Stepping Out In Faith

This week was really reflective for me. I had to face my fears and realize that planting a church is destiny for us. I prayed all week for our future members, launch team, staff and there families, favor with other planters and ministries. We finally finished writing out beliefs, mission statement and values. That felt like giving birth uncomfortable but glad the vision was birthed. We started our first draft of our prayer and intecessory pray team request letters. I ordered business cards for us to hand out when we visit Austin this summer. I was concerned about not having any family in the area. But as God would have it, I have a cousin who is unchurched living a rock's throw away as he described it. He fits the target profile we are wanting to reach. So I plan on interviewing him and hopefully using him as a liason in the community. He works for a fortune 500 company and maybe one of his friends could be on our launch team. I was praying for a unique way of making contacts in the area before we transition. God put it on my heart to do tear sheet marketing, like I do at work. So I want to send fliers with business cards to coffee shops and christian book stores and community bulletin boards at colleges to see what kind of connections and friendships we can generate. I would like if we could build a core group and meet every quarter and have conference call meetings between time. We are so excited to see how God will move in Austin. This week we are ministering at Bethesda Church and I am being ordained and licensed. I'm so excited to receive ministry and to give ministry also. Church was awesome today. The young adults did a great job!!! I felt like a mama bird pushing her babies from the nest and watching them fly. It was sort of a sweet victory for us also because we were given a mission impossible and God vindicated us showing that we had the ability no matter how difficult the challenges were. Lately it seems we are being pushed from the nest at a faster rate. Alex is concerned about timing and so am I. Normally God changes our season during the fall of the year. Every major move in ministry has occured in the fall. They are scheduled to break ground on the new church in less than a month and estimate 6 months to complete. So if they start in June and finish in November. We will be out of a job unless attendance and tithes pick up. We are trying to save every dime we can. We had a family meeting this week letting the kids know what to expect in the next year. My daughter seemed sad, but she understands the nature of our jobs. We will have to downsize if we have to live on my income solely. That will leave no room for saving for relocation to austin. So we are going to leave it up to God to make up the difference. If we do our part he will do his. We all mutually agreed to jump out of the plane as a family. Look out below Austin here come's the Week's family.

Regina