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Once Again a Student

By on October 10th, 2012

It has been such a thrill to be back in the ministry in Spain. There is much to write about, but I’ll leave most of it for another letter. For now, I’d like to explain my goals for further education as I serve here. On October 22nd I’ll start my first online class from Northland. It’s such a blessing that today it is possible to take courses online without the need to leave local ministry for an extended period.

I don’t know yet how long it will take me to finish my Master’s degree. I would like to finish in two years if possible, but I don’t know yet whether or not that is realistic. However, if the Lord continues to provide financially and I have the time available, that is my plan.

I’ve been able to pay for my first online session and textbooks entirely through money the Lord provided from building websites in the US. I keep becoming more and more convinced that God wants me to continue improving and using skills for professional web design and online marketing. At the moment it is a way to help pay for seminary, but I also see it as a very real need among the local churches here in Spain. I believe God wants to use me as a help to missionaries and local pastors here in the future. The internet provides huge opportunities for reaching out to the lost, and I believe it is our responsibility to use each tool the Lord gives us for the effective spread of the Gospel.

So while training to be a better student of the Word through Northland, I am also doing everything I can to prepare for an online ministry here in Spain. So I ask for focused prayer that God help me learn everything I can, through both graduate studies and web-related work.

While in the US I prepared a brochure that I would leave with churches to explain the goals I have for ministry in Spain. You can read and print it out here.

brochure

As always, thank you so much for your prayers. I need them.

God bless,
David
Ps. 34:3

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Greetings from Spain!

By on September 25th, 2012

Hello to my dear friends. I can’t describe how grateful I am for your prayers and support. Thanks to these I am writing you from Spain. I am now here as a missionary through World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions. The Lord gave me a safe and uneventful trip, and I arrived in Irún this Saturday. Today I was registered as a resident of the city, and Thursday I go to the capital, San Sebastian, to get my Spanish residency card.

IMG_0039A Welcoming View

It was a blessing to welcomed back at the church here. The Lord has brought new people to the church since I was here last. Sunday was a great day of fellowship. Everyone was characteristically very friendly, and I had the chance to meet several new young singles from Columbia. I’m very excited about the group I’ll be working with. There are now quite a few young adults attending, and I want to invest good time in them.

IMG_0058Iglesia Bautista Bíblica de Irún

I have just a few prayer requests to leave you with. (1) Please pray for a friend I made who is from Bulgaria. He knows very little Spanish, but we were able to talk because he can defend himself in English. I met him here last summer. He visited the church once, but he left to go back to Bulgaria soon afterwards. I chatted with him on Skype the other day, and he plans to be back here for a short while. Pray that I’ll have the chance to meet with him and expose him to the power of the GDSC03118ospel.
(2) In the meantime, at Aierdi we are preparing for the arrival of two mission teams coming simultaneously to work for a week. Lord willing, they will be here on Monday. I will be helping work at the farmhouse while they are here. So please pray for safety and a good week.
(3) Also, please pray for me as I begin my Master’s degree next month. I trust it will be a worthwhile investment of time and money.

Thank you for your prayers. Let’s magnify the Lord together!
David
Ps. 34:3