Christmas Time is Here.

It has been a great holiday season. It was good to have family in for Thanksgiving. I am absolutely overwhelmed with the blessings of the season. There is such a sweet spirit in the church right now. The ratio of people that are ready and willing to follow the Lord are at the highest I have seen them since I have been here. The discipleship classes are full. We just finished our first semester of "Ministry Training," which is our college level courses of Bible study. For many years I felt like an ox plowing a field. Every step was difficult because of the new ground we were covering. I slowly began to build team that could help me pull, but never the less, we were still pulling. In the last year, or really the last three months I have felt like we traded in the plow for a wagon and are headed down the road. We are on a sure foundation and people are ready to go. I can't wait to see all the adventures coming our way in 2009. We will be spending time in Atlanta this year with my folks. I am ready to go today, but we must take care of business here first. I pray all of you have a very marry Christmas.