What an incredible few days it has been for the Steward family here in sunny California. The response from our friends and family and the staff people from Saddleback church has been such a blessing. God has been glorified in this entire process as people are banding together to be the church and meet us in a time of great need.
We are still watching movies and TV on my Powerbook (thanks iTunes!) while sitting on beach chairs. And we don’t have pots or pans yet so it is still pizza rolls and deli sandwiches for food. And we are constantly remembering things we have lost that just make us sick. Like all the work my wife had on her computer for her work with Scrap Girls and all of my reference materials and commentaries I had packed. But we couldn’t be more excited at what God is up to in our lives. A new friend here said to us, “Well if you were looking to come here and get connected, mission accomplished!” We are being so blessed to hear the stories of people’s lives that work on staff here at Saddleback, and to see how God is so much bigger than the small boxes we like to put him in.
We are still not quite sure what we will be doing here as the more people we meet it seems the more possibilities emerge. But our main goal is to still be involved here to learn and experience THE Purpose Driven church, especially in regards to the day to day practicality of touching the hearts and lives of people here in Orange County.
And if nothing else we have vividly learned that God always provides for his children, that he is always faithful no matter how bad it seems, and that prayer and faith are so much powerful than most of us ever realize.
Thanks again to everyone that has helped and provided for us, you have been able to comfort even our parents who were as heartbroken and sickened for us as one could get.
God Bless!
