Go Ye Therefore...

Yes!! Our family has finally decided to be a part of the new church we are a starting in West Lafayette. I am so excited to be able to participate in it! The group officially starts tonight with our first meeting/bible study. For the first couple months we will meet on Wednesday nights and Pastor Olivetti will be using the time to train us how to plant and begin a church. During the fall we will start doing community bible studies and other activities like that. Later, after we have constructed bible studies around the city we will merge them at some time and hopefully start worshipping together on Sundays, but we have no idea when that will be starting...For me personally I am really looking forward to the planting process; for a while I have been interested in missions, and this is a good way to find out more about it. If you guys could pray for us as we and the rest of the group (officially called "the core group") train for the ministry and for the success of the work we all would greatly appreciate it. As I write, the words of Matthew are still ringing in my head, "go ye therefore and preach to all the nations baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit". I may not be going to Australia...but we are going and forming a new work. I never really thought that even before I graduate from college I would be living out this verse! Well, time runs short so I better move on to other matters of importance...ttyl