Vancouver Church of Christ

Yesterday (July 25), at our worship service, there was so much good news shared, it would have been impossible to leave discouraged.  Rob Baldwin was baptized into Christ on Saturday night.  His wife, Ninfa, read her “restoration letter” to the church on Sunday.  What an amazing story of how an old friendship and one invitation to church changed one couple’s life for eternity!  God definitely orchestrated that meeting!

It was awesome to hear from Barish and Ana Golland and how they’ve already met and reached out to a couple who are students at UBC.  Yet they didn’t meet them on campus but at the IKEA in Richmond because they overheard a couple speaking Turkish!  If that isn’t God showing us that he has heard and answered our prayers, I don’t know what is.

Then there was the video of the VCOC youth who attended the NW Camp.  The quality and the content of the video was nothing short of inspiring – to hear how that week has impacted our sons and daughters and led each of them to make some deeply spiritual decisions was both convicting and encouraging.

And finally we saw so many friends and family visiting with us, even some whom none of us invited but who came just because they heard about the church indirectly.  God is working in us, through us and for us!  I am incredibly encouraged and believe that God is putting his stamp of approval and support on the direction we’re headed and the plans that we’ve made.  I know that the rest of 2010 is going to be amazing.  The train is pulling out of the station – all aboard!

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