High as a Kite!

This is a picture of the 79th annual Zilker Kite Festival that happened today in Zilker Park (downtown Austin). Up to 15 thousand people were expected to show up and fly kites. Chad and I drove down there during the time that my wife and Cameron had choir practice at the Bernard's church. There were thousands of them, but it is hard to get pictures of kites! They are too high and move way too much. But Chad did a good job taking this one.

Not only did we see these kites, but we are as high as a kite following this morning's service! We had two backsliders get refilled with the Holy Ghost today! The presence of the Lord orchestrated the service from the very beginning. My Sunday School lesson turned a whole different direction. I only got two paragraphs of my notes covered! Then our special singer, Sis. Donna Stephens sang exactly what I ended up teaching. It was all about trying again when you have failed. I love how God cares about us so much that He will tailor a whole service for a lost sheep.

Also, I presented the need of our Pew Chairs and made no big thing out of it. I handed out pledge cards and asked them to pledge to buy a chair for themselves and one for a visitor. The deadline for their pledge is March 31. When we added them all up, we had 38 chairs purchased by those who were there today (29). One of the ones who was refilled today bought 5. We had several families out today and I have already been told by one of them that they will buy 10 more! That is 48. So, we are only 27 away from our goal of 75!

We enjoyed ministering on Friday night in Edna, Texas at Grace United Pentecostal Church. Paul and Katrinia Thrasher are originally from Texarkana, Texas. They took the church in Edna last March and they have seen it quadruple in size! God is really doing a work in these last days. It was good also getting to see Bro. and Sis. Kight from Victoria, the presbyter for that section. Karla and I sang, the boys played along with us and I preached. After it was over, Sis. Kight slipped a $20 bill to both of the boys and told them that was for doing a good job! It was really touching for the boys. Chad felt like a big guy with all the compliments. We enjoyed the fellowship at Whataburger and driving through towns we had never heard of in our life! Yoakum, Pearl City, Hochheim, Hamon, Joliet, Mendoza and the list goes on....

We are looking forward to the Elms being with us this coming weekend. It will be my first Sunday to have a visiting preacher. I thought is was fitting to have my Pastor be the first guest speaker. I have never sat down during one of our services since last July other than a special song! By the way, Bro. and Sis. Elms, you do have to sing also - so be ready!