One year ago, we said goodbye to a very special family in our church- the Leversee family. Brian, along with his wife Anna, and their two beautiful daughters Cailyn and Makynna left for California to follow God's calling upon their lives. Many tears were shed as we said our "farewells." We knew God's plan for their life; they've shared it with us on numerous occasions! Yet to know that our friends, our co-laborers in Christ, faithful members and leaders of Desert Gateway Baptist Church will no longer be available whenever we needed them brought a tinge of sadness.
 
But a few months later, the first service of Horizon Baptist Church brought in dozens of people. And in the next few weeks and months, God added to the church. A miracle was taking place in the Oxnard and Camarillo area of California. People were getting saved, baptized, and added to the church. More chairs were needed, more helpers required. God was and is doing something very special at HBC. And as the sending church, we are proud to see God multiplying His ministry through the Leversee family.
 
Last week, the church celebrated their one year anniversary. Today, in an organizational service, they became an independent and autonomous Baptist church. Our senior pastor, Ron Leversee (Brian's father), preached during this memorable and historic service. What a testimony! What a mighty God we serve!
 
God took choice servants from our church and planted them in another part of the country to replicate what God is doing here and in many other places around the world. Church still works! Would to God more churches would birth more churches so that the lost can be won for Christ. Truly, the greatest need of our country is Christ, as He is preached from the pulpits of our local churches today!