It is finished

And so the ministry of Russell Taylor plays out in Lake City, forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Lake City. The final sermon text was Acts 16:6-10. The Spirit suffering them not, Come over into Macedonia, to help us. Assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
We shall not re-tell the story of the journey from the panhandle back to the panhandle. Those who lived the journey know it all too well.
The Christ's Fellowship that Russell leaves met following the service in order to share that John Cleveland, the once Youth Pastor with Russell, after two weeks prayer, was led to remain in place with his youth group in Brooksville. Ken, Tony, Gary and Scott were appointed as a pastor search committee.
In my mindless messing with the camera last evening, the sermon was erased. Mercifully so, for Russell called upon me to offer the closing prayer. In my stumbling, bumbling tears and broken voice, I embarrassingly threw out some gibberish. But, those there know the journey all to well and understood I trust the difficulty in getting those words to flow.
The small fellowship is on the boat to regions unknown. The man who troubled the city is on his ship to Navarre. It remains to be seen if we land another babbler who will come and set forth strange gods, preaching unto Lake City Jesus and the resurrection.