The Prayer of Our Hearts

We continue to progress with construction, though now the work is in the stage that it is not as readily visible to the eye from the exterior! This is a fact to rejoice in, though it does not make it conducive to take photos and make updates! Every step of the way, as a need for funds has arisen, each time what was needed has been provided. God has proven His faithfulness and He has also increased and strengthened our faith along the way. To date, in funds we are just above 50%. Although there are still challenges ahead, we are thankful and stand amazed at how much work has happened in the past 8 months, as well as how God has provided. We are on His timetable, our job is to tell the story, to make every effort in construction, and to be faithful in rejoicing!

Yesterday, I (Kara) drove past the building site. I knew it would not look any different, but I hadn't seen it recently and just wanted to remind myself of the reality of God at work in this city. It was a rare moment when I was alone in the van, as I had just come from my Russian lesson. A CD was playing and I wasn't really listening, it is a new one that Dwayne got in October of Chris Tomlin. As I circled the block and drove around the building, my mind engaged and I heard the words being sung. I was stunned with the lyrics because they echoed my thoughts, though I don't think I had ever heard the song. Not that they were the exact words, but the unconscious, unspoken desires in my heart were actually summed up by this song, "God of This City" by Chris Tomlin.

You're the God of this city
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You Are

For there is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

Greater things have yet to come
Great things are still to be done
In this city
Greater things are still to come
And greater things are still to be done here

I couldn't agree more- Great things are ahead and we have witness great things in the past and present, but GREATER things are still to come and it will certainly be part of the future of what happens from the Ministry Training Center. Those words were a precious promise of the future as I heard them, for the construction, for the funds, but even more, for the impact of the body of Christ and the Gospel on this city!!

Even at this time, when there are challenges with construction, funds, with the constant fluctuations of governments and economies. But, right now, as prices drop and construction slows, it makes the funds stretch further- it is a praise! Pray with us. Rejoice with us. Thank you so much for ministering to us and along with us.