OCTOBER 23 PUEBLOS in TERUEL

When we left Zaragoza today, it was sunny and warm, but by the time we got to the first town in Teruel, it was drizzling. We managed to pass out tracts in 7 different towns, trying to dodge the rain without much success. After we finished the seventh and largest, Aliaga, I decided it was time for us to go home before anyone got sick. We still wound up driving over 400 kilometers, to reach the 777 people in the towns of Ejulve, La Zoma, La Cañadilla, Cirugeda, Adehuela, Campos, and Aliaga. In the town of La Cañadilla, there were only two people currently living in the town, and Juan had the chance to witness to them both!!

OCTOBER 22 TAUSTE

Simona joined us today, she had the week off, so I decided to try and make some visits with the Romanian contacts that we have made over the last couple of months. We had a good visit with a young woman who works in the bread store that Yolanda works in. She told us that she believes in God, and would definitely like to learn more about him. Later, we went to see Fani (Stephania) whom we have talked with a couple times. The first time, she told us she reads her Bible, and is very interested in the things of God. The second time, she was much less open. This third time was a strange visit. When she saw me, she recognized me, but seemed pretty reserved. However, when Simona spoke to her in Romanian, she opened up some, then invited us into her apartment, and spent the next 45 minutes talking with us about the Lord. We believe she is going through some trials, and the Lord is using that to draw her to Him. We definitely need to go back when Simona has another week off (in November).

OCTOBER 11-13 YOUTH RETREAT IN ANENTO

This weekend, Sue and I accompanied the youth group to a little town about an hour from Zaragoza for a retreat. Unlike other years, I did not speak, but was instead asked to be one of the leaders of the small group workshops. Our job was to try to help the young people take the messages that were preached and find ways to put them into practice in their lives. Once again, most of the young people were encouraged and challenged by the messages that talked about ministering in your family among other things; by the worship time; and by the fact that one of their group, a young man named Luis Antonio, made a profession of faith!! I was encouraged by the fact that there were three young people attending from the towns we minister in: Vanessa from Tauste, and Laura and Miriam from Cariñena.