Day 10 Helena, MT

Before we left on our trip, Alex and I decided that it would be fun and good to visit churches every Sunday in whatever city we happened to be in that week. We're excited to see the diverse church bodies across the States as well as see what blessings God has at each of these churches for us.

Our first Sunday on the road we had just started our trip and were literally in the boonies of Montana so we didn't make it to church that week. So this last Sunday was our first time trying this out. We were driving down from Glacier National Park to Yellowstone so we stopped in Helena, MT (about halfway between both).

We were looking through the churches in the city and for some reason Living Hope Fellowship stood out to us. Their core beliefs sounded good and they seemed like a small, friendly church. So Sunday morning we came into their church and found out that they were not just a small church, they were a tiny church. About 10 people had gathered to worship and most of them looked like they were in their 40s or 50s, besides the pastor's children. Of course our first thought was "did we hear wrong?" but we stayed anyway.

At some point during their worship they sang a song about being a church on fire and that's when we began to really notice how Spirit-filled this small group of people were. Even though they were few in number, they are faithful with what they have and worshiped with their whole hearts. The pastor gave a really good message from Galatians 5 that was convicting for both Alex and I. Then after the message Alex felt lead to go pray with the pastor. During their prayer not only did Pastor Tobe confirm something God has been pressing on Alex's heart without Alex telling him anything about it, but Alex also got to pray over him and encourage him in his ministry.

We stayed afterward and talked to the pastor and his wife for quite a while and found them to be really sweet and friendly people. We were so encouraged by this church and can't wait to see what else God has in store for us during this time apart from our usual life.