To the left is a picture of the town of Albalate del Arzobispo. We went to this town, as well as two others on the 28th of April. Albalate marks the 600th town that we have been to since we started passing out tracts in the various pueblos of Aragón. The town is well known as part of the "Ruta de Tambores," several towns in the province of Teruel that feature extravagent processions during Holy Week at Easter time. We hope to give them something more to hope for than religion.

One Tuesday I left the guys in Cariñena after the Bible study and went to pass out tracts in a nearby town called Villaroyo del Campo. As you can see from the pictures above, it is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, which is why we have never done the town. You can also see from the picture of the house above that it is definitely not abandoned. even though I saw no one on the streets. This, like many smaller towns, is a place where people escape from the city and the larger towns during the summer and holidays. They will find a surprise in their mailbox on the day they arrive!!

MARCH 2009
On our monthly tripo to the villages, there were 6 of us. We were also able to have a Bible study with an older couple who live in a town that is an hour and a half from the nearest congregation. Tomas (third from the left) and Paquits (third from the right) were extremely pleased to see us and open the scriptures.

FEBRUARY 2009

Here is a picture of one of our Bible studies in Tauste. I had to take three different shots to get all the people in, there were a total of 21 adults here this particular day. Many of them came from Zaragoza to evangelize, praise the Lord!!!!

Here is a picture of two of my most faithful companions, Juan Blanquez on the left and Medardo Bello on the right. Both of them have been going out with me since 1999. Juan has grown to be my right hand man, especially in Tauste. In fact the Lord has manifested a pastor’s heart in him towards the people of that town. Medardo just lost his job and has been going out with us since then. He has shown that he has a gift for both evangelism and teaching. He has already taught a couple of times in our Bible studies, and has made several excellent contacts during our evangelism. Please pray for both of these men, that God would use me to help them to develop their gifts for God’s glory.

DECEMBER 6-20 VISITS

I am going to try to present things in a little different manner, to see if it is a little more interesting to the people who don’t know the people here like I do. I will just try to hit the highlights of our visits in the towns, and give you a little bit more info on the people who are both working with us and those who live in the towns.

DECEMBER 17 TAUSTE

I was very sick today, so I stayed home. Juan and Medardo took charge of the day and did a good job. Medardo drove my car and gave the Bible study, while Juan organized everyone, including a visit to Juan and Pedro. It was exciting for me to see these men step up and be responsible in my absence.

DECEMBER 12 CARIÑENA

We had a new visitor to our Bible study this week, Noelia. She is another one of Belén’s nieces, daughter of the only sister who isn’t involved with us. Laura, Dori’s daughter, had been talking to her a lot, and so she came to the Bible study with Bible and notebook!! Praise the Lord for what He is doing in that family!!

DECEMBER 11 TARAZONA

This was our second day in this town. I had a huge blessing by going out with Eduardo. I wondered why he usually has so much success, and I do too, but when we went out together it was a big flop. I decided it was my bad attitude, since he doesn’t do things MY WAY. I decided to let God work as he wanted to, and we had many good conversations. I saw once again how God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

DECEMBER 10 TAUSTE

Today was a blessing, everyone told us about their gifts. Carmen, a lady from Argentina told us that she was a nominal Christian until she came here to Spain, when she realized that God wants her to evangelize the Spanish people. We have been able to visit two of her cousins who live in Tauste. There has been a lot of opposition since we started in Tauste, and we need to be praying more than ever, especially for each other.

DECEMBER 6 LA PUEBLA DE ALFINDÉN

Today was not a very productive day. Did some follow up visits and some questionnaires, but nothing exciting. Some days we are just breaking up the stony ground!