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Greetings from beautiful sunny Vail, AZ!
We are so grateful to be serving Jesus here! He has blessed us in so many ways! He continues to draw people to Himself out here in the desert as we seek to make disciple who make disciples...
God continues to open new doors of ministry here in Vail/Tucson.... On Thanksgiving Day we partnered w/ Old Vail Middle School to feed the community Thanksgiving Dinner. What really jolted my heart was to see our people step up and serve. We had a huge amount of Grace people come out with a desire to bless & serve their community. For me that we so affirming that God really is transforming people's lives.
Most of you know by now that we are in the process of acquiring land.
God has opened the door to purchase 6.2 acres just across the street from where we presently meet at Old Vail Middle School. Our vision is to build a community center whereby the community of Vail, especially children can come and be ministered to in a variety of ways. This facility would also function as our worship center on Sundays. We are asking our prayer partners to really pray that God would provide the funds for this purchase. The cost of the land is $500, 000. Our goal is to bring at least $200, 000 to closing in March. God is blessing...and we have raised aprox $50,000! Would you pray that God would provide the funds in His own way for His own glory? We are absolutely confident that God is going to provide. If it His will...He will provide! We do believe that..but we also want to be faithful on our end to allow you the opportunity to be a part of His process.
I often argue w/ myself about asking for financial help from friends & partners beyond what they are already generously giving. But this is an exciting endeavor and a great cause! When I think about what God has already done in these last two years...and what He is going to do, I can hardly contain myself. I look at that piece of property and envision:
- a facility where kids can literally walk across the street after school and be mentored
- a safe environment for kids to do homework and receive tutoring ( in my city only 1 out of every four children live w/ both parents)
- a facility that will house a community food bank for hurting families
- Kingdom headquarters for Vail, the West and the World!
(Through GOCTW funds, Thompson Station Church is giving $10,000 to help Grace Fellowship buy land in Vail, Arizona. TSC will also be sending two mission teams to partner with Grace in 2011.)
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