another day of destiny

I had SUCH a great day today.

This morning I rode my miracle motorcycle (yes, the one God gave me for free) to meet with a couple who wants to help make the Three Springs church explode with salvations, disciples, and growth. Denny and Patty Hunsinger are amazing, risk taking, crazy advetnurters for God who are willing to risk everything just in case it might work!

They are willing to walk away from a job with good benefits, and take a risk on getting the Three Springs church on track.They have lived in the area for the past 23 years, coached high school football down the street from the church for decades, earned the license to preach, practiced their spiritual gifts until God opened doors for them, and are now willing to risk it all to get this church re-started into something great. I get a chill thinking about people like them.

I believe that one day I will meet hundreds perhaps even thousands of people in Heaven who will benefit from the use of their gifts.

Then I hung out with my kids for hours while we goofed off, joked around, poked a fire with sticks, roasted marshmellows, and told jokes. Shawna sang some Ray Stevens songs. My wife and kids are my very best friends in the world. They are so much fun, so Godly, kind hearted, and full of vision. I feel so lucky to be their dad, and her husband.

Late this afternoon I got back on the that wonderful-miracle-bike and rode 30 minutes west of that mountain cabin, where Debbie and Bobby Landis are 6 months into The River church plant in Juniata County, where they averaged 133 people weekly over their first summer! They were doing a "go-cart races" outreach, where Bobby uses his Sprint Car racing background to reach people for Christ.

It was awesome!

And then there was a two hour ride home on the bike (did I mention the miracle bike yet?). But while I love that bike, I am seriously considering selling it to finance yet another church planting effort. I feel like Schindler, wishing I had more stuff to sell, to buy more eternity.