This is why we start new churches...
Today we had our once a month celebration where we use a school building to have a "public celebration". One woman from that neighborhood gave her testimony how she is now following God because she got a flyer in her mailbox about a church named New Life West and she said that that is what she wanted. It has been more than a year since she visited us for the first time, but to see what God has done is her life is awesome.

Something else that is really cool about starting a new church is how people do things they may never do if they were just part of a traditional church. For example, I am recovering from a tonsilectomy, so my wife preached. With her a friend of mine who lives here in the neighborhood "co-preached". He thinks he can't do it, but he did great.

However probably the greatest thing about today is the level of "family" that we saw and felt. Most of the people who were there have been coming for over a year and there is a real sense of belonging. Even though everyone there is not necessarily a believer, everyone seems to feel they belong and that is awesome.

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