“This is what the Kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain – first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” (Mark 4:26-29)
After working hard all week despite numerous obstacles and extreme cases of the flu, I spent Saturday evening going over final details, making follow up calls and praying on the phone with each of our Orange County House Church Leaders and Shepherds! I went to sleep with a great sense of peace knowing that God was working, even while we slept! And what an incredible Bring Your Neighbor Day Service the Lord blessed us with as in 2013, our highest attendance was 237, but on Sunday, there were 280 at church!
Then, Theresa & I, along with Tony & Therese Untalan – Shepherding Couple for great City of Angels Church and the Movement – were pleased to appoint Russ & Lana Preston as a Shepherding Couple in the Orange County Region as they have served the Lord tirelessly in our Teen Ministry and Chemical Recovery Ministries!
Finally, an incredible young woman named Erin was introduced to the church as our newest sister! Erin is 17 years old and was invited to come to church and study the Bible by her friend Alicia! They have known each other since they were in the eighth grade. Alicia was baptized a few weeks ago in the Fullerton College Ministry and quickly began to reach out to her friend Erin. After Erin was taught about discipleship by one of our awesome ministry interns Krystal Legarda, Erin was so convicted that she did four more studies right there on the spot! Then she studied every day and was baptized after Campus Devotional on Friday night!
