A new monthly sponsor of InDependence sent an undercover agent to church on Sunday. It was actually pretty funny because she was really good at her job. I didn’t see her come in during worship and apparently I missed her during intermission. I try to strike up a conversation with our first time guest during this time. Then when we were closing out in worship I noticed somebody setting in the back row that I hadn’t seen or met. All I caught was the back of her head and before I could get back to catch her before she left she was gone. I was actually joking with the tear down team about the apparition guest that we had. 

He called Monday to fill me in on the mission. He didn’t give me a heads up because he didn’t want me to worry or go out of my way to do anything different (not sure that we could have or would have). He wanted a sincere (without wax) report. Well let me just brag on our people who were incredibly nice to our apparition. She bragged about how nice everybody was and really gave us a raving review. Here is the part that is really funny… she told her pastor that if she wasn’t so involved in his church she would be at ours. This should have made him feel good that his churches seed was being planted in good soil… but it was his mom who was “considering a move”. LOL  Thanks God for sending us partners and more importantly sending us partners who are good stewards of the finances you have blessed them with. I pray that we would continue to be a good field for people to sow into.