New Mercy Homes!

I just landed in Charlotte, NC for the purpose of two very important events for the future of Mercy Ministries in this city. In case you have not heard, The Branch Family Church (Pastors Derek and Sarah Turner) have donated eight acres of prime property to us for the purpose of establishing another Mercy home. As we prepare to start receiving girls in our first West Coast home on October 1st, I can honestly say that our waiting list just continues to grow. It is for this reason that I am so pumped about this property and the fact that we are already laying groundwork for the next home even before we open this new one just two weeks from now.

I am very excited about being here because we are meeting with key community leaders at a special luncheon tomorrow at
Noble's Restaurant . A special thanks to our dear friends Jim and Karen Noble for hosting this event. For those of you who live in Charlotte, this is the finest restaurant in the whole area in my opinion. If you haven’t eaten there, you need to stop what you’re doing right now and make a reservation. Just ask any of the Carolina Panther football players or the Charlotte Hurricane hockey players – they will tell you it is the absolute best!!!. Obviously I am excited about eating at Noble’s, but even more exciting to me is the ground swell of excitement from key community leaders and pastors across the board. I cannot wait to meet each and every one of them tomorrow. I wanted to give everyone a head’s up that there will be a home in Charlotte, NC in the future. Please pray for all the miracles we will need in provisions and supporters for this to become a reality.

In closing, I want to encourage you with a scripture that I often encourage myself with. It is found in Habakkuk 2:2-3 – “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

Obviously this applies to Mercy Ministries and the homes we have established and the homes we will establish in the future, but this also applies to anything in your life that you have vision for and are having to wait on. Know that God is faithful to do what He has promised as we step out in faith and obedience to take the steps needed toward the fulfillment of the vision.

Please pray for our dinner tonight with community friends and leaders we have already established relationships with, as well as our broader luncheon tomorrow to be held at Noble’s. Have a great night!