bestsa's blog

Last year I moved to my current location and started my new life in my new hometown. After a couple of months I started to settle down in my new house, my new routine.

 

I work as a bookkeeper so it has never been a problem for me to meet new people, however I always preferred to form personal contacts outside work commitments. I go to church every week and it has been an important part of my life since my teens. It is not the first relocation for me so it has been sort of customary for me to establish contacts with the community by way of religion.

 

Our congregation is not too big, the town is small anyway, so it can only be expected. There are other religions observed, as well, so the tiny Methodist church never was an impressive landmarks icons. In all practicality, it should have been re-built long ago but nobody had the money or the resolution to see it through.

 

Then something happened that changed this situation. Two weeks ago there was a tornado that ripped apart our church building. It was not a major event, far from it, the incident was probably closer to an everyday thunderstorm, but our buildings icons could not withstand the force with which it hit our area.

 

So our small community was left without a place to congregate. We arranged an informal meeting to discuss our options. Five of us met at a nearby restaurant and started a brainstorming. We needed to replace our church building as soon as possible, and we had to do it as cheap as possible. Our pastor was all for a metal building as he already had experience with those. Metal buildings can withstand hurricanes and earthquakes, so he said, and they are less susceptible to fire so safety is definitely achieved. Some metal building companies have their own in-house design team so you can have your metal building designed to your exact needs. Steel parts are getting so versatile that all needs and wishes can be fulfilled. With pre-fabricated, pre-punched, pre-drilled pieces construction and assembly can be performed at affordable prices and less time consumption.