Hello everybody. I love this church. I love this church. I love your pastor. I don't

know if I've ever met anyone quite like him. I really don't I mean he just yeah do it.

Just such a man of vision and generosity and every time I'm with him I feel like I'm a better person.

It just something rubs off on me and I feel the same way about this spectacular church

the extraordinary impact that you're having all over the world.

And I think that is just breathtaking.

I've been a pastor since 1979.

I know I don't look that old, but have I have I know how challenging this work can be and to see what you do and have done

It's just I hope you know that I love you. I admire you. I applaud you. I aspire to be like you and I'm just so tremendously, tremendously honored to be here

in person, to be speaking to you online or at a different campus, it's a

beyond blessing to me. So thank you, thank you, thank you.

Hello from, yeah, thank you.

Thank you. Hello, thank you. I bring you greetings from San Antonio, Texas.

I'm still down there, right down I, what is that, I 35?

Just right down the road?

Still trying to awaken our spurs a little bit.

We're having a hard time right now, but what a year it has been.

When did the craziness of this pandemic disrupt you? Was it that

first time in the grocery store line that you were told to stand six feet back on that strip of tape from the patron in front of you?

Was it that moment last spring when you saw the news reports coming out of New York City in which the number of deaths were so high I can still in my mind

see that refrigerator, refrigerated truck parked outside the hospital.

Was it the very first time you put on one of these words mine. I'm ready to burn them. I'm ready to burn them. I'm

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