Small Steps. Big Faith.

  Remember when I went to Holland with Aaron and two other staff at the end of November? It was to become as a BPMT Facilitator. What is BPMT again? The Building Power Ministry Teams Assessment tool is based upon “ The Performance Factor: Unlocking the Secrets of Teamwork " by Pat MacMillan. This tool helps a team self assess six different aspects of teamwork (Common Purpose, Clear Roles, Accepted Leadership, Effective Processes, Solid Relationships and Excellent Communication). Teams can then see in which areas of their teamwork they are strong and in which areas they are weak. During the workshop the team creats action steps to address these areas. Now that we are officially certified, our goal is now to bring this important training to Spain. Rex Winn, Marc Fuentes and I make up the BPMT team in Spain. Our next steps include translating the material and casting vision for the various ministry teams in Agape Spain. There are already a couple of teams interested in re...

Ruben Rivera (second from the right) was a teenager with a dream. After a childhood filled with unknowns, he entered adolescence, dreaming about changing the world. He wanted to help children and others in great need. That feeling became a great fire that drove him to take steps. A good friend took a chance on him and discipled him with patience and faithfulness…and helped him to mold and shape his dream. His story is of one who has been changed by Jesus. His dream is to participate with Him in changing the world. His calling is to work among those who suffer most. Ruben is now the National Director of  Global Aid Network  in Spain. He´s working to raise up a team of staff and volunteers that can work with him to reach the hidden and hurting in our world. In just two years, GAiN is now sponsoring a recovery house for homeless men in Barcelona, hosting a program to reduce social exclusion for Moroccan women in Terrassa (Barcelona) and supporting the ...

The Good News: They found it! It was like striking gold. The workers on the construction site of the  Ça-Ira Children´s Home  in Haiti had found a new water source for a well. The Bad News: The water still needed to be treated to guarantee the health of the children and staff who currently live in the orphanage. Soon, this need will cease to be a concern. Within a few weeks, our children at the home will not need to worry about the quality of the water that they drink or bathe with. As we filed into the conference room at  Optima Renovables , a renewable energy company located in Terrassa, Spain, we were eager to hear their response to participate in the needs at the children´s home in Haiti. The directors were willing AND eager to donate a special water purification system to GAiN Spain to be used at the orphanage in Haiti. (pictured below) It´s a system with the latest technology and has the ability to purify 7000 liters of water a day, which is mo...

Since November 2010 I have been serving as a translator/interpreter between our GAiN Spain office and the head office of GAiN in Germany. (No, I don´t speak German, but most Germans speak English, which our Spanish team doesn´t do very often.) In April, our national director, Ruben Rivera (seated front row, right), attended meetings of all the national directors of GAiN throughout Europe and around the world. During the gathering, each national director was asked to present an update on its team and office and share about projects that the other GAiN offices could get involved with. Later in the week, several countries, including Spain, were added to the official list of GAiN offices around the world.  While I wasn´t able to accompany him as an interpreter, I did have the opportunity to translate Ruben´s GAiN Spain presentation. It was a great talk. (If you´d like to read it you can click  here. ) All the directors said so. Ruben was kind to congratulate me, but the truth...

As of now, you can follow what God is doing in and through Agape Spain on our new website, in both Spanish and English: www.agape.org  You´ll find descriptions of our ministry, introductions to our staff, access to ministry materials and a blog roll for our staff of ongoing events around the country. My 2-cents-worth contribution has been to assist with some of the translation to English of some of the different pages and to provide ongoing translation for the staff blog, which is available for anyone and everyone to read. Our hope is that this additional communication tool will help to encourage financial investors as they give by faith and help to inspire potential new laborers to join with us in taking the gospel to the 46 million people living in Spain.( Spain Demographics ) Please pray that God would use this new web page to help us become more effective in reaching Spain with the gospel.