WoW! Concert and more...

All I can say is, "Wow!"  I have never been to a Choir Concert that ended on such a note.  The house was completely full with chairs sat out in the back.  There was an excitement in the air and every song brought praise to a God Who loves us.  The choir, trios, vida contantes and children's choir were right on and driving, if I can explain it that way.  By the time the last song and our cardboard testimonies, the river of the Spirit was flowing waist deep and above!  In the middle of the song, we had people kneeling at their pew praying and had some praying long after everyone else was gone.  

I talked with one of our new contacts from Community Day as tears were streaming down her face... she sought after Him wanting a complete transformation in her family.  He loves us and no one could deny that fact after being there.  Stories continue to come in about who was there and what happened to them.  A special thanks to Kassie Dutton, our music director, all the musicians, sound/media techs, usher/greeters, nursery staff, and every saint that promoted and worshipped.  You were all a part of this success.

Two weeks of prayer and fasting preceded this concert and many months of committed personalization with our contacts.  Postcards were sent to our guests that came to Life Tabernacle in the past few  months.  I am sure that miracles will be reported from this night.  

We will not stop here, though.  

We are three weeks away from our next whole-church outreach... a neighborhood block party.  We will now shift our focus to this neighborhood and God's desire for the residents.  We will first mail postcards to its 750 homes and then followup with door to door outreach the day before.  It is a predominately Spanish neighborhood and we are continuing to build a Spanish church.  Because of this, we will be offering English (ESL) classes twice a week this summer, Friday night and Sunday morning Bible studies and anything else the Lord opens the door to.  He orchestrated the English classes and provided the teaching materials through the WFISD.  July 12th is our next Sunday night Bilingual service.

Before the Block Party; the Ladies Tea is this coming Tuesday with Stacey Shaw, Austin, Texas speaking, Pentecost Sunday is May 31 and we will also be training our church members on Discipling twice a week during this time.

We are gaining ground.  We had so much fun at the concert and it truly is a joy to see lives impacted like they were.  It makes everything worth the time and effort!  

P.S.  We have been slow in posting to our blog, but so much is happening and so fast... it's all excuses, but they are true.  We are on Facebook and that has taken much of our attention.  It doesn't take so much time to sit down and type status updates as it does to write posts here.  We are still committed to this, though.  It is a great journal of all the happenings in our life.  I can still hardly believe all that has happened since we started this blog.  All I have to do, though, is click on the earlier year's posts and relive it all!  Wow.  What a ride!  Can't wait to see what He is up to now. 

 (I don't have any pictures of the concert!?  Only a few snapshots of after and rehearsal.  Sorry.)