We had a great day on Sunday at Faith Baptist Church. We have now had 5 services! Sunday morning we had 20 people including my family.  For the evening service we had 18 people including my family and a family of 3 that came from the church we were in while in language school. We have had several visiting families and a few families who have come back for more! The gospel of Jesus has been presented in each service. We are praying that God will work in the hearts of those who attend and those who visit and that we will see people saved! What comes next?

• We continue our English classes. Tonight we will have our fourth class.
• I start discipleship with a young man who has been attending the church. I am very excited about this time with him.
• We conclude with a few finishing touches in the building.
• We have a visit planned for a family who has been coming.
• We are planning a “grand opening” service on May 21. We will provide a lunch afterwards for all who attend.
• We will be visiting the families who visited us on Sunday.
• We will continue to invite anyone and everyone to the church.

Now that we have started it is time to continue the work of inviting, sharing the Gospel, and discipling. Great days are ahead!

This Sunday will be the second Sunday of services for Faith Baptist Church. We have been very busy this week with visiting those who have come to the church, inviting others, and completing a few unfinished tasks in the church building. We are excited about the coming days! Today I spent most of the day with two men, one who is attending the church and the other has not yet visited. We hope to see him visit very soon.

The church also had our first midweek service last night. We had 18 people including our family of 5. We had a few returning visitors and a few first time visitors. It was a great first midweek service!

Our second Sunday will be be here very soon. There is still much to do between now and Sunday. I look forward to seeing how God blesses.

I sit here in an empty church building as I type out this blog. Two days ago we had the first two services inside this building. We had 15 people from the area come to the morning service and 6 come to the evening service. Although we did not have anyone believe on Jesus during these two services, we did have two people indicate on their visitor cards that they wanted to know more about believing on Jesus for salvation. We had another young man come who expressed interest in baptism (he and I will be talking this week further about salvation and baptism). All in all it was a great day. I look forward to seeing more. This week there is much to do. I will be visiting every family who came this week. We still have a few finishing touches to make in the building that we were not able to do before Sunday. We also have our midweek service this Thursday. This is just the beginning. There is so much to do. We are also in the midst of planning the special events in the coming months. The church has finally started, now it is time to go and grow! Here are a few things that I would like to accomplish in the next week…

• Finish what we lack inside the building.
• Visit every visitor.
• Start or at least set up a plan for discipleship with anyone and everyone that came that is willing.
• Invite more people.

Faith Baptist Church has been born, but it is just a baby, a newborn. In the fist weeks of infancy we believe God is going to set the foundation for years to come. Please pray this way with us.

This Sunday is Easter. It is a special time for churches to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. It will also be a very special day for us. Faith Baptist Church will have the first church service this Sunday! We have been working for the past several months to get to this day. There are still things we need to do and will be doing today and tomorrow. We have literally invited thousands and thousands of people to this service. We will continue inviting people today and tomorrow. We are both excited and nervous. This is not a one day event, it is the start of a church. In other words, the services we have on Sunday are just the beginning! Although I do not know how many people we will have come to the church, I do know that God will be magnified. Please be praying for us as we start Faith Baptist Church this Sunday!