Close to Home!

There is so much to say about what was planned to be our last Bible study in Salamanca. First things first. Phylis and Charlie Cutler, our dear friends from Harbor of Hope in Lowell, MA told us that we may be in for a special treat over the summer. Thanks you guys! Your daughter Julie is wonderful. Julie is a Spanish teacher in New Hampshire and is away from her wonderful husband and daughter, India, for 5 weeks while she is studying to get her masters here at the University. This picture was taken tonight, the last time we will see Julie before she heads back to the states. We had the opportunity to spend just a short time with Julie but we have been so blessed by her warm spirit and her godly heart. Phylis and Charlie, you should be proud!

This is the room where we have our Bible Studies. Tonight, which was our fourth study was on Ecclesiastes 5. We had 10 people or so and then we all went out for Tapas and hung out until midnight. It was a blast.

A wonderful thing about tonight was that Margaret invited her Spanish friend Marta to the Bible Study and she came and hung out with us all night. Bird is meeting with her tomorrow for another "intercombio" session (Spanish/English talking). We believe that this was the first time she has ever experienced anything Evangelical and she was welcomed and fit right in.

In this room we will do one more Bible Study and then say good-bye to our friends in Salamanca. I'm not sure what text I will choose. I was only planning for 4 studies in Ecclesiastes so we will see.

Tonight was just a great night! All smiles, lots of jokes, we have made some great friends here in the city and will truly miss them. Carlos (to the left, just landed a job at the University of North Carolina working in Cancer Research and will be in the States for two years. He is a crazy fun dude and we hope to meet up with him in the States as well. Thanks for all your prayers...they are working beyond anything we could have imagined.