Today is a Day of Celebration!

Dearest Friends,

I know you knew this day would come. God bless you for your commitment to believe with us for this day.

About an hour ago, the last inspector signed off on the Certificate of Occupancy. What that means, is we have a home!

We have a place to go for all the programs, rooms to move into (tomorrow, if we want), chairs to set up, sound equipment to put in the closets. We can unpack all the stuff we have had in storage for years.

We have a home to move into, Sunday for church, Mondays with 400 kids, Wednesdays for Youth Group. For months clothes have collected in every piece and part of this property for the food bank, other donations, too. We can start putting food on shelves and Christmas and summer items in storage.

No more phone calls, late into nights asking us when church is going to start again. The buses will be on the road and routines will begin. Teachers will gear up to teach their lessons and we'll start looking for furniture for classrooms.

Together you have stood with us in prayer:

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, Wait for the Lord! Be strong, and let your heart take courage;! Yes, wait for the Lord.! Ps 27:13, 14

Together we have seen God's provision:

I sought the Lord, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. The poor man cried and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Ps. 34:4-8