The Journey Continues

I love being able to do mission work in Spain. It’s so neat to be in a country where the principle language is Castilian Spanish yet each region has its own dialect, i.e. Valenciana or Catalan. Throw in the fact that we’re working with a Romanian community and that really confuses the languages we work with and with the kind of translations that will take place. And even the Romanians are caught speaking a mixture of Spanish and Romanian as they speak. They understand each other but then laugh when they realize that others might not.

The other thing that is so much fun is that Romanians come from all over Romania. We’ve met people from Timişoara, Arad, Moldova, Bucureşti, and yes, even from Sibiu. They are just as warm, friendly, and generous as their compatriots back in Romania.

The first few days here have been full of spiritual warfare yet we have seen God work in mighty ways. Steve’s Bible study for the youth last night went really well especially since we got a good discussion and interaction going. It began with a wonderful testimony from Virgie. Yet, Virgie has gotten ill and we are encouraging her to see a doctor here in Spain.

Today, we’ll get a chance to see a little bit more of the country. We got to go up north to see Peñíscola. After a marvelous lunch by the seashore, we had a wonderful time exploring the medival town and castle. We have now returned to Castellón for their weekly midweek church service tonight. Tomorrow evening we will baptize Steve when we go to the beach after the Bible study and even later, Mark Kenoly will arrive in Castellón.

Continue to pray for us as we continue to do ministry here in Spain.