and the grand total is...

hello! well i have been bursting at the seams waiting to tell you all our grand total we gave to the dominican republic...we gave...$27,400.00!! yes, you are reading it right! isn't God amazing! i was totally blown away when i heard the total, and i know our people were too! on tuesday the service will be on our website www.theridgecc.com and you can watch and hear the reactions of our church.

i think one of the amazing parts about this offering is that our weekly need as a church is like $6500.00 and we barely, just make that every week, sometimes we don't make it. and for people to raise up and be so sacrificial means a lot of people are getting it. they understand that we should "hurt" for Jesus, and for his people. i know there are a lot of stories of what people did to make their offering truly sacrificial. some people gave up cable, kids sold popsicles, kids gave their allowances, some people even gave their stimulus checks away. wow! i am still so excited about the offering, and mark's trip down there last week, and just the impact of all of this.

for our supporters-this what you are a part of! how exciting for you! thank you for your financial support and most importantly your prayers! i want you all to take ownership in this offering too. God is so exciting and wonderful. i know we all know this, but when he shows this greatness and faithfulness, it still amazes me.

yesterday we wrapped up the oneprayer series. we heard from perry nobel, and let me tell you, he was so funny! and a good preacher, but he was hilarious! you all should watch him. you will learn a lot and laugh a lot. he talked about being dangerous, and you should be excited to see what God is going to do next, and we all should be anticipating his next move. his sermon was very fitting for the day we announced the grand total. this was all orchestrated by God, because we chose to listen to perry like a month ago, and there was no way we knew what the offering would be, so this is another example of God knowing the plans for us.

a little recap of our oneprayer prayers...

mark-lord, we are blessed to be a blessing
craig groeschel-lord, make us one
ed young-lord, wake us up
perry nobel-lord, make us dangerous

this oneprayer series was awesome for me, and for the ridge!
i am so excited about what God is doing here, and all over the world!