I stand in awe of God who is so loving
and kind and faithful and GOOD!!
It is with the deepest gratitude and appreciation of my Lord and Savior, Jesus, Messiah who made this trip possible and Who was with us every step of the way.

We arrived in Spain travel weary, but excited and looking forward to the days ahead. It was a two hour ride to our lodging from Malaga to San Roque. As tired and hungry as we were, we still were able to enjoy the country side and the landscape. Spain is a beautiful country and is unique and very different from the US. I have posted pictures of our accommodations and you will see that they were quite comfortable. The weather was Hot and humid the first few days and then the humidity broke for a few days and it was hot and breezy, but nice. A lot of the trip we just had sweat pouring off us, especially in Morocco; but the grace of God was with us.

Our main mission was to help the local Church and to evangelize. An interesting point here is that the churches we ministered with and to were home churches just like ours. We had times of worship, prayer and Bible study at the retreat center where we stayed and most of the other times, we were ministering. God provided many opportunities for us. Most of our time in Spain, we ministered in a neighborhood in Los Pastores. Every morning we got up and went to the "play area" and gathered the children. We gave them gifts and candy that we had brought from home and them just played with them. The kids fell in love with Eric, Jess and Nate especially. While they were playing and bonding with the kids, a few of us had opportunity to go into people's homes and pray for the sick. Words of knowledge flowed and the Spirit encouraged the people. We are waiting to hear testimony regarding any healings that took place. Nate and Jess led in Worship songs in english and they in turn sang some worship songs in spanish. Henry did his "Great Benefuci" acts, riding on unicycle and just making the kids laugh and then would give a word of exhortation. The next day as all the kids were gathered and I shared with them what it meant to be a Christian and invited them to give their lives to the Lord. 90% of the kids responded to the message and gave their hearts and lives to the Lord. The local church took over and gave the children each a Bible. Many of them did not have a Bible prior to this. We came back nearly everyday and built relationship, prayed and studied and worshipped with them. They impacted our lives as much if not more than we did theirs. They opened their homes to us, made meals for us and sacrificially shared what they had with us. It was truly humbling and a great blessing.

One night we were invited to a Church in Tarifa to minister at a carnival type atmosphere. We had dinner with them that hey provided, worshipped with them and then hit the streets. Henry did is "performance" to gather a crowd and then we handed out tracks-some got into some good and lengthy conversations and seeds were sown. We prayed for and ministered to the Pastor and his wife and they were encouraged again by the Spirit. All this time Maritza, who was the only person who spoke spanish, was a very busy lady being our translator, in addition to the ministry of prayer she provided. Another night we all went into Gibraltar and met friends of Scott Gunderson, who was our host and made the whole trip possible-worked tirelessly and selflessly may I add. These friends (a dad, mom and son) who were not only wonderful and dedicated Christians, but were born and raised in Gibraltar and took us to great sights of interest and shared many facts about Gibraltar that we would not have been privy to if not for them. We went up the "Rock" and made a stop where some apes were and walked around with them. Some were a family with a baby ape, so tiny, so cute. Then we went further up the Rock and as we stood and east wind began to blow and we watched as this dark cloud moved in and enveloped us. We were in the midst of the cloud and we watched it go down and cover the valley. It was truly amazing. They took us to dinner and we got to know and love them. Mike and I asked if we could come back and worship with them and we were invited to their home church service on Sunday evening. Mike, Carol and I accepted. The rest of the team ministered with a Pastor that we had not yet met in a different area than we had been in and from what I hear, the response of the people on the street was fantastic. They were able to pray for many and people were responding with tears and appreciation. While that was going on, we were truly blessed by the rich fellowship we had with this family in Gibraltar where we met others in the family and the church. We exchanged testimonies, they fed us a wonderful homemade meal where we fellowshipped some more. Then we had a beautiful time of worship and the spirit of prophecy came forth. We prayed for one another and everyone was deeply encouraged. We are so appreciative of this kind and generous family who touched our lives. We did have one day to grocery shop and then some of were dropped off at the beach (some went off to shop for souvenirs) where we swam in the Mediterranean Sea with the rock of Gibraltar behind us. The water temp was perfect, and it was clean and aqua in color. It felt like a taste of Heaven.