I (Tim) recently received a very encouraging email from a woman in Australia named Maree. In the email, she she shared some of her own journey with practicing C02 and how impactful this experience has been for her and her new friend, Sharon. I asked Maree if I could share her email with all of you and she gave me permission.
I’m responding to your blog post from April 5th about telling stories.
I’ve been watching the emergence of C02 with interest, reading the blogs and checking out the LK10, House2House and simple church websites since about July of last year when I decided (and was led) to leave my traditional Sunday Church.
Since then I’ve had a pretty incredible awakening and many, many stories to tell of God’s great love and kindness to me during this “detox “phase.
I kept praying “What should I be doing??? Should I start something???
To which the reply came “I am building my church.”
OK Lord, but I must have to do something????
“I am building my church.”
So I relaxed and started C02 by myself, I’m pretty good at having conversations with myself !
I earnestly wanted to hear Gods voice. One day after a rave from me about wanting to hear his voice, “How can I be sure?” “How will I know it’s you, etc. etc.,I heard very clearly, “YOU HEAR WELL ….JUST BELIEVE.”
Well how AMAZING is that! It completely shifted my mindset and belief. Heaps of stuff has happened and I feel so empowered, motivated, humble and privileged to be on this new trajectory and journey with my Lord.
Interestingly, every time I’ve gone onto the LK10 site a little voice has told me “You’re not a church planter, what are you doing signing up here, this is not for people like you, what do you know about church planting.”
Recently I heard another voice tell me, “You Daughter will be a church planter, 2 by 2.”
Any way it’s several months down the track, I recently met Sharon, we were camped next to each other at a Easter Music Festival. I was telling her and her husband Jim about C02 and before I could finish she jumped out of her camp chair grabbed my hand, shook it, and said “I’ll do it with you!”
So for the past 3 weeks we have been C02’ing even though we are about 1,000 km’s apart. We have both been incredibly blessed and excited about what God is doing. Sharon and Jim have had a church at home for a couple of years.
We want to start a blog and we would like permission to use the C02 videos, etc. We would like to put it in an Aussie context and generate some “local” interest. I have yet to sign up for LK10, I will do it soon but in the meantime I thought I would share a bit of my story. Sharon has some great stories too, and together we are very thankful to you guys and our Lord for this amazing, simple idea that is so fresh and uplifting .
We look forward to the days ahead, hearing God’s voice and seeing his Kingdom Come!
Cheers,
Maree
P.S I am going to attend the annual conference in Dallas, a side trip for me from a holiday with my 3 sisters. I’m very excited.