Stll adjusting

Wow, I can't believe I've been back in the States for almost a month. It's been a very interesting past few weeks: adjusting to being back in the States, attending a four day meeting upon my return; preparing to move to a new state, moving and doing the ground work for the church I am starting. I am in PA, moved on June 14, and I have some of my belongings here. The majority of my stuff is in my storage container in MA. I will call this week to have it moved down to teh Scranton storage facility. Since the apartment I am in is fullu furnished, I don't need to take anything our of storage except for some of my ministry resources. I really do love being here in the Wilkes-Barre area although it has only been a two weeks. But i am very excited about the new church start. Last night I conplete our Facebook page as well as started a group page for us. Our page and group are callred Field of Grace Community of Faith. We will be a multi-ethnic/multi-cultural church seeking to represent the Reign of God on earth: radical hospitality and and no divisions based on color, ethnicity or social/economic status. I've contracted with a Christian web-hosting site and the fellow who runs it will design and post a web-page for us. I tried to do it myself through a secular green group, but ran into too many problems with their software. Paul will design it and host it for us at a very reasonable price and he will also be able to make it a bi-lingual site. Since we will be a multi-cultural church, it is very important that all that we do be in English and Spanish. Over time we will add additional languages depending on the needs of the congregation. Next week we will have our first "official" gathering as the Field of Grace Community. We will gather as a small group at my apartment following a Wesleyan class meeting format. These first few months it will be essential for me to work with the folks to help shape our identity as Field of Grace and to help them to develop ownership of the values and priorities of the community. They will then become the class leaders for groups that I will ask them to develop in their own homes. At this time, it looks like we will have an initial core group of about 6-8 people. I'm impatient and as with all of my other caminos, God is teaching me to be patient and not run ahead of where he is leading me and what he is doing. So I am intentionally trying to practice patience and attending: paying attention to what God is doing and then aligning my steps with His. Keep me in prayer: Every now and then I find myself jumping ahead and God reminding me to pull myself back. Also keep this conception period of Field of Grace in prayer that we would listen closely to God in preparation for our birth into a church faithfully serving the greater Wilkes-Barre, PA area. Hasta Luego.