Partiers

This past week, Kristen and I attended a neighborhood potluck, hosted a neighborhood Christmas party, and then attended yet another neighborhood Christmas party. In other words, we enjoyed quite the flurry of social activities involving our neighbors. We saw one couple at all three parties and we have some encouraging opportunities to spend more time with them in the future. Kristen exchanged phone numbers with a woman who lives down the street, and they plan on spending time together soon. God has blessed us with more opportunities to build relationships with our neighbors than we could ever have imagined, so please pray with us that God would use these relationships to lead people to Christ. Of all the neighbors we have met thus far (around 20-25 people), not one of them appears to be a Christian.    

Please pray:

• That Kristen and I would boldly share the gospel with our neighbors, and that they would follow Jesus.
• That neighbors would continue to invite us into their homes, and that Kristen and I would continue to find creative ways to invite neighbors into our home.
• That I (Chipper) would have a chance to share the gospel with one of the guys I am getting to know who works at the gym that Kristen and I attend.
• For the church plant name! As catchy as it may be, the name of the church plant will not be "The Gainesville Church Plant" forever. In fact, we (mainly myself and Ryan Harding) are getting much closer to deciding on a name for the church plant. We are essentially working with three name "finalists" at this point. Please pray for us as we make a decision, which we will base largely on  feedback we receive from non-Christians who live in our target area.