Day 1

First day in Clarkston and i can already tell that this summer is going to be much more adventurous than i anticipated. At dinner, my boss shared the vision for our church plant. Reach the Nations Community Church (RTN) is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic church. This plant has been in motion since January of 2011. I didn't realize until tonight that when i first came to Clarkston in March 2011, that i was helping the very beginning of this plant. Nor did i think that i would end up here again a year later. But alas, here i am, in the middle of the most diverse square mile in the entire country.

I also learned today that, as of tomorrow, RTN will have a place to meet as a congregation. This is very exciting, as RTN has been praying for a place to meet. We will be able to meet there come June 1. Please pray that this venue will be blessed. We thank God for this building.

I will be meeting the rest of my team tomorrow as we head out of town for our orientation. Please pray for unity, good communication and for our personal spiritual lives. Spiritual warfare is definitely something we will be encountering this summer, so pray we learn how to fight.

Please keep our Fijian pastor, Kumar, in your prayers as he & his son will be leaving the states for a month to minister in Fiji. They will be doing relief work there and will be gone for about a month. He leaves town Thursday.

And i ask you to pray for my parents, that they have a peace about me being away, with people they barely know. May they be blessed for allowing me to come to Clarkston.

I am expecting to learn so much this summer and return to Troy a changed person. May God receive every ounce of the glory! Thank you!