June /July report!
Dear Prayer Partners,
We have had a crazy week! We love to send you full color prayer letters, with pictures, but there is not time for that today. We do want to update you on what is happening in Tracy. We hope that you will take the time to read this "black and white" bullet point version of "Truth for Today".
-Crossroads is now in full fellowship with the GARBC! Thank you to those who helped us attend the conference. The preaching, teaching, and fellowship were outstanding. It was an overwhelming blessing to participate in a church planters hour at the conference and see all the things God is doing in churches around the world. We came back with so many new ideas!!
- The church has had visitors all summer. Although many core families have been on vacation, attendance has remained strong and ministries have continued to grow. Some families will not recognize their church when they return from their vacations!
-With the help of a Baptist Builder's Club grant, Crossroads is transforming the school gym from a plain, temporary meeting place into a beautiful worship facility, foyer, fellowship area and Sunday School classrooms, with dividing walls and pew style chairs. They all fit beautifully into the new trailer, purchased by a sister church, which is pulled by the Suburban, donated by a pastor friend. God has been so good to us! Until God chooses to provide a permanent facility we are content to meet where our community seems to be finding us.
-The August new members class will hopefully have 7 couples/individuals who desire to join Crossroads
-VBS will be Aug 1-5. We are thrilled by many new "laborers" seeking a harvest of souls. Pray with us that God will send 100 children to hear the gospel. REV IT UP! FULL THROTTLE FOR GOD!
-Teen Camp is July 11-16 and Junior Camp is July 18-23. We are praying that God will use this time to grow our youth. God provided for Crossroads to send Lana (saved in JOY club this year) to Junior Camp. Her dad was so moved by this that he has started to attend church. Pray for Robert's salvation.
-Samantha's health issues are on going. We have spent a good part of the summer at Doctors appointments. This condition is difficult to fully diagnose and treat, so we appreciate you prayers for wisdom and endurance as we attempt to manage the symptoms and seek to bring God glory through this situation. This past week she spent three days in Oakland Children's hospital for dehydration and other complications. She came home Thursday evening on a new (additional) medication. On Monday the Crossroads teens will be heading to Teen Camp at Pilot Lake. The doctors have cleared Samantha to go, since Tim will be there as a counselor. Please pray with us that she will have a good week and be refreshed spiritually.
-It was difficult to return from the conference with so many new ideas that we want to implement at Crossroads, and to end up spending the next week in the hospital with our daughter. We appreciate your prayers as we struggle to balance the responsibilities of ministry and family. We know that God is sovereign over all of these situations. We are blessed to watch Crossroads grow spiritually through the challenges this year. God is building HIS church.
-Crossroads will be celebrating its fifth anniversary September 18th . We would love to have you join us as we rejoice in what God is doing in Tracy.
Standing at the Crossroads
The Heinrich Family |
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