FAITH THAT'S LIKE ARROGANCE RIGHT?
July 1984
For the first time in his life Eric fully understood what Daniel must have felt in the lion's den. Spread out before him was a jungle of people, cars, and buildings. Strange sounds and scents assaulted his senses as he looked all around him. The buildings…sure Eric had seen pictures of New York City but to actually see the buildings rise up large and grey against the skyline was something no picture could ever reproduce. It was quite a sensory overload and no for the first time did Eric wish he was back on the quiet tree lined suburban street he had lived on for the past seven years but, and he could almost hear his father's voice echo in his head, "We go where the souls need us." Eric snorted silently to himself. For most families a promotion may mean a move…but it was usually a move to a better home, a better community, for Eric's father the promotion from associate to senior pastor meant taking on the assignment as head pastor of Faith Revival Church, a small glass-fronted shop in the middle of Brooklyn.
"Okay boys," the deep bass of Eric's father broke his daydreaming, "Let's get this car unpacked. We may have just enough daylight to go calling tonight." Eric sighed softly as he followed his older brother out of the backseat. Silently he prayed his armor of God would be enough to protect him from the lions ahead.