Day 5 is complete! We turned a chapter to another amazing experience today. Our theme verse was from Philippians 2:2-11, where Paul speaks to us about being UNITED IN CHRIST! It is only through the POWER of Christ in our lives that we can experience supernatural strength and unity to make it through our day - and sitting down to write you tonight, I can testify that God unified our team in a tremendous way! Thank you Lord for showing yourself to each one of us. You have bonded our hearts from individuals to a unified team of missionaries. It is a beautiful thing to experience. Thank you Lord!
We ventured outside of inner city Baltimore to the town of Cockeysville, Maryland. Jeff Belcher, Pastor, along team members Wes Gresham and Tyler Silvey, spent the entire day with our team. They have been in the Baltimore area only 9 months, so we experienced what a true church plant looks like. Pastor Jeff is on the ground floor of starting Church of the Harbor. We spent the morning hanging door hangers in a brand new area they are trying to reach. Church service, which they call "Gatherings" began at 2pm at the local Community Center. They rent it for $12.50 an hour! What a deal for a church plant! Worship was amazing, along with hearing the word of God! Three new FIRST TIME GUEST attended!
We traveled in the afternoon to worship with Captivate East Baltimore, where we were met with Pastor Tally Wilgis, Colleen Smith and other friends from the Community. The worship service began at 5pm - BTW - WHAT A MESSAGE TONIGHT!!! - followed up with dinner (HIPHOP CHICKEN - SLAP YOUR MAMA GOOD FRIED CHICKEN!!!) for the community and fellowship with everyone!
And you thought we were done? NO SIR - then we traveled to Church of the Harbor - Canton where Pastor Jeff and his his team opened up their home for Sunday night church. Burgers, chips, fellowship along with great worship and another message from Jeff on James! AMAZING message again! It was truly a great experience to be with them today!
We are spent! Long hours, and guess what - we get to do it again TOMORROW - please pray for us again as we reach out to our friends here in the Baltimore area!
We love you and appreciate you reading! Keith and Team
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