Church

We are looking for a new church home since we moved. Last week we went to a HUGE church. I don't know how many people go to it but to give you an idea they have a Saturday 6:00PM service and 3 Sunday morning services. We have never been members of a big church before, we went to Brownsville where the revival was going on for about a month but no more than that. So we had to park in the dirt which we don't have a problem with. We walked in and they had 4 nurseries, one for the infants, one up to 16 months, one from 16-24 months and then one for 2-3 years old. It was amazing. Then we kept walking and they had a coffee shop and like a small cafeteria. They then had where you register your kids for children's church and nursery. It was a huge registration area. Once you register your kids and get a picture of your kids you get a number and a sticker that has their name and information on it which you have to have when you pick them up. There is also a separate whole youth building and grades 3-6 meet in the HUGE gym. Then, when we got to the service, we went at like 10:00, the service was packed so we had to sit in the balcony. Natalie didn't have a good time so they called me and she had been screaming. We started back for the balcony when somebody told me about the "wiggle giggle room". It's a room that just has a window in front for a wall and a speaker inside so you could still hear and see the preacher. It was quite cool but a little overwhelming. We might go back for a Saturday service to see how that goes but we just felt lost.

Since we are in the process of buying a house we decided to go to a church that was closer to it. It was an okay sized church and they announced today that they broke 400 people for their 2 services. We went to the 11:00 service but decided that if we picked this church as our home we would probably go to the 9:00 service. They are building a new building that is supposed to be done Spring of 2009. We really liked it but again we want to go at 9:00 and see what it's like for that service. There is one more church that I want to go to before we decide on a church anyway so we might be checking out these churches back and forth until we feel God pulling us in one direction or another. Pray for us to find a church quickly so we can start making friends quickly. Oh, and we met somebody today who has all blonde little girls that are 6, 4, and 1. I thought that was a sign. ;-)