Members of the congregation together with the YWAM team from London.

Brother Jorge preparing "whole burnt offerings" for a youth retreat that we held in our church with a YWAM team from the England.

Ashley is a university student and is part of our youth ministry and worship team

November 2010 – February 2011

Prince and Gina's Praise Report from Spain

November 2010 – February 2011

 

Dear Prayer Partners,

 

The Desperate Need To Reach Spain for Christ

I was cuddled up in my warm bed as the sub-zero wind howled outside when the phone rang. It was Madeleine, a French speaking convert in our church. She had been witnessing to a French speaking Muslim from Casablanca (Morocco) for several weeks now and told me that he was now in a desperate strait. It turns out that he had nowhere to stay the night and was preparing to take his chance and sleep on a park bench (he would, no doubt, not have survived the night!).

 

So out of my warm bed and into my van to go down to the plaza to seek this young man. I found him; a handsome and very intelligent man who speaks several languages with an ease that is found in many in this part of the world. I brought him home with me and made a great effort to warm him up and set him up in a bedroom with clean sheets and towels, fed him and gave him warm tea to drink.

 

With tears in his eyes, he asked me why I would do such a thing for him. This opened up the doors for me to share Christ freely with him. My new Muslim friend was amazed that Jesus would speak to him and touch him in such a profound way. This was a moment that broke through his intellect, and Jesus touched his heart.

 

After sharing with him for about an hour he retired to his room and slept late the next morning. When he awoke the next morning he was full of questions about Jesus. After a hearty breakfast I brought him to my basement office and gave him an "Ingil" (Arabic New Testament) and showed him several DVDs of testimonies (in Arabic) of Muslims that have experienced Christ in a powerful way and are now faithful and diligent Believers.

 

Nearing the end of our marvelous time together, he said to me in the simple, open way that Arabs and other Middle Eastern people have, that I had totally changed his way of thinking. He said that he was now very confused and would have to reassess his whole life and the entire way he viewed the world – especially in respects to Jesus the Christ! That he was now beginning to believe that He really could be the "Son of God"; an incredible confession for a Muslim to make!

 

Europe is now seriously over-run (quite intentionally, I might add) with Muslims intent on turn this into a Muslim continent. Spain is number one on the list and in a very real danger of ceasing to exist as we have known it and returning to the Islamic Caliphate that it once was 550 years ago. The only thing truly standing in the way of that happening is the aggressive efforts of those of us that are here on the front lines announcing the truly liberating Gospel of Jesus to "whosoever will".

New Believers

We have been blest to see many new converts in the last few months both young and… more experienced – that all are newly born in Christ.

 

As well as the many teenagers, there are a number of young adults have come to Christ in the last six months. Among them is a young man named Vlademir; an engineer and former military officer married to an influential lawyer. One of my elders shared the Gospel with him and invited him to church. He walked in alone on a Wednesday night and after the study I spent time ministering to him. He has since had a marvelous encounter with Christ! Though his 15 year old son has begun to come to our services, we continue to pray for his wife and teenage children.

 

Another wonderful testimony is that of Doña Vicenta. This beautiful sister is a widow who lost both her husband and her 38 year old son within one month – both died in her arms. This brought her to begin to seek God as she never had before. Having been a normal Catholic all of her life she had never really heard the truth of the Gospel before coming to one of our services. That was a year ago. Recently, she told me that she is now 77 years old and is just now learning everything new – and who Jesus really is! What a joy to see her worship God with her hands raised and tears in her eyes during the services.

 

She is also full of wit and good humor. When we took these photos she looked up at me and said, "Pastor, come down here!" I stooped down to hear her say, "With you standing by my side we look like 'Lee'"! "Lee?" I asked. She said, "Yeah, you're the "L" and I'm the "i". I laughed so hard that I was no good for the rest of the afternoon!

 

Please keep these and the many other new converts in your prayers. Though we have had many marvelous victories, there have also been some great oppositions and struggles against the church in the last few months and we have been faced with some serious problems. In spite of these trials, all have gone to strengthen and unify this young congregation even more!

Theological Seminary

I am finishing up another semester of teaching with the seminary in the Canary Islands and have begun to teach an additional class for a semester in the extension of the Assemblies of God seminary here in Extremadura (the region of Spain in which we live).  

