Small Steps. Big Faith.

In March 2021, Pep y Silvia participated online along with 25 other couples in the S.O.M. (Seminario de Orientación al Matrimonio), our pre-marriage weekend conference offered to engaged couples and recently married couples throughout Spain. In April of 2022, although they had a previously scheduled commitment, they participated through video by sharing the benefits they received through their experience with the S.O.M. Because of their incredible communication abilities as well as their maturity and love for the Lord, we challenged them to consider giving one of the talks at the most recent S.O.M. What a great decision that was. There were 12 couples this year participating on-site in Barcelona AND simultaneously online. Pep and Silvia were amazing, not only in their talk about Marriage and Society in the 21st Century, but also in their servant hearts, connecting with couples and serving until the very end of the conference and then getting into their car to make the 3-hour drive back...

In May, the Global Family Life office granted us the rights to print The Art of Parenting study. There were several edits that needed to be made to adapt the Latin American Spanish to Spain Spanish. Due to supply chain issues, there were challenges in getting right material to print. Then the month-long Spanish vacation time hit in August.  FINALLY, near the end of September we got our first batch of these books, in Spanish called El Arte de ser padres .  I am so hopeful for how God might use this study in the lives of moms and dads here in Spain. Please pray for the first study that will start at our church in Terrassa in early 2023. Also pray that the Lord would open many doors for us to promote this study to churches and communities throughout Spain.

Aaron is now 10-years-old. Within the last year, he discovered new truths about Santa Claus and the source of his gifts at home. So, with this in mind, the grandmothers were given new freedom to try different types of gifts for Christmas this past December. Both of Aaron's grandmothers hit the bull's eye with their gifts! His Spanish grandmother decided to give money so that he could choose what he wanted this year. He chose a game that he was introduced to when accompanying me to a New Staff Training event a couple years ago. The game is CATAN , ( pictured left.) His American grandmother sent books. Aaron really likes to read and this skill has been supported and fed by the generosity of Yaya Nama (my mother's grandmother name in Catalan) by buying and sending many books over the years.  This year was no different. In fact, we recently visited a local book store and Aaron found a series that he discovered during a visit to the U.S. called Bad Guys ...