It's planting season in central Illinois. All the fields around us are covered with a layer of green, as the recently planted crops push their way through the dirt. In a few months each one of those shoots will be taller than me. What would you think of the farmer who got mad at his crop in May because it didn't look like it was supposed to in September? Recently we've been filled with a kind of holy (i hope!) impatience to see the Lord move in Champaign. We're seeing those first green shoots. Great D Group meetings and midweek Bible studies, lay leadership stepping up. People inviting their friends. In the last few months our average Sunday attendance has increased by almost one third. Please pray with me that we would continue to faithfully sow, and wait on the Lord of the harvest.