A Word from the Beach

Greetings from Destin, Florida! We are enjoying a much needed vacation here at the beach. So much has been going on lately, and it has been full of stress, frustration, and challenge. However, the Lord is good and He is blessing. After much prayer and waiting on God, we have decided that I will pursue a tentmaking job. Just a couple of days after arriving at this decision God has opened a nice door for me. When it is finalized I will share all the details. For now let me say that it appears I'll be able to move into a very nice job that will allow me to stay at the current salary I've been receiving for several years now. We thought I was going to have to take a major cut in pay, because ministry has been my life and job for fifteen years. But God is good, and I have had a great deal of experience these many years, and it appears He is using that to open a nice door for me. Please be praying for this to be finalized soon.

Our major point of prayer is that we as a church family believe God would have us start full-force in June. Please be in prayer for us and we begin to start focusing on the surrounding community and inviting them into the journey of being disciples of Jesus Christ. We will begin a public service on Sunday mornings, we've not decided which Sunday in June yet. And we will begin praying through different approaches to getting the word out to the community. We aren't approaching this in a conventional or typical manner. Please be praying for wisdom for us, a special anointing of God's Holy Spirit, and for favor as we start taking these steps of faith.

We certainly appreciate your prayers.

For the glory of God,
gary

Here are a few pics of Noah and Amelia for you...