05-AAEO 2025 - Rowland Main

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When we first came,

we knew that God was calling us
to church planting

But God called us to a place

where there was nothing happening.

And, along the way

I didn't see all those little,
bitty details that God was doing.

I couldn't make the whole story.

We live in Langley, B-C...

British Columbia in Canada.

People from all over the world
who have come to Vancouver

move out to Langley.

Which is one of the reasons why
we fit in so well.

I grew up in South Korea,
I grew up in Japan.

And I grew up in Guinea
which is a country in West Africa.

So many people
from different parts of the world

come here with that same story.

So growing up overseas,
we were able to connect with them.

All the young families
are moving out here.

And we had kids.

We had no idea
how many people we were going to meet

because we met at the playground.

Now, we have ministry teams,
we have community groups meeting in homes,

and we've got lay people leading
the Bible studies.

So people are participating,
people are a part of this church

and we see that God has done
what He said He would.

And part of that is through

the churches that gave
to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.

- Like, I had nothing; I knew no one.
- Sí.

Except to find out later
that there are all these churches

that are giving to Annie Armstrong
to make me being here physically possible.

I can be here because of them
and they don't even know me.

So when we came...

we weren't alone.

It's only been the sovereign,
unfolding plan of God.

Yeah...

This is the story
that God planned out for us all.