Growing
Apr 18th, 2008 by Gary Chupik
Over the past few weeks the group has been growing! It’s exciting to see all the new faces and people who are beginning to call Emmaus “home”. The most exciting part of doing this plant is meeting people who have been disconnected from church for years and people who are exploring the Christian faith. What is amazing to me is that people feel like they belong…even before they believe in Jesus!
This past week I went through some of the connect cards and was blown away to see 4 people want to be baptized, 4 people renew their commitment to Jesus, 2 people want to learn how to have a relationship with Jesus, and 7 people want to know how they can serve at Emmaus!
I’m constantly astonished at what God is doing at Emmaus and in me. The longer we are into this thing, the less in control I feel…but I’m guessing that is how God wants it…less of me and more of Him. I didn’t know I had so much to learn!
Hey Gary,
This is your sister in law Shelley. Mom and I replied to a place to call home the other day (you can find our post there). I just realized we placed our comment in the wrong place. Mom is waiting for your to reply (I will phone her and tell her your respnce).
We spent a whole afternoon together exploring your site and reading your blogs. Amazing stuff.
God Bless
No worries Shelley and Mom….God is amazing. I’ve been learning that my faith and God’s action are proportionate! In other words, to the degree that I trust him is to the degree that he answers! He loves big, audacious requests because he loves to answer them and prove how big his is! Thanks for reading and come back to read our updates!
Gary,
Sure is true it is proportionate, we at Tijuana Christian Mission City of Refuge have been running two orphanages with the financial help to run one, ask me how we are doing it, and I say we aren’t, GOD IS! we trusted in him, and he is proving HE IS HUGE!!! bigger than anything he created.