It's a Start

What a week! In addition to the VBS program that we put on the first four nights this week, yesterday was Pastor Herman's first day in the office. He has officially begun as an elder here at VVBC. He started the day with a pretty lofty goal of putting his office in order. I should have taken a picture of the boxes of books that he had strewn over his office floor. Even if I hadn't walked into his office at 10:30 a.m. I doubt he would have gotten it done. However, once I showed up, he didn't have the opportunity to put a single book away.
We spent the rest of the day talking together about philosophy of ministry ideas and sharing teaching ideas and topics. In addition, there were some important things we got settled as well. For instance, in our first unified decision, we decided that regular Folgers would be the coffee of choice around the office.

Fortunately (for Pastor Herman) I was at the station today and I was not available to interrupt his time in the office. He was broken in easy with a constant bombardment of calls from salesmen, exterminators (scheduled termite treatment), requests for rent assistance, etc...
I must confess, I got a little chuckle each time he called today. You see, yesterday Pastor Herman was asking me how the phones in the office worked. I guess he found out today - they work pretty well! I am so thankful that the Lord has provided another elder to help meet the needs here at Valley View.

I ask you to pray that the Lord would bless our ministry together. It is with great excitement that we fulfill our calling in His church and it is with joy that we look forward to working together. Please pray that the Lord would help us in our growth and that we would continue in unity together. It's starting well, he likes Folgers too!