Back home again!

It's been another wild, yet energizing week of ministry activity!

First of all, we were busily preparing for our 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunt which was conducted last Saturday. A host of CFA volunteers were organized into a mini-army headed up by our own Shawn Sylvia. Weather was sunny and cool. The crowd grew into a field of faces. Games were newly designed and constructed for plenty of fun and enjoyment by all on our ministry campus. Jumpies and the Bungee Run are always a hit. Plus, the message of the gospel was presented for a little child to receive it. Prizes were awarded to beaming children. Literally thousands of eggs were awaiting anxious little hands and fingers! This event was a huge success...thanks to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the wonderful people of CFA.

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day as well. Resurrection Sunday is always awesome and life-filled. How can Easter not be powerful when God triumphs over death and Jesus reigns with victorious life and majesty? We had special ministry guests from Master's Commission in Lafayette joining us for the whole weekend. They did a super job! I preached an Easter message entitled "The Resurrection of Christ Broke the Barrier!" Click on the title to locate it on our website.

Monday and Tuesday nights were engaged in preparing our regional worship center for small group ministry on Wednesday nights and also in our Sunday School classes. Another solid group of workers assisted in setting up all the new spaces that have recently been rebuilt following the flood last year. Ladies were cleaning and putting away boxes and boxes of stored items in the new kitchen. Youth and youth leaders were busy setting up the Refuge Youth Church in our fellowship hall. Children's workers were setting up the new Toddler wing. Teachers were actively arranging furniture in their classrooms. Helen and David initiated the moving process of all our books, tapes, and resources to the new church library (what a ton of books!). It's going to take some time before Helen has it all organized and ready for our regular readers. But all in all...we had a blast gearing up for ministry back on our home base.

Tonight was our first Family Night back home @ CFA. You could hear the same comments echoed time and time again: "Wow, it's great to be back home! Everything is so clean and bright! Rooms and spaces are so functional now!"

"Lord, these past 10 plus months have stretched us far beyond anything we could have ever imagined. But we fully know that your faithfulness, goodness, mercy and provision have led us to where we are today. Without you guiding us we would have been lost and given up back at the beginning. Thank you for leading us through the uncharted waters of this historic Flood of 2008. Lord, our eyes are still upon you! We pray that you would perform the miracle of bringing us to Dedication Day completely DEBT FREE! Let it be an amazing miracle to add to what you have already accomplished. All for your glory and all for your honor. Lord, we love you!"

Much love to all.