I just wanted to share the results of our interview today with Apartment Life (see the post below entitled “Apartment Life” for some context).

In short, the interview went incredibly well. We instantly connected with Jeff, our interviewer. I think we allayed his concerns about our vocational stability (given we’re starting a new church) and religious heritage (we exploded his stereotypes about COC people—then again, we’re not really your average COC people).

At the end of the interview he was very clear that he wanted us to serve as a CARES Team. It was good news and very affirming.

We’re not completely in the clear, however. We have to put the rest of our placement process in God’s hands. While we’ve been “approved” as a potential team, the timing of our placement will depend on the availability of an apartment consistent with our moving timeline.

It will depend on two things: Apartment Life receiving a request from an apartment community in Uptown for a CARES team; and that apartment community desiring the team to move in quickly (i.e., February 2008).

There’s a chance that Apartment Life will get an offer, but the apartment community will not want to start until March (or June, or August).

We want you to join us in prayer that God will confirm his leading by making this transition as seamless as possible—that we’ll be able to move into a community as close to the beginning of February as possible. And if it isn’t seamless, may God will give us wisdom and discernment as to what the interim period will look like.

Thanks for your continued prayers, love and support.

I’m Charles Kiser. I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. I am married to my best friend, Julie. I am the proud father of a son, Ryan. Together, with friends and supporters alongside us, we’re getting ready to start a new church right in the heart of Dallas: a church that reaches out to broken and hurting people; a church that serves the poor and downtrodden; a church where people can express their doubts and frustrations, joys and aspirations; a church that radiates the hope and abundant life found in God’s work in Jesus. We want to ask God constantly, “What are you doing and how can we join you?”

The purpose of this blog is to capture the highlights of our journey in Dallas. The range of topics we’ll engage in this blog will be as all-encompassing as life in God. I’m sure we’ll dialogue about church, sports, food, family, politics and spirituality, among other things.