Met with some local pastors here in Joplin last week. Beginning some new relationships, which i hope will bare much fruit for the Mystery and the community in the future. Good stuff. Have more meetings scheduled for next week. Please be in prayer for these.
Loaded up the van Wed. morning after a meeting and headed south. Spent the later half of last week in Texas. It was good. Family is all still down there for another week, but i returned and am hard at work. So much to do. Traveled to Lewisville, Grand Priarie and Austin all in three short days. Met with freinds, family and churches. Ate good food, raised awareness for Mystery, shared my heart and vision and came back with a sense of direction again. I wont kid it was a hard week last week. Spent like $300 annd raised about $250...haha. People are emotionallly draining, but for all the discouragement and frustration it was wonderful to have the support of friends and encourgament of trusted men in my life.
If you aspire to plant a church you aspire to a long and painful road. Make your calling sure. Run the race, suffer well and be obediant. There is not much more though that I have seen God work so challenging and lovingly in though. I think planting is definately in his plans for reaching the lost.
Grace and Peace
Steev