 

The AG seminary has asked me, several times to become a docent member of their permanent staff – which, though I am honoured, I have been extremely reluctant to do. I deeply enjoy teaching in the extensions but I don't want to move to Cordoba. I do believe that God has most definitely sent us here to Cáceres and that there are still many years of ministry for us, many souls to reach and so much work to be done so that this church should be firmly planted right here in Cáceres!

 

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

Meet Some of the New Believers

Three of the new men who have been coming to our services: (L to R) (1) Vlademir, a former military officer and engineer who has been marvelously saved - he has now begun his discipleship; (2) Diego, a fellow engineer who has been bringing his wife and children - he is yet in consolidation. (3) Christian, a medical doctor who has also been wonderfully saved and is now beginning his discipleship.

Doña Vicenta, a precious new Believer that has been coming to our services for just over a year now.

We look like "Li" standing together, she told me. "Li"? I replied. "Yeah, you're the "L" and I'm the "i".

Muslim Demographics

Brothers & Sisters,

This brief document show the tremendous challenge with which we are faced to reach Spain for Christ! Please pray and help us to reach this nation for the Kingdom of God before the night comes and no man can work.

H.M.S.,
Prince & Gina
Your Missionaries in Spain

Jesus In Every Book of the Bible

Merry Christmas in Arabic

Merry Christmas Message

A Christmas Benediction

Well as you know, it's time for my birthday again. Last year, they had a really big party for me and it seems like they will again this year. After all they've been shopping and preparing for it for months now, and there have been announcements and advertisements almost every day about how soon it's coming!

They really do go overboard about it, but it's nice to know that at least one day of the year some people are thinking about me a little. You know, it's been many years now since they first started celebrating my birthday. Back then they seemed to realize and appreciate how much fun it is for the little children. Just the same, it seems that most folks are missing the point of it all. Like last year, for example, when my birthday came around, they threw a big party, but can you believe it? I wasn't even invited! Imagine! The guest of honor, and they forgot all about me?

Here they had begun preparing for the festivities months in advance, but when the big day came, I was left out in the cold.  Well, it happened so many times in recent years, I wasn't even surprised.

Even though I wasn't invited, I thought I'd just quietly slip in anyway. So I came in and stood off to the side.  Everyone was drinking, laughing and having a grand time, when all of a sudden in came this fat fellow in a bright red suit, wearing a phony white beard and shouting, "Ho, Ho, Ho!"  He looked like he had more than enough to drink. When he collapsed into a big armchair, all the little children went running over to him excitedly yelling, "Santa, Santa!" I mean, you'd have thought he was the guest of honor and the whole holiday was just for him.

The little manger scene you put in the corner of your living room is really touching. It's good that people commemorate my birthday like that. Did you know that nowadays, in some countries, the authorities won't even allow manger scenes to be placed in parks, streets, or public places anymore? Not to mention their schools? I'm not talking about Communist countries. I'm talking about the good old USA. Imagine! What could be more innocent than a
manger scene to remind people of my birthday?

Yes, it is banned! They've actually passed laws against it and made it illegal. What is this world coming to?

Another thing that amazes me is how, on my birthday, instead of giving me presents, most people give gifts to each other?  And to top it all off, it's usually all kinds of stuff they don't even need!

Let me ask you, wouldn't you find it odd if when your birthday came along, all your friends decided to celebrate it by giving each other presents and never gave you a thing?

Someone once told me, "Well, it's because you're not around like other people are, so how can we give you a present?" You know my answer to that one. Give gifts of food and clothing to the poor, help those who need it. Go visit the lonely. Any gift you give to your needy fellow man, I'll count as if you gave it to me personally. (See Matthew 25:34-40)

Well there is an end even to my patience. So I'm going to let you in on a secret. Now this is something I've been planning on doing for quite sometime. I'll have my own party! How about that?

It's going to be the most fantastic feast you could possibly imagine. It might not happen this year, but I'm sending out the invitations now. I know you'll want to come. There is going to be room for billions, for everyone who wants to come! Some really famous old timers and celebrities are going to be there, and I'll reserve you a seat of honor right there with them! (Matthew 8:11)

So hold on to your hat, because when everything is ready, I'm going to spring it as a big surprise. Many people are going to be left out in the cold, because they did not answer my invitation. Let me know right away if you'd like to come. I'll reserve you a place and write your name in large golden letters in my great big Guest Book!

Much Love,
Jesus