This morning, I received an email alert that a comment had been added to the overview video I had created for sponsors. The email was from a woman in North Carolina, who found a resonating tone in the video with all that God is doing in her life. As she and I messaged back and forth, she shared that she and her husband have been through a retooling journey in their faith. She was wondering how they could start a Simplicity work in their community. She and her husband will be watching the video together this evening and we will be talking and praying through this decision in the days to come. One of the purposes of Simplicity is to be rapidly reproduced anywhere there is a God given opportunity.

Today, I was looking at the participation we have had in this first week and a half of Simplicity. Our initial Sunday service had 28 people in attendance, but in the last week and a half we have touched 60 different lives through the Organic Groups. I was awestruck by those numbers…only God can do that kind of math.

I was talking with the insurance agent that handles our policies for Simplicity today. He was asking how the launch of the ministry had gone. As we talked about the increase we have already seen…we both agreed, it is all God.

This afternoon I had the privilege of meeting with two of the three pastors who will function as overseers for our ministry. What a joy it was to share the workings of God and the vision of the future and to hear their affirmation. Of course they have a wonderful task on their hands, guiding a type A, often impulsive dreamer…it’s a good thing God’s hand is upon them.

Tonight’s group saw 5 new people joining us from multiple age groups and back grounds. The joy of my evening was twofold, once again I listened as the the Holy Spirit directed the thoughts of young children. Secondarily I was profoundly impacted as I saw tears in the eyes of others as we prayed over them and partook of the Lord’s Supper.