Responses...

I thought I'd repose my response to a blog post by my old friend Josh Singh, called 'Planting in the Wrong Pot' (read it here). Josh asked me some very good questions and I've done my best to respond to them :

Thanks so much to everybody who's commented on here. Knowing you're out there talking about meeting at Tim Hortons really gives me encouragement! To respond to your questions Josh...
My greatest dreams: that Aldergrove would be impacted and changed by the Gospel, right down to it's core, for the glory of God. Jeremiah 29 is a huge inspiration to me to dream for Aldergrove. No, not v 11, but where God tells His people to buy into the city, buy homes, build gardens and relationships, and to pray for the prosperity of the city. My dreams for Aldergrove are for it to prosper, for the glory of God through changed lives by the Gospel of Jesus.
My greatest fear: that I'll have to leave Aldergrove before seeing that happen.
How can people get involved: that's what I really need now. I need people to join in dreaming with me, meeting with me, praying with me, planning and implementing strategy with me. I need people who will get involved in this community and the people here, who will meet with people, open their home and their time and their life. I need people to buy into God's vision for Aldergrove, and to help shape the vision for Access Church.
Where I get funding from: presently, no where. I was on payroll part-time with the Lower Pacific District of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada, but that has come to an end as of December 2010. There are a fee people who have been supporting us monthly and one-time gifts through the LPD.

The last few months have tested my conviction that 1 I am a church planter and 2 I have been called to Aldergrove. If either of those turns out not to be so, there's no disgrace in that. But even through the hardships, frustrations, and seeming lack of fruit, I still feel compelled to keep on. Is it my stubbornness to hold on? Should I kick the dust off my feet and move on? Is it pride and arrogance and refusal to fail or give up? Maybe. Or maybe God really has captured my heart for this town.