The Best Way to Use Water

I am thrilled to announce that an awesome woman from the small group Kristen and I host was baptized this past Sunday! She is a new follower of Jesus, and it is such a joy to walk with her as she delights in her new faith and desires to learn as much as she can. This kind of passion encourages and challenges everyone in the group. What a blessing it is to watch God work in such a visible way.

This past weekend I participated in part of Prelude to Revival, an intense week of preaching, prayer, testimonies, and worship hosted by Evanston Bible Fellowship (one of our supporting churches). On Friday evening four people were baptized! It is so encouraging to consider how God is working in the life of this church plant and in the lives of our supporting churches. If you want to check out the evening messages from this powerful event, check them out here. Warning: if you listen to the message I preached, do know that the first ten minutes of the message are a bit unusual since beer started leaking through the ceiling tiles (you read that right). Church planting is edgy...

We are still very much in the process of asking people to prayerfully consider joining the launch team. This process is certainly building my faith as it forces me (and Ryan) to completely depend on the Lord to direct the right people to the church plant. Keep praying with us as people make decisions!

We've submitted our incorporation papers to the State of Florida. Once we hear back from them, we can announce our name. I want to announce it now (really bad), but wisdom dictates that I wait.

Please pray:
- That the Lord would use the church plant as he draws more and more people to himself in Gainesville. We want to see more and more baptisms as people become followers of Jesus!
- That two members of our launch team would find great jobs. They moved here in December and are still looking.
- For the people who are thinking about joining our launch team. This is a huge decision! Pray for wisdom for us and for them.