...is now home to The Church of God once again! Praise the Lord!!! We had a good service here this morning with about 20 people in attendance, I think. There were 11 there tonight and we had another good service. After much prayer and counselling with a few ladies, James felt led to set the Church in order tonight and take in three members to start with:
Sister Grimes
Sister Martinez
Sister Bailey
Praise the Lord!!! We are just sooooooo excited! And they seem a wee bit excited as well. ;-) Especially Sister Grimes--she is just beside herself! I think she said she is 78 or 79 years old and joined the Church way back in the 40's. She has just been sick over everything going on the the CoGoP and is sooooooo thrilled to have "found" God's Church again. We had a wonderful time and are anticipating great growth in this area. Pray, pray, pray!
And as you're praying, send up a few for our family as well. We told the folks tonight that we are planning to move to Albuquerque and James will pastor the Church here for the duration of this Church year. Sooooo, this means putting our house on the market and finding one here asap! We've been praying about this and anticipating it for several weeks now and have gone so far as to have a market analysis done on our house just before the Assembly. God has blessed us and the market in Andrews has gone way up since we purchased our home there 4 years ago. So we trust we'll be able to make an excellent profit on our home and have a good start on a home in this area. God is just sooooo good to us! We're so excited about all of the doors He has opened and how He's worked to see the Church up and going here, so we're trusting that He'll also open doors for us to find the house of His choosing for us here in this area.
We will be looking at homes tomorrow in the Cedar Crest and Sandia Park areas. Those are both little itty-bitty towns just on the other side of the mountain range (10-15 minutes from Albuquerque) and we LOVE the area. It's very Colorado-ish and makes me very happy. :-) I would just lo-o-o-o-o-ove it if God would open a door for us up there! We would love to be out of a regular "neighborhood" and let the kids have a little room to roam. God knows the desires of our heart, but ultimately His choice is always the best, so we're just praying for Him to guide us and open up what He has planned for us. We'd appreciate your prayers.
In closing... "A female turtle will travel far--many of miles each day--to lay her eggs on the same old beach, where she had her first birthday!!!" If only you knew how to sing it, it would be so much better. Sam is playing with the Leappad right now and for some reason that song is his favorite thing in the entire book. So we have to hear it over, and over, and over, and over... So I thought I'd share it will you. :-)
Thank all of you who have been praying for us and for the work in Albuquerque--God has heard and answered. Keep it up! :-)
Love You All!,
~ Rebekah ~
--Ah, yes! James just reminded me to add a few pictures of the church building here in Albuquerque. This is the same building where my Dad pastored 28 years ago--and two of the same members! Isn't that amazing?! Very cool. God is just so, so, so, so, so good!!! :-)
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