Our theme for 2010 as a church is Nothing is Impossible! Jesus reminds us in Matthew 17:20-21, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” We entered into 2010 believing this was the year we were going to see extraordinary miracles in individual lives and corporately. We haven’t highlighted them as often as we should but 2010 has been CRAZY! God has done some extraordinary things. Mountains are being moved! I wanted to share with you one testimony of God’s providence for our church as we continue our Amazing Race.
About 2 years ago, Russ, Christian, and I drove all the way to Kamloops, Canada to meet with the gentlemen who owns the adjoining 2.5 acre property. We knew that if we had any hope of expanding our facility we would need to acquire this property. My plan was to ask him to give us the property. (If you know me, that is the way I roll.) We spent about 3 hours with the property owner that day. The absolute lowest he would consider going on his property was 1 million dollars, this was a discount from his original 1.5 million. Needless to say, 1 million is much more than I was hoping for (which was zero). So we drove back home and gave up on that piece of land.
Every 6 months or so, I would have Russ call the property owner and see if he would budge on the price. Each time Russ would call the price would drop a little. $500,000. $250,000. Finally, 6 months ago, I had Russ call one final time. Due to the state of the economy and the decline in property values he was open to letting the property go for $100,000. We considered that for a week but ultimately decided to pass because we had just purchased the 16 acres up on Highway 9 and were a bit tapped out.
Less than two months ago, the property owner called me and said he really wanted to sell the property ASAP and asked if we were still interested. I mentioned that we had recently purchased 16 acres and didn’t really have the resources to acquire that property any longer. He asked if we would be interested if the price was right. I said, “It would have to be really right!” He then told me to make an offer. I met with the Elders that evening and called the property owner the next day and gave him our offer, $5000.00.
Mountains continue to move for Canyon Creek Church! A little over a month ago we officially acquired a piece of property that two years ago was 1.5 million for $5000.00! God is good and serving Him is an awesome journey! So what is your mountain moving story? I want to hear it!
Lets celebrate together this AWESOME mountain that was moved for our church!
By Pastor Brandon
