Friday, July 20, 2012

First Few Days of Ministry in Spain

We arrived safely on  the morning of the 17th.  It has been a full and blessed few days!  Read on for a few highlights...

Andy using the ride into JFK as an opportunity to share Christ with our van driver to the airport, two of our ladies, Amy and Rachel, praying for an airport employee with a personal need....a few team members Mabel and Luis conversing with and sharing Christ at JFK with people waiting at the gate with us and ...outreach to the Metro Station in Aluche Spain...Cleaning in the church...Art and Kathy collecting food with Pastor Amigo for food distribution (Food "Pantry")...preparing meals...praying for each other's personal needs -- migraines, insomnia, pain, fatigue...seeing migraines disappear in a short time...being blessed by the fellowship of our co-laborers here in Madrid.  We have bonded in a true spirit of Christian unity in a very short time...managing to survive the extreme heat (daily temps over 95 degrees F since we arrived, and ten day forecast indicates more of the same...music ministry...street evangelism in KilometroCero area of Puerta del Sol and training with the Red Box ministry...Sharing testimonies of how Christ has saved us and changed our lives in the Puerta del Sol, a local park, and the Metro Station and talking to people about salvation...a few hours of sight seeing...devotional and meeting times with our team...trying to sleep at least a little...painting at the church and ministry again in the park we visited on Monday.  Several prayed to receive Christ and a good number heard the gospel message clearly again -- they since we were at the same park at the same time on Tuesday...tonight's ministry with music -- Tricia on voice and flute, Pedro on guitar, Amy and Mabel sharing testimonies, Pastor Antonio giving the gospel message, Luis (from the church here) leading, Rachel doing dance ministry, and all praying and sharing the gospel was so anointed and powerful.  God is alive and drawing people to himself here in the country of Spain, and we count ourselves incredibly blessed to be a part of it.

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