to get on their feet in these difficult times.

First Baptist Church

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The Samaritan Inn The News

Samaritan Inn : 'It's a lot of work, but it's a good cause.'

Story Credits: 
THERESA CAMPBELL Staff Writer

LEESBURG -- Sweat poured from their faces in Tuesday's morning heat as Chester Wood and a crew of volunteers painted the exterior and individual rooms of the Samaritan Inn, the former Big Bass Motel that will become a shelter for homeless families.

"We've got to move ahead," said Wood, project manager. "There are people out here who need a place to live and need to have help to get their lives put back together."

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Volunteers pitch in to transform Leesburg's former Big Bass Motel into home for needy families

Story Credits: 
By Emily Fuggetta, Orlando Sentinel June 3, 2010

LEESBURG — A year ago, the Big Bass Motel sat in ruins. Now, after nearly a year of planning and repairs by dedicated volunteers, the motel is well on its way to becoming the Samaritan Inn — a place for homeless families with children to live while they get back on their feet.

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Helpers fix up shelter

Story Credits: 
By Frank Stanfield, Correspondent Star-Banner - ocala.com

 Volunteers are turning a motel into a Samaritan Inn for the homeless.

LEESBURG - Jun 2 2010 There was some dripping Tuesday morning, but it wasn't from paint dribbling off brushes and rollers. Volunteers were dripping with sweat in the sizzling heat while putting finishing touches on the Samaritan Inn, and being careful not to make a mess in the former motel that will become a homeless shelter for families by the end of the month.

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Trinity High School seniors

Story Credits: 
By Frank Stanfield, Correspondent Star-Banner - ocala.com

LEESBURG - Wed Feb 3 2010 - The Trinity High School seniors climbed out of the bus Wednesday and gathered in a big semi-circle, shivering in the morning chill. They giggled self-consciously, then listened as the project manager explained how a modern day miracle came to pass.

Chester Wood explained how the old Big Bass motel had undergone "several lives" in the past. "The last one, if your parents heard you were here, they'd probably kill you," he said.

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Workers begin transforming hotel into homeless shelter

Story Credits: 
THERESA CAMPBELL, Staff Writer - Daily Commercial

LEESBURG -- More than 50 volunteers worked away Thursday under the morning sun, ripping out old lumber ceiling joists from a former motel. A new roof will be installed next week, and the inn will soon become a shelter for homeless families.

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