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Ceres SDA Church

Anil Kanda

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I actually went down to Southern California this last week, and I was speaking in the Loma Linda area.

And I go home, and I always ask my mom, every time I talk to her on the phone, I always say, mom, is there anything new going on?

And I ask her every single time I talk to her, mom, is there anything new going on?

And so I go home to Southern California this last week And I was speaking Friday night and Saturday at a graduation thing taking place And I go visit my mom on Sunday, and I came back on Monday but I visited her on Sunday, and I was sitting down with them, and we were talking, and all of a sudden, it comes out that both my sisters are pregnant, and at the same time, around the same time.

And so I asked my mom, I was like, mom, did you know about this?

I was like, mom, how come you didn't tell me about this before?

And when you find out that someone you love is having a child, or you yourself are having a child, it can be a very unusual experience.

Now, I don't know what that's like, but I do know what it may somewhat feel like.

I have friends, Godfrey and Debbie, they're some of my good friends, And I think I might have told you this story, but I think this took place 2 years ago.

They were pastoring over here in Modesto Central, and Debbie was pregnant with her first child.

Now, I've always grown up seeing a lot of movies where they're like racing the pregnant lady to the hospital, the running red lights, and you know, all sorts of things.

And being adventurous as I am, I told Debbie, I said, Debbie, when you're about to give birth, I want you to call me.

I want to be able to transport you and Godfrey to the hospital.

I had a big four-wheeling Jeep, too, had size 35-inch tires, nothing was gonna stop it.

But I get this call, and the call is, Anel, can you get over here?

And in my mind, I just, that's what I imagined.

And she's like he's like no you need to get over here So I jumped into my Jeep and I just rate, you know, I never forgot the door was still open when I was driving out You know, I'll close the door.

I got to the house, and I just like run in.

And they're just sitting there, and she's doing a lamaze.

And they're very calm about the whole thing.

And she gets into the Jeep, and I was like, we're driving very slowly.

I mean, I had this in my mind, I was thinking, I'm gonna run over cars, and whatever it takes.

Run red lights, I was driving very slowly and carefully.

And I even heard her go, like she just kind of, just there was a little bit of pain.

And then I turned on the Christian radio and I was just playing some nice songs.

And we get to the hospital and we drop her off and Godfrey gets out and they you know a beautiful girl is born I'll do that that was very traumatic to me.

What do they call it a sympathetic pregnancy is that the term?

Anyways, it was just very unusual that I got to participate in that experience.

And being pregnant is not something that I could probably tell you things about.

But here's the thing I want to say to you, church.

I believe with all my heart our church is pregnant.

I believe with my whole heart our church is pregnant.

I don't know the gender of this child, I think she's a girl, but I really believe that this church is pregnant and we need to have some insight about how this baby might be delivered.

We have talked about a church plant for the last few weeks, and we're making some serious steps.

We're going to have tonight a church plant meeting.

It's going to be a business meeting, and We want the church to come out.

We are thinking about scouting an area in possibly the Houston area.

But it's a small, when you go into the town, a small little country town, and we're thinking about having a church plant there.

There's gonna be a lot of questions that are gonna come up, so I want you to come out to the church business meeting tonight at 645, and we're gonna discuss more in detail.

But just to let you know, I believe that God is leading in this.

I went out with a Bible worker to the city of Houston.

And I was driving there with him, and we were just checking out a couple different churches.

We saw 1 church, and we walked there, and they didn't have a pastor.

And they said, well, you're going to have to just wait and find the person who's in charge.

And as we're driving to the next church on the map, I noticed from the corner of my eye a small First Baptist church right there in the corner.

It wasn't even on the map quest, which is normal.

And so we pulled there, and we're looking around, and it's just a nice old quaint building.

It seemed like everyone was gone that day in Houston.

So we're going around, taking a look at the facilities.

Couldn't get inside because no 1 was there.

I picked up my phone, I call, and I ask for the pastor.

I left a voice message, and I said, Hey, my name's Pastor Arnell.

We're thinking about possibly renting a church.

So, as we jump into the car to leave, all of a sudden, from the corner of my eye, I see this older gentleman walking down the street.

And there was just something unusual about him.

He's walking down the street, and he's coming right up to us.

And he's just looking at us like this, just walking like this.

And he's like, hi, can I help you with, you guys with something?

I said, well, my name's Pastor Anel, and we're thinking about looking at a church to possibly rent.

I want to present some of these details to my church.

And he says, well, I'm glad we ran into each other.

And he's like, well, it's good you called me, because I don't answer my answering machine for months.

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