Look What We Found?!

A Taco Bell 20 minutes from our house!! I have to say, we are not big Taco Bell fans when back in the States. I mean, we rarely ever go, preferring a more "authentic" Mexican restaurant. Here in Spain they do NOT eat anything that resembles mexican food, although I know this may shock some people. So even though I would have preferred to see a Sonny's open up, when someone at church tonight told us about the Taco Bell, we had to check it out. Sure enough, it's the real thing and they even had free refills on the drinks (very, very rare here) as well as a self serve drinking station! Now that, is a rare thing! And to top it all off, they served Coca-Cola instead of Pepsi. Jeff was in all-you-can drink, Coke heaven! The tacos even tasted better than I remember! Funny what a little taste of home can do!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow....

So far this winter, Madrid has surprised us with snow! Much more than usual. It's been fun, because it doesn't usually last very long, so we have yet to get tired of it! Last Sunday morning, it started snowing on our way to church and this is what it looked like when we arrived at church. Let is snow, let is snow, let is snow!!!

Yearly Ladies' Meeting in Madrid

Last weekend I had the privilege, along with 100 plus women from churches mainly from the Madrid area, to get together for a day of fellowship and classes. What a blessing the sessions were, as well as the fellowship! This is the 11th year that this meeting has been held here in Madrid and every year, the amount of ladies who attend has been larger. The theme this year was about running the race of the Christian life. To me the most encouraging part of the meeting was seeing so many sisters in Christ gathered together and to see how many of the churches have grown! Spain is know for being a slow field, but God is still at work and this was evident at this meeting. I am so excited about what God is going to continue to do here in Spain and just glad to be a part of it!


Here is the group of ladies that went from our church.

Team Website Is Up!

We wanted to let everyone know that our new Team Website is officially up and running. What is a team website you might ask? The Lord has allowed us the unique opportunity to team up with my parents and my brother and his family to begin a work here in Spain. My parents arrive in a couple months and my brother plans to be here in a little over a year. We are excited about this opportunity and look forward to working together in the ministry here. The Team Website is simply a way of keeping up with each individual family all on one site. We plan to keep a blog with family and field news, so check back with us as often as you would like and most importantly, please keep us in your prayers!!

To access the website, click here

True Peace

This is a conversation I had with Aaron a few days ago when I picked him up from school:

"Mommy, we celebrated the day of peace today at school"

"Oh yeah? What did you do?"

"We just sang some songs and made a wall of peace out of boxes and my teacher talked about peace, but guess what?"

"What, buddy?"

"I told my friends that peace doesn't exist"

"You did? Well, peace does exist, but not..."

"I know, Mommy, I told them that the only way they can have peace is by trusting in Jesus as their Savior."

"You are right! What did they say?"

"They just kind of looked at me and then kept playing. They didn't really care."

"Well, I'm proud of you for telling them the truth and you know you planted a little seed of truth in their hearts today! Just keep praying for them, ok?"

"Ok, mommy"


Dear Lord, please give me the courage to plant seeds of truth in the lives of those around me, even if they don't seem to care!