In Madrid!

I´ve never blogged from an internet cafe so I apologize for not having any pictures on this message. I promise that pics are to follow. Besides most of what we have seen the last couple have days has been our pillows. The red eye flight combined with Bird´s pregnancy, combined with huge dump trucks outside our hostel window has left us pretty groggy. However, we knew that our time in Madrid would be for rest before we head to Salamanca to do what we came for. Margaret woke me up at 4 am last night to tell me that she felt the baby moving but by the time I got my hand on her belly the babe was back asleep, or playing games with dad.

Our impressions of Madrid so far have given us all the proof we need to believe that this country is in desperate need of Jesus Christ. Today is the holiday called gay day and there was a huge parade in Madrid celebrating the lifestyle. Lots of starving people around Western Europe. Just a quick note to give you our latest news. Tomorrow morning we board a train to take us to Salamanca were we will spend the next 5 weeks. Please pray for our trip and for a courageous boldness to be the light of Christ in such a foggy place.

Rope Holders!

It's early in the morning on Wednesday June 27th we simply could not sleep any more for excitement. Tonight we will sleep on the plane and tomorrow morning we will wake up in Madrid. Already things have the feel of a real mission trip...anxiety...wonder...worship...the unknown...worry...praise...exhaustion are all emotions we have felt over the last 24 hours. In all of that emotion though, GOD. He has been faithful and we have many rope holders going along with us to Spain. William Carey, one of the worlds greatest missionaries to India told his British missionary board, "I will go into the dark well of India to share the gospel, but who will hold the ropes as I go and be willing to pray for me while I'm in the well?" If you are reading this blog we need and beg you to be our rope holders. God has wonderful things and maybe even trying things in store for us. We are eager to share those with you, will you be eager to hold our ropes as we go into the dark secular jungle of Spain? God bless.