ACCORDING TO THE NEW ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE BOWIE MISSION, LINDA COBBS, THE MISSION IS ACTIVELY PRAYING FOR AND SEEKING A NEW BUILDING FOR THE MISSION IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. DR. RONNIE LAWSON, A BOARD MEMBER AND THE PASTOR OF SILVER LAKES COMMUNITY CHURCH STATED THE NEED FOR THE MISSION TO FIND FACILITIES THAT ARE MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE NEW PROGRAMS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT MS. COBBS IS HOPING TO INSTITUTE. COBBS SAID, “WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR IT AND THE BUILDING HAS SERVED IT’S PURPOSE FOR A LOT OF YEARS, IT IS OLD AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR EXPANSION IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT NEW PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN MIND.” WHILE THE MISSION SERVES THE NEEDS OF HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES PER WEEK, THEY COULD DO SO MUCH MORE WITH FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT SO CRAMPED FOR SPACE. THEY WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HAVE ROOMS FOR COUNSELING, AS THERE ARE NEW VOLUNTEERS WHOSE DUTIES WILL BE COUNSELING, BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE IN ONE SMALL COMMON ROOM AMIDST THE NOISE OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION. COBBS WANTS TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE CAN BE MET. SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A STAFF OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL COVER ALL AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.