Yesterday was a great day. 

Faith's new building was opened for Sunday school and worship for the first time. We were calling it a "soft opening," saving the "grand opening" for another day, but it was pretty grand to me! 

The Sunday school rooms were filled with children, youth, and adults. The connection center was buzzing with conversation, and the worship space was packed with people singing praises to God. 

Things ran very smoothly thanks to lots of time and preparation from our teams. And we found a few areas where we can make the experience a little better. Overall, I'd say it was a smashing success.

But in true Faith style, we didn't sit around the rest of the day and pat ourselves on the back. No, instead we sent a team of adults on a spring break mission trip to Joplin, MO. My wife and I are with them. 

For the past few months, I've been asking for prayer and writing reports for Faith's building project. For the next few days, I'll be reporting work of another kind- and still asking for prayers.

Prayers today for Faith's staff who will be "holding down the fort" back home, and prayers for our team in Joplin who are helping total strangers rebuild their lives following last year's devastating storms. 

Personally speaking, thank you for making yesterday such a special day. And thanks for making Faith UMC such an incredible church. I'm really looking forward to seeing the next things that God will do through us.