EXCITING DAYS AHEAD

Today has been an exciting day at New Seasons Church of El Cajon.  We are about to turn a major corner.  We had several visitors today which great to see.  We had our Thanksgiving fellowship dinner after church. Mike's mom came over today and I was sitting with her and another lady, Pat, from our church. Pat and I noticed there were a lot of people still coming through the line for food and she asked me who they all were. I told her I didn't have a clue.  Seemed like people kept multiplying, but we had enough food for everyone.
Then while people were eating dessert Mike and the Deacons presented to the church an exciting opportunity that is coming to New Seasons Church.  Shadow Mountain Church, a mega church in El Cajon and part of the Southern Baptist Association, has an International Ministry Center in El Cajon and they are going to sell because the overhead costs are too much.  Well, that ministry center houses several different churches (Hispanic, Arabic, etc.) and now those churches need to find a new place to meet.  Mike was approached by one of the pastors about whether our church would be open to the Arab church meeting in our building as well as being used for ESL classes.  Mike met with some men at Shadow, and then he met with his Deacons, and then the men from Shadow came to meet with the Deacons at our church. The Deacons are all very favorable and when it was presented to the church today is was met with overall approval.  Even one of the ladies we weren't sure how she'd respond was excited. It's so great to see such a positive response to this whole idea.
In addition, our church has been approved for a government funded after school snack program Things are really moving forward and we can't wait to see what God has in store for our little church.
Today I'm thankful for a relaxing Sunday afternoon to reflect on God's goodness.