You knew this blog was coming a week early after yesterday's miracles. Humanly, we can only say, "Wow", and spiritually we say, "Praise The Lord". Our God IS an awesome God. First, what we had been praying for: When I gave the invitation and asked all the people who had just prayed to receive Christ as their Savior, to look up at me, I know over 70 people looked up. I did not want to pause too long so no doubt there were more; also, it was so hard to see everyone in the very back corners. We had 12 workers at the front with books to hand out to those who came forward and when I looked around, each one of them had multiple people lined up in front of them. I was so overwhelmed at that point I could not speak. One of our men had a great idea. He said we should have announced that the workers would stay at the front with the books and anyone who did not get to come forward, could do so after the service was over. Next time.

The workers, on Saturday, while they were cleaning all the chairs, prayed over each chair and asked the Lord to fill it with someone and to touch their heart during the service. Glen had 1,500 chairs on the floor and there were people standing in the back and I don't know how many were with kids on the grass. 1,540 people was our last count. Also, it was so refreshing to see over 500 of our people eating together in the pavilion and fellowshipping with one another. Mission accomplished.

Another miracle was the weather. Some may not think so, but the report was not good on Saturday night for Sunday. When we got to the canyon, the sun was out and the sky was blue. It did not rain until ten minutes after we finished and then only a sprinkle. When everyone had eaten and there was about five of us left, it came down in buckets. "Thank-you again Father".

What a start to our "We Are Family" theme. This Sunday's message will be a "Where do we go from here" message. I am going to show you on the screens the property we want to buy for our next phase. Thank-you so much for inviting the lost and un-churched. As I told you in a sermon, 93% of all church growth is just people moving from one church to another. We have started the vision of reaching out in a dynamic way to the un-churched and lost. Thank you. We intend to keep this before us as our vision.

The only "down side", if it really was one, is the time it took to get through the Sonny's line and the Quiznos' line. We will definitely do it differently next time. Thank-you for your patience and understanding. You were so kind while in line.

In closing, thanks to all of you who worked, prepared, cleaned, set-up, tore down, invited, brought, helped with parking, greeted, ushered, and more.

Pastor Lloyd