Harvest was kind to place biographical information about each of us on the main harvest website. On the main page, look in the right column of information, mid-page, and you will see "Harvest Bible Fellowship Training Center for Church Planting, Class of 2009". Click on that and you can read the bios of the other three pastors as well.
Thanks so much to David McWilliams, Amanda Meares (graphic designer), and Katie McWilliams for their hard work on our website! If you are not aware, our website is AWESOME! God has really blessed our core group with some talented people who are not looking to prove themselves, but to work unto the Lord for His glory. "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men." (Colossians 3:23). When David found out that Harvest was posting my bio on their main site and therefore an announcement of us planting in Raleigh, let's just say he put in a long day at his "day job" and his "Kingdom job" to launch this GREAT website which was going to be launched January 1st!
In the next months and years, each of you will have endless opportunity to serve in specific and vital ways and I know you are chomping and the bit to serve now! This is great! There are two things to which all of us are working now: 1) THE WORK OF PRAYER; 2) THE WORK OF RECRUITING. These tasks are how we are to be spending ourselves until launch. More to come on these in a few days!
I hope all is well with each of you! Maddie is doing well and so is Vanessa. Mom leaves tomorrow after helping us so much this past week as we adjust to being first-time parents. Vanessa's parents are here and Aaron, Vanessa's brother, arrives from Tampa tomorrow around the time when we drop off mom at O-Hare. Please pray for their safe travel as the temperature tomorrow will be below zero! What?!
Love you,
mike
