Today started with having to deal with the mafia…
Well maybe not the mafia but dealing with the IRS sure can
feel like you’re having an encounter with Al Capone. So I’m making calls, printing papers, (that
they messed up) making more calls, biting my nails, getting frustrated, then it
hit me; I am seriously blessed!
I have a wonderful wife who follows me into all my crazy
ideas. You have to understand I’m the
guy who says let’s move out of our beautiful house in California, Most wives would’ve said your crazy, not
mine, she said, “I’m in”. Last Sunday
Restoration Church had its 2nd birthday. I am literally in tears (MANLY TEARS) writing
this thinking about all God has done in only 2 short years.
15min from
your parents, sale half of all we own, move into an apartment in Wichita KS,
with no money, very few people, and plant a church.The Cali house |
You have to understand I know who I am. I’m a nobody, but I’m a nobody who believes
that God can use people like me to make a difference in the world.
I have 2 wonderful kids who fill my heart with joy every
time I get home and they run with excitement to greet me.
I have a wonderful staff who love me and my family, and get
the vision of Restoration Church.
The church is full of amazing people who get that life isn’t
all about them but it’s about honoring God and letting Him do what He wants in
and through us.
We aren’t the biggest church in the world, we won’t be in
any magazine but we are changing the world… at least for some.
We just got back from Kenya where we have our first partner
church Restoration Chapel Kitale and God is opening up so many doors, it’s
crazy. We are starting a program called Restoring Hope that I will
tell you more about in the future. Here is a quick picture, we are going to
take kids who live in a slum, who have to beg, who are being trafficked, who
have no hope and they are going to be our kids.
These kids will get an education, these kids, will get a degree, these
kids will get jobs, these kids will not be hungry and these kids will not raise
their kids in the slum. The coolest part, I didn’t create it. Somebody in the church caught the vision and
propelled the vision forward.
I leave for India the end of February to begin to set up the
same systems that we have in East Africa.
If I stop and think about it, it’s kind of overwhelming and scary but that’s
how I know it’s just where I need to be.
I get to preach the Bible every Sunday and last week we
started the book of Ecclesiastes and I can’t wait for this Sunday to teach again.
We get to see people’s lives changed every week. People are getting their God dreams and
living them out in Wichita and all over the world. The by-product of that is the hungry are
being fed, those in need are getting help and the lost are finding Jesus.
I am blessed.
I know who I am, and I know that I don’t deserve to be apart
of any of this, but I guess that’s what grace is all about. Getting what I don’t deserve and not getting
what I do deserve.
If you don’t have your God dream yet contact me I would love
to help you find it. There is nothing
like living out something that is bigger then yourself.
Love this Scott. You are awesome!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Scott...We miss you, keep up the good work brother
ReplyDeleteI love this Scott...and what you and Candice and your church are doing! Very excited to watch the God dream you all have been given unfold....even if from afar. Lol...glad you clarified your tears were manly tears...but either way its been awesome to watch you all step out and see God bless your steps. Looking forward to hearing about India and Restoration Hope.
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