Small Steps. Big Faith.

"  14  What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?  15  Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.  16  If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?  17  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.  18  But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”    Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.  19  You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.   20  You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless [ a ] ?  21  Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?  22  You see that his faith and his actions were wor...

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.

After months of searching, praying and negotiating, the Lord has opened the door for "Obra Social Agape" to move in to a new locale at Avinguda Jaume (James Avenue), number 1. Just before Christmas Eve our team gathered on the 2nd floor to give thanks and praise to God and celebrate this big step. As 2011 is just getting started please pray... Please pray for the upcoming semester.... *Spanish classes for Moroccan women *after-school tutoring for at-risk kids *international projects and the launching of GAiN (Global Aid Network) Spain *other possible new works? Pray that the Lord would use us as His hands and feet. Pray that He would open a door for our message, the gospel message of Christ, of hope and reconciliation found in Jesus. Pray that many would be drawn to Him. Pray for our team....that we would grow closer together this spring as we work together.

Over the last 3 years, slowly and what seems to be coincidentally, staff members, one after the other, have been moving to the Barcelona area, specifically to the city of Terrassa, including Ruben and me. In all there are four married couples (and 7 children!) who make up this team. We have all come to this city for different reasons, but each one has been led by the Lord in some way or another. We all definitely have a desire to share the gospel, but the exact purpose of this loosely connected team was a bit fuzzy at the beginning. Mariangeles Bootello has been involved with evangelism and discipleship in the Campus ministry since 2002. She moved here from Sevilla three years ago, just before marrying a young man from Barcelona. She works with Existe Más Mundo (More World Exists), a social work outreach of the Campus Ministry in Spain that serves the hungry and the homeless. She´s also been working with troubled teens, many of whom are children of Moroccan immigrants. Two of th...

Ladies draped in winter coats, burqas  (the loose outer clothing that Muslim women wear)  and hijabs  (the head covering),  entered the classroom with plates and plates of their best Moroccan sweets and thermoses filled with Arabic mint tea.  To celebrate the end of the first semester of Spanish classes for the Moroccan women, we held a little "fiesta" in our make-shift classroom at the Montroig Civic Center in Terrassa.  They all are sweet and eager to learn.  It was an interesting mix of women: some can communicate better than others in Spanish; a few older women, many young women with multiple children; one or two that studied at the university and a good number illiterate, even in their own language, and almost all lacking employment. While there are a few, more outgoing women, most seem quiet and shy when they are together in the classroom environment. Isa Fernandez, (pictured on the right) is the wife of Spain´s National Direct...

I was wiped out from a long day with Aaron. He´s been waking up 4-5 times a night, missing his pacifier, fearful from a nightmare, hungry for a bottle. I knew I needed to open my mailbox and respond to the next incoming message from seekers on the internet. After several months of participation as an online missionary to Spanish speaking seekers, I´ve had a chance to respond to 90+ people, sending prayers and passing on resources to help them start or continue in their spiritual journey with Christ....but very few come back for a second response, let alone a third response. However, Joseph Martin Delgado Cardozo, a 27-year-old from Colombia recently recommitted his life to Christ and came looking for spiritual guidance at  www.jesucristo2020.com , one of Global Media Outreach ´s many evangelistic websites.  From my home in Spain, I´ve had the privilege of corresponding with him multiple times. He´s in the midst of some huge life change as he takes additional new steps o...

This fall has seen a number of new laborers come our way. We welcome our latest recruit, Lindsey Zastrow, to the Athletes in Action ministry in Málaga. She is the 4th of 5 new laborers to arrive in Malaga this year. It´s amazing how God is calling and raising up people from all over the world to be part of His work. Lindsey´s story gives testimony to His sovereignty and creativity: "Hello! My name is Lindsey or ´Lee,´and I´m 23-years-old and I´m from Nebraska. This past June I finished my degree in sports marketing at the University of Colorado where I played softball and basketball. It was just a year and a half ago that I gave my life to Christ. That same day I understood that God was asking me to leave everything and follow Him to take the Good News to others. I was confused. I had never noticed the presence of the Holy Spirit before, but it was really clear that He was asking me to leave everything to love and serve Him. So, as my relationship with Jesus began to grow, H...