To win the world you cannot add. You must multiply.

Last night Colleen and I departed from our small group only to form our own next week here in Spring Hill. It has been a great time. One filled with laughter, tears of joy and sorrow, prayer, fellowship, and food. The group that met every Tuesday night at 7:00 started out with just 8 people. At the time of our departure, there were 15. What growth!

It's been amazing to see God move in every one of our lives. We've seen new jobs aquired, new relationships made. We've heard stories of India, and seen pictures of Egypt. (How many people have seen Beth Moore on a camel? We have.) We've made friends and memories to last a lifetime. So why leave?

Richard said it best last night when he said, "To win the world you cannot add. You must multiply." I had never heard that before, but it makes so much sense. The essence of small groups is to train up future leaders and multiply and create new groups and train up leaders and multiply and on and on. Our prayer is not that people would come to our group and be our friend. Our prayer is that we may have an impact in their lives as Richard and Mary have so deeply impacted ours. This is a whole new chapter for us; one that is a little scary at first, but that's what's so exciting about faith. The unknown, the untraveled. We will definately need your prayers. The experience with Richard and Mary Barns has been like no other. And to those in our group we say this:

Thank you for loving us. Thank you for serving us. Thank you for blessing us. We love you.