Missions Trip to Gateway A/G

CFA Work Crew arrives @ Gateway A/G

CFA's drawing on Gateway's sanctuary floor

CFA Missions Team along with the Pastor & his Wife (far left)

On Saturday, July 24th we traveled to Ashland City, Tennessee for a one-day compact Missions Trip. Our destination was Gateway Assembly of God. Mission: To work on getting their building back for worship services!

You see, Gateway Assembly of God and Columbus First Assembly have a lot in common:

Gateway Assembly of God was flooded out on May 2, 2010 with the enormous rain they received in the Nashville area. Columbus First Assembly was flooded out on June 7, 2008 with the enormous rain we received in the Columbus area. Gateway Assembly of God is using Faith Community Church of the Nazarene for their temporary worship home. Columbus First Assembly used Memorial Baptist Church for their temporary worship home. Gateway Assembly of God revised their worship schedule to services on Sunday @ 2 & 3 pm and on Tuesday @ 6:30 pm. Columbus First Assembly revised their worship schedule to services on Sundays @ 12:30 pm and on Tuesdays @ 7 pm. Gateway Assembly of God lost a huge amount of equipment, resources and supplies, plus major damage to their facility…final amount not complete yet! Columbus First Assembly loss was almost a million dollars! Gateway Assembly of God is experiencing wonderful miracle after miracle from God’s divine favor and blessing. Columbus First Assembly experienced wonderful miracle after miracle throughout our entire restoration and recovery phases. Gateway Assembly of God is receiving work teams from churches outside of their local area and outside states too. Columbus First Assembly received work teams from churches both in Indiana and also from many other states as well.

It was a joy to connect with our sister church in Tennessee and see our team work hard on the many projects that remain in Gateway's reconstruction.

Lift up a prayer for Gateway A/G! They are anxious to return back home to their worship facility. Yes, I remember those days very well!

Love to all!

LADC Missions Trip!

Today was the day that our youth missions team was scheduled to leave on their 7-day missions trip. They had been planning this for about 6 months...everyone was eager and excited to go.

They left CFA before Noon today and headed for the Cincinnati airport to catch a 4:10 pm flight...(I was their driver!) Stopped on the way to grab some lunch at Arby's!

Proud of our students and leaders for embarking on such an ambitious missions endeavor. They will be working with the L.A. Dream Center and living there too! They will serve and minister in a mix of ministries. Their hearts will be greatly opened to the many needs of inner-city work.

Sunday they will be going to church @ the historic Angelus Temple.

Keep them in your prayers all this coming week! I'm sure they'll have plenty of testimonies and trip experiences to share with all of us when they get back.

Love to all!