In 2004 a tragedy took place in the Indian ocean, and a few days later these words were written "The ocean is growing, the tide is coming in; here it is...". These words are not describing the arrival of the wave that struck the Indonesian islands, it's the wave that brings Love powered by the same voice that speaks the rose to unfold. The one who speaks, is the one who bared the thorns that came from the rose. This wave brings the arrival of a King and His impact and influence on this world.
The past few weeks Chris has been meeting at KFC in our city for business. Each time he has been there he has heard two songs that are shocking to hear, not only in this country, but in a public place. The two songs "G's Great Dance Floor" and "J My Redeemer" have been playing every hour for 24 hours a day for the past 4 weeks over the people that have been coming in to eat. This is AWESOME!!!!
Chris has also been teaching guitar lessons to one of our Friday night boys. The Texas team gave this student a guitar as a gift and he was overjoyed. He has become very passionate about learning how to play and right now he is learning a few praise songs! The joy in this boys heart when playing and singing these songs is not like any other joy we have seen him express in the past 14 months. His first request was "Long Black Train" by Josh Turner and by the end of the first week Chris was teaching the student "Only A Man" by Jonny Lang
Lastly, Chris has started a weekly good book study with another one of our Friday night boys. He was able to give him a full good book so he could study it while in his dorm. Chris was able to take his name and tell him stories in the book referring to his name and the boy got excited and said "I would like to read with you and study more of this man and what this book has to say." What's started as a study is now a weekly pr'yr - book study - closing pr'yr.
Hearing those songs played in a public place in our country and the studies that have started up are both long-awaited. Partners, know that here in our city "The ocean is growing, the tide is coming; here it is; Here is our king, here is our Love; Here is our Father who's come, To bring us back to Him; He is the One, He is the Son."