Reaching Souls International

Brick by Brick

Today, one of our African Leadership team is making bricks. He has a dream to own his own home. To build it on the land he saved to purchase. He is gathering straw and mixing it with mud and forming bricks. He allows them to bake in the sun until they are just right. Carefully stacking them, he makes more. In a few months, he can begin the process of building his home. Brick by brick.

He is also sharing Christ with those around him, preaching to the crowds that gather every time he rides in on his bike and turns on his Peavey sound system. Singing praises to God as the children, teens and adults crowd around to hear the truth of God’s word. Leading them to Christ, connecting them to a local church and building in them a foundation for a relationship with Christ. Brick by brick.

The vision for Reaching Souls was given to Jimmy Hodges 25 years ago and has been built by God. There are over 800 National Missionaries in the field today. Each one is called by God and excited to spread His word throughout their nations. Cultures are being changed as the truth is spreading to one heart at a time. New foundations are being laid. Brick by brick.

Glynis Crawford
Director of Communications

Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 by Glynis Crawford filed under

12 comments (Add your own)

1. Marie Flanigan wrote:: Thanks, Glynis - so beautifully said!! Marie
Wed, February 16, 2011 @ 4:39 PM
2. Sandina wrote:: You go girl. Love it ;)
Fri, February 25, 2011 @ 12:26 PM
3. Priscamanizz wrote:: This really isn't a Do-It-Yourself type pjrceot if you don't know what your doing your at risk. You'll need to install a steel lentil. to support the weight above while you installing your glass block. I found this very detailed explanation on how to install a 4 window into a brick wall from the internet . Firstly, I'd remove the drywall in the area that the window will be going, to expose the framing and the back side of your sheathing. Once the framing is exposed, determine exactly where your window will be:Determine the height of your header (usually about 82 1/2 off the subfloor) and mark a level line across the studs. Measure down and mark where the bottom of your rough opening will be (for a window 48 wide and 36 high it would be 37 down from the bottom of the header). Then determine where the sides of the rough opening will be, making a couple reference marks on the sheathing.Now find the exact center of the rough opening and drill a hole through the brick with a rotary hammer and a long bit. This will be a reference point once you go on the exterior of the brick.Set up your scaffold outside and using the hole as a reference point, draw the outline of the window on the brick. Keep in mind that you will likely want window trim around the window, and a sloped soldier row of bricks along the bottom of the opening. (If it makes it easier to patch your brick, you could also stack bond bricks around the perimeter of your window trim.) So rather than a 48 x 36 opening, you'd want an opening in the brick at least 52 1/4 x 40 1/4 (if you wanted 2 brickmould trim around 4 sides of the window) plus the opening you cut in the brick would need to be larger for any extra brick you need to cut out (5 longer on bottom for the sloped brick sill, 4 more on left and right sides if you want to stack bond the perimeter instead of weaving new bricks in around the perimeter.) Determine the exact amount of brick you will need to cut out so that you can do it all at once.At any rate once you determine the size of the opening you want in the brick, I'd cut it from the exterior with an electric (or gas powered) saw with a diamond blade. You'd want to ensure your marks are plumb and square so that when you cut the opening it will be perfectly straight with the plumb and square window you will be installing. Don't cut too deep and cut through the sheathing. You only need to cut about 4 to 4 1/2 deep.Once the brick is cut, it could be removed. Personally, I think that if your bricks and mortar are in good shape, I wouldn't worry about anything cracking or collapsing. You should demo a few bricks in the middle and work out from there. A few of the bricks should be tied to the house.At this point you still have not cut through the sheathing. (this is giving you a lot of time to fix the brick while still keeping the house water-tight.) Repair any building paper around the perimeter of the brick at this time by installing new strips of building paper across the bottom and sides. You should prepare and finish the brick opening before doing anything else, ensuring it is the right size. A steel lentil will need to be retrofitted across the top of the brick opening as a permanent support.Once the brick opening is prepared, then you would demo the interior, (leaving as much original framing as possible, such as the studs that can remain below the rough opening. Plan ahead and cut them off at the correct height!) install your header between 2 king studs (can make the header extra wide and install between existing king studs), support the header with 2 new jack studs, and lay a sill plate across bottom of the studs you cut off at the proper height to finish the bottom of the rough opening at the correct height. Using the hole you drilled (through the brick) in the sheathing, determine where the sides of the rough opening will be and install the studs between the header and the sill plate. Do all of this while leaving the sheathing in place.Once the rough opening is framed the correct size (plumb, level and square) then you are ready to cut the sheathing out. Once it's cut out, nail the perimeter of the sheathing to the new rough opening. Your new window is now ready to be installed and trimmed. If your brick opening is the perfect size, it along with your exterior trim will just fit, being centered in the brick opening. Good Luck!Tom ASr. Construction ManagerAlbion, Michigan
Thu, April 19, 2012 @ 11:18 PM
4. simone wrote:: Yes you will have to take the bricks out first. Then you will have to frame the ninepog. The frame you put in the ninepog will give you the missing support you need for the brick wall. Normally this would be wood, but you may not want a wide frame that would show. You may want to get a steel or metal frame that will give you the support you need and also not show. I'm sure that the supply place will have these materials for you. You are not the first person to do this job. Good Luck!
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12. Rev George Wilson Kaniike wrote:: Great dear! Brick by brick, the house will be accomplished! Yes, we have seen souls being won for Christ as we lay a brick on the Lord's foundation by Reaching souls strategies. Remember in the house there are utensils, furniture, electronic appliances and the people to use them. So as the Lord is using you, more and more souls are to be won for the Lord Jesus, till every knee will have to bow down to His name and every tough to confess that He is Lord and savior. Amen.
Rev George Wilson Kaniike - Uganda.
Thu, May 17, 2012 @ 8:56 AM

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