I know. We are way overdue for an update. God is continuing to blow our minds in His continued drawing, redeeming, saving and sealing of many to Himself and His Kingdom. Mike has been spending many hours working on the Paramus Project (see previous post for details), working with attorneys and town officials discussing plans for the future building in Paramus. A huge praise is we were able to officially file our full application to the town for approval of use of the building last week. This is a massive step in the right direction. We are now waiting to hear back from the town for a date where we will go and make our case as to why having a church in Paramus is good for the community and ask for a "variance use," which is simply a formal way of getting approval to use an existing warehouse to assemble in with people since that is not its current primary use. Please pray that the town would find great favor on us and that this would be one more stepping stone towards having a permanent home base for mission in the center of Bergen County.
On another exciting note, this past Sunday, we had the utter joy of celebrating new life in Christ through baptism. Below are couple of pictures to give you a feel for the day. It was an indescribable day, filled with joy, thankfulness, reflection, tears, laughter, and most of all, glory to Christ for His saving work in people's lives. Witnessing these additions to the Kingdom of Heaven on Sunday was a great reminder for Kristin and I in particular as to why God called us north, and to keep our hands to the plow with endurance, faithfulness and prayer.
Enjoy a few of these pictures, and please continue to pray for perseverance for us, that He might sustain and guide us in the months ahead. Jesus is building His Church in the Northeast.
