Prince and Gina's Praise Report from Spain
July 2011 – September 2011
Dear Prayer Partners,
New Believers & Consolidation
The Book of Acts says of the Early Church that, "… the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved" (Acts 2:47). Well, we're not seeing people being added daily, but God is bringing a nice flow of new people that are having personal encounters with Christ and are being added to the church.
Praise God! We are grateful to God that we can say that since our last Praise Report that several more new Believers have been added to the congregation; something that we would not have seen a few years back here in Spain and is yet to be seen in some parts of the country.
Thank God that our work in consolidating the new people has vastly improved and more new converts are becoming faithful and active in the church. We are also seeing many more of the new converts understanding their purpose and taking up the challenge to consolidate the other new Believers that are beginning to come in.
One of these new Believers is Miguel Angel (Mily) Lofredo, is one of the new men that have become to come to the services. Mily is faithfully being consolidated by my "Timothy", Jonathan Lancho.
Recent Baptisms
September 8th we celebrated a baptismal service in a local river and were blessed to officially receive four new Believers into the church. There are about four more that have yet to complete that new members orientations and get incorporated into consolidation and discipleship cells.
Satellite Work in Mérida
For the last couple of years now we have been collaborating with a family of Believers in the city of Mérida, a city found about 45 minutes from Cáceres in the Province of Badajoz.
Raul & Elizabeth Villamil (who have also been my students in the seminary), and their six children are a beautiful and talented family that love the Lord and have decided to dedicate themselves to Him and start a new church in this city. They came to us about four months ago ask for our covering and assistance en establishing this new work. We have begun to send faithful families from our church to be with them on certain Sundays during the month.
Recently they were able to go from holding Bible studies in their house and acquire a place to rent for their services. They now have a marvelous group of about 25 adults in a congregation that has both Gypsies and Spaniards.
I am in the process of helping Raul obtain his national ministers credentials so that he might be able to freely minister here in Spain.
School of Leaders
Praise God that we have finally been able to officially begin our School of Leaders (discipleship training school) in the church and I am on my way to finally form my 12. The candidates are extremely excited and totally on board and have begun to bring forth good fruit!
Matrix Retreat
This past summer the Lord gave me what probably has been one of the most creative ideas I've ever received. It is a Reencounter (retreat) designed to graphically teach new Believers about the threats and dangers that the spiritual and moral ambience of the world pose to them and just how they can overcome them with total victory in Christ Jesus!
The retreat is based on the movie "The Matrix" and is called "The Christian and the World". The new Believers are called to make a fresh and conscientious decision for Christ near the end of the encounter by choosing between the "red pill" and the "blue pill" (jellybeans).
All of the attending youth that have gone through this re-encounter were deeply impacted, but four of them have since been baptised and are aggressively active in all aspects of the church and are eager to share their faith. They now have a very clear idea of who the Christian is and what the world really is!
Theological Seminary
I have officially accepted a teaching position at the "Spanish Theological Seminary" of the Assemblies of God of Spain located in La Carlota, Córdoba. At present am teaching a semester (32 hours) on Hermeneutics. The rest of the official staff is thrilled that I have joined them – and the truth is, I am too.
Even though it adds to my already taxed work load, it's an honor to be a part of the teaching faculty and to be a part of those that are preparing the next generation of pastors and leaders of the Body of Christ here in Spain! After all, that's a very great part of what we are all about here.
Thank You & Please Keep Us in Your Prayers
We want to thank every one of you that so faithfully pray for us and support us financially every month. But what Gina and I are praying for is for ten new churches to pick us up and support us for $100 a month. We need at least this much increase in our support in order to consistently make ends meet every month and to reach specific ministry goals. You are a matchless BLESSING to our lives and the lives of countless others that you help us to reach for Christ! We love and deeply appreciate you all!
H.M.S.,
Your Missionaries in Spain
Dr. & Mrs. Prince M. Parker
