Hello, Good News Chapel!

Ken made an exciting announcement at church today. We had word last week that the funds needed to pay off the $250,000 left on the mortgage had been promised to us! The church and rectory building we were sitting in would be completely paid for! Just some paperwork and a wire transfer left and the Lord cut a 20 year mortgage into a 2 month mortgage! WOW!!

The other half of the building had already been paid for by another two major donors. In fact, we had more than we needed so can now do the unexpected major roof and boiler repairs necessary!

This year has been one of great blessing. You may recall our mortgage burning celebration in December.

I can hardly believe that the building was completely paid for, unknown to us, by the time we celebrated our grand opening last week.

I wrote the board with "Good News about Good News."

Ken's sermon and the service was very moving and challenging. "Jesus is not your therapy buddy. He isn't there to give you a hug and say, "Everything is going to be allllll right." We are to live as though He were our King! You don't tell your Lord and Master, "No, I don't want to. I don't feel like it. Why?" "Why do you all follow Me yet don't do what I say?!" Jesus asked the crowd one day.

Another day, Jack, one of our Chaplains, prayed at our daily staff prayer time, "Lord, it is beyond measure what we can do with You as a partner." I could relate to his prayer that morning. I was so blessed by it that I ran to write it down so I would never forget. And now, here it is for all the world to see. A new blogging low... secretly telling people our staff prayers.

In all seriousness though, people keep asking us, "You must be so excited! What have you done to accomplish all this?" Mel keeps telling them, "Yes, we're so excited, but we haven't done anything of ourselves." Ken says, "We're still reeling and busy from everything that has happened. We don't have time to be excited." I say, "I can't believe I am so privileged to be a part of this Mission. What an incredible year: two mortgages and a merger. Wow."

"Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, To HIM be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen." -Eph 3:20 & 21