Kevin, Gina, and I flew out to Austin to celebrate the First Anniversary of the Gracepoint- Austin church. Expecting temperature in the 90’s and humidity, we were welcomed with cool weather and rain, similar to the weather in the Bay Area. After being welcomed by the staff, we took a quick tour of the large UT Austin campus seeing the locations of their Bible studies, meeting places, and their large gym. It is probably more than triple the size of the RSF. 
Last year, the team of staff relocated to Austin for a church plant near the University of Texas to live out the gospel to students. Only one year later, there are close to 100 students attending the Bible studies and Sunday worship services, and a core group of students were forming. Many people commented that it felt more like a five year old church rather than a one year old church. Another person commented that when she came with the team last year, she prayed that many people would fill the living room and the church would be lived out, but she did not think that it would happen so soon. It was amazing to meet the students and feel their warmth. They stayed late to talk with us and to get to know us, and many expressed how excited they were to be flying out to California for the Thanksgiving Retreat. I was personally blessed by the baptism testimonies of three college sophomores and the time spent with Sunny, the wife of Pastor Manny, who were my spiritual leaders when I was a college student.
