Pray 4 Spain 24/7

You know you are in the USA when.......

you see yard sale signs everywhere.

you see billboards everywhere.

you sing and converse in English.

you have a back yard, side yard and front yard.

huge beautiful church buildings are half empty.

there is little mass transportation service.

you can still buy a dollar meal at McDonalds.

there is carpet on the floor.

you don't have to recycle.

I can hug and kiss my grand kids.

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I inherited several flower pots when I came to Spain. I thought most of them had not survived the cold winter  and snow on the patio. I  figured I would have to purchase some new plants come spring. Well spring came, and low and behold in one of the big clay pots, tiny green shoots started appearing, soon they became tall, straight green leaves. Daily watering and the warm sunshine caused the most interesting thing to happen... two beautiful orange lilies bloomed! I could not b...

One of the songs that Carol Cymbala has written, "God is Working" has become one of my favorites. I like it because it remains me that God is faithful, and even though we can't see what He is doing, we trust and know He is working. Read the words and be encouraged today.

God is working, He's still working

God is working even now.

Though we often don't know just how,

God is working, He's is still working

God is working even now.

Though you can't see, and you...

Jose, Junior and Jorge from Madrid are young, vibrant Christians who desire to serve and use their musical talents. They accompanied us to Sevilla last weekend to do the music and meet with the teens. Getting to know them during the trip was wonderful. Their enthusiasm was catchy, their 100% commitment to life in Christ and service was a breath of fresh air. Saturday night in the Sevilla parsonage they drilled Mark about theological issues and asked lots of questions. They shared with us...

Since our Sunday attendance has not been that great in Sevilla, we figured only a handful of people would come out on a Saturday night for the lauching of our discipleship courses. Pastor Joel Castro from our Zaragoza church has written a very comprehensive book on discipleship which Sevilla church had never used. He came with us to present the material.

So much to our surprise the people just kept coming and coming, finally we had 16 people plus the three of us. As the nigh...

I could hardly believe my eyes as I opened the living room blinds that morning, snow coming down in huge white flakes! It was so beautiful. I had not seen snow in many, many years and I was so excited to watch it fall. The clean heavy drops quickly covered the cars, road and everything. It covered all the dirt, grim and blackness that one normally sees outside the window in the city. I quickly pulled on my long johns, boots, and headed outdoors. It was as if the world had  completely cha...

Two suitcases are already packed with pictures, clothes, spices, shoes, scented candles, cookie sheets and my crock pot. Trying to determine what we might need, knowing that we have a "furnished " apartment is a difficult job having never been to Spain. The travel books show us a beautiful, wonderous historical country with all kinds of modern transportation.  Of course we will do some sightseeing but our main interest is in the numbers Mark talks about. The .4% ( yes, point fo...

Yesterday we took Jake ( 2 years) and Katie ( 4 months) swimming in the backyard pool. These special moments with our grandbabies are treasured times. For Jake's second birthday we had a big family party at our house. Every available moment we are with our family. Grilling out is the lastest way we spent our time together. We are all learning how to use the computer camera so we can "see" each other when we leave. Matt returned to CA where he has a summer job as a videographer for a...

As we walked off the plane in Sacramento, we were met by Gary and Lavonne Moore, our FSC. Although he lives and pastors the Church of the Nazarene in Yuba City, CA, he also is our director for the Western Mediterranean Field ( Spain, Portugal, Italy and France). Missionaries and district leaders from these countries were meeting for the annual planning session of which we were invited to attemd. Hours were spent in planning, prayer and discussion. Hea...