Sparks Ministry

This past Sunday, our home church in Austin celebrated its 25th anniversary.   It was interesting to see the pictures from when the church was first planted and to hear the stories of God’s faithfulness throughout the past 25 years.  (It was also pretty amusing to see some of the people we know now in pictures that were 15-20 years old!)

One of the exciting things for both us and for our church is that we are the first “home grown” overseas missionaries to be sent out from CrossPointe.  So it was appropriate for us to be formally introduced to the church on the anniversary Sunday.  I think that sending out missionaries from the church body is definitely a wonderful sign of growth and health in any church!  We had the opportunity to talk a little bit about our new ministry assignment and look forward to more opportunities with various groups at CrossPointe.

Now we are “launched” into our new phase of ministry and the adventure begins (again!).

It was nice to be back at our home church today! We were in Atlanta 2 weeks ago and last Sunday we were recovering from our week away, so this week we finally made it back to worship! (It’s funny how much energy a growing baby can take out of you )
We enjoyed the chance to share news of our approval with folks who had been praying for us and are excited to be the first “home-grown” missionaries sent from CrossPointe. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be talking with the missions team and looking for creative ways to help our church support us as we go through the preparation process.