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How could I have seen yesterday topped!!! We entered our new building with 3000 strong. The energy and excitement was just incredible. Perhaps it was because it’s been 22 years in the making and we did it. My big sister and her husband was here as was Chris Seiple, my son his wife, my daughter from Baylor and a friend, a young diplomat from Hanoi, Phuc, Shadrack, Aaron from Vegas and I could go on and on and on.

We did the right thing in having two services.  Our new Worship Center is three times larger than our old one—from 600 to 2000 seats. I remember when we moved to the site, within three months we were in two services.  We started with two services in this one! We had parking headaches but we’ll have those fixed by next week. The building was beautiful, even though very simple, and everyone was just walking around like a deer in headlights.  It will take some getting used to. We have two long hallways with incredible art—most people didn’t realize it, they just stumbled into them.

I’m so proud of all our staff.  They just did a truly awesome job, especially Mark Kimmel the Administrative pastor who put it all together.  He’s worked very, very hard and we are sending Mark and his wife to Italy. To top it off, Chris Grant brought me the first two copies of my book, The Multiplying Church, but I wound up giving one to my sister and one to Bob Buford.  I dedicated the book to Bob Buford and Al Weiss.

I’m a very grateful man.  The writing, speaking, preaching is all good—that’s what lots of preachers do. But, to get to see our church plant all the churches it has planted. To get to be a part of engaging a nation like Vietnam has been awesome. To see our members work in Haltom City in some of the depressed areas has been good. To be connecting specific churches and groups to specific nations has been beyond any dream I ever could have had. We spent a fair amount of time in prayer in the worship services yesterday praying for nations, people, ministries, and things we’re involved in—it was good.

Now . . .  down to business . . .