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For whatever reason, lots of “good news” comes in on Friday. 

This has happened off and on for several weeks now.  Well, this past Friday was no different.

Well, this past Friday was no different.  Larry and Lee Ann came back from the road with some great news.  They have been traveling all across the state of Alabama making presentations about CharityTracker, our shared case management software.

Everywhere they go, community service providers say that CharityTracker is exactly what they have been looking for and need.  They say, “It’s simple to use, easy-to-implement, and inexpensive!”

News about CharityTracker is spreading like wildfire.  CharityTracker networks are being implemented by United Way agencies all over Alabama!  This has sparked attention at the state level of the United Way.  We have been invited to a statewide meeting of United Way directors in December to give a formal presentation about CharityTracker.

Greg, who we consider to be the chaplain of Simon Solutions, got great news on Friday as well.  Alabama Baptists are catching the vision for CharityTracker.  We have been invited to speak at the annual state conference of the Alabama Baptist Convention in November.  We will have the  opportunity to address hundreds of pastors about the development of our new online “power tools” for prayer, missions, and evangelism.

I also got great news on Friday.  I talked with an old friend who I have not seen in many years.  Sandra Leatherwood helped me in youth ministry when I served at Saint James United Methodist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, back in the mid 80’s.

Sandra was a college student back then and loved working with young people.  She was a tremendous help and an inspiration to the kids.  She later went on to become a United Methodist minister.  She is now senior pastor of First United Methodist in Bolivar, Tennessee.

On Friday last week, I talked with Sandra over the phone.  What a reunion!  We both discovered that the Lord was setting the stage for our conversation. 

I had been thinking last week about how we could share “our story” with United Methodist ministry leaders and suddenly Sandra’s name came to mind.  I called her office, and she later got back with me on Friday.  She said that it was timely that I called.  She had recently dreamed about our family and was wondering how we were doing.

Sandra said that she would be happy to open doors for us to talk with United Methodist ministry leaders about our “power tools” for the Body of Christ.  We both agreed that God does orchestrate personal relationships for divine purposes.

Later on that day, I talked with Dean Gambill and Dana Simons from Harvest Prayer Ministry, of which Dave Butts is the President.  Dave is also the Chairman of America’s National Prayer Committee.  I had a great conversation with Dean and Dana.  We talked about the possibility of collaborating together on implementing a “global prayer network”, called PrayerPipeline.net.

Right now, we are building the network’s technological framework and user-friendly interface that’s simple to use.  We do not want to get too far into development without first talking with international prayer leaders.  We want to hear what they need and how to better serve their mission. 

For more information about the network, go to www.prayerpipeline.net/minister.

My conversation with Dean and Dana was incredibly hopeful.  We have the technology.  They have the intercessors.  I believe God is really up to something here.  The chance to connect and empower millions of intercessors all around the world in real-time, interactive prayer is now possible.  Think about what could happen!

What else can I say?  It’s quite obvious.  God is bringing people and technology together.  He is building relationships that will lead to the development of more coalition forces, mobilized for divine purposes.

I will keep you posted as more “good news” comes in on Fridays.