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Hi friends, Spain calling.

News from the Costa del Sol. If it makes you feel any better let me start by saying that we had minus 2 degrees the other night, winter has arrived here too!

All our weekly activities are back on after the christmas break which actually is until the 6th of January here in Spain for reyes (3 Kings day).
It was with great pleasure that I traveled back to the UK the spend a day with my sending Church Coventry Elim, I love being back there it is like coming home. It was great to catch up with many old friends and see what the Lord was doing there. It felt very different and yet it felt like I Just slotted right back in again.

Our Sunday mornings are going well and last week the church was packed, I taught from Genesis 12 the call of Abraham and how he did not try to negotiate with God but just did as he was told. It was more encouraging than it sounds.

On a personal level I am working three hours a day to suppliment my income, its a an afternoon show and you can listen to me 3-5pm monday to thursday by logging on to this address. www.talkradioeurope.com

We had our final scan this week and our little baby girl should clock in in around 5 weeks time, please pray for a safe delivery, the postal system in Spain is not great and I am hoping the hospitals are better lol.

Thats all folks!
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2012

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Update from Dave.

Hi guys, I hope you all had a great Christmas. We had a mixed emotioned Christmas. We had the jy of all the Church celebrations and attending a Joint church venture Carol service in the square in fuengirola.

We also had a small family bereavement. One sunday before Christmas I was taking the rubbish out and I caught our Cat Demian (not named by us) being attacked by 5 loose hunting dogs. I managed to get the dogs off him and got him to the vets asap. It looked like I had saved his life but a just over a week later he died. He had an underlying disease that we were unaware of which attacked his inmune system. Normally this would go unoticed but with the extent of his injuries his little body could not cope.
I have been shocked as to how upset i have been of late i was obviously more attached than i realised.

As hard as it is we have to carry on, there is a gospel to be preached and people to be reached.

Please continue to Pray for myself and Naomi and the little baby on its way.

Dave & Naomi xx p.s Happy new year!
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Beach wedding with kilts

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Spanish Steps (Daves mission to Spain)FacebookFacebook are changing there groups I am not sure the full implications but if you still want to be a member you may at some point have to indicate that you want to remain a member.

Well We had a busy weekend as always. I officiated at a wedding on the beach (it felt a long way cov) on saturday. A scottish man marrying a welsh woman i felt a little outnumbered however all went well apart from the wind blowing my pages and not to mention the mens kilts lol.

Yesterday we had our usual service in Benalmádena and then I went to preach in Calahonda a town further along the coast. the calahonda church meet in a catholic church building and we were warmly recieved.

We then drove to Malaga for our 20s and 30s group last night which was a great social time together.

I have a busy week working on the radio filling in for a presenter who is off this week.

well keep us in your prayers guys, thanks for reading this again.

Dave & Naomi

P.S Naomi is now 16 weeks pregnant and is doing fine!!
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Still Hot on the costa del sol.

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Hi guys, all the latest from Spain.

33 degrees not bad for september!

Last night we were privelaged to be part of an open air meeting in the middle of Torremolinos where many came to the Lord on the streets there. This is really unheard of in Spain but we praise God that the mayor of Torremolinos has given permission for this. We joined up with an Evangelical church to help them out.

We are currently doing a "way of the master" course on wednesday night in the church teaching our people how to evangelise effectively.

This september we will be starting a Zoe course this is a bible course that helps you to hear from God and tune into what he is saying more effectively.

I am currently writing a new newsletter that will be with shortly. If you dont already recieve it but would like a copy please reply to this message with your email address.

Thanks for your ongoing support.

Dave
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August

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Spanish Steps (Daves mission to Spain)Hi gang.Hi friends,

I have had a really busy few weeks, i have been covering radio presenters whilst on holiday etc. Doing this alongside my other commitments in the church, well lets just say it keeps me out of trouble.

It may well be that this will lead to a part time paid job in september, please pray that the Lord will give me wisdom in this area.

Hope you are all well. its very hot here the other night it was 32 degrees at 11.30 pm just to give you an idea. its not as hot as seville which reaches 45 on a regular basis. look at me I am very English talking about the weather.

Preached from james chapter 0ne using a mirror as an illustration (see if any of you bible schollors can make the link) and I felt the Lord was ministering to many folks in the room.

well better go now, miss all my Uk friends and family...

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Spanish Steps (Daves mission to Spain)My BlogMy spanish steps blog has recently been featured in this website

http://www.missionary-blogs.com/missionary-to-spain.html..

Party on!

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Spanish Steps (Daves mission to Spain)Party time!Its a fine line between discontentment and feeling downright sad. Many of us from time to time feel frustrated that our ministry is not where we feel it should be, the church should be bigger etc, etc. A measurement of frustration is healthy because its that which will drive us on into all that God has for us. However we must also be aware that to much frustration can lead to feeling resentment.

Ask yourself one question today! Am I enjoying that which I am doing for God today. We won´t always enjoy every aspect of the call but overall there must be some satisfaction.

God instigated times in which Israel would celebrate and remember what he had done for them. This is what the Lord has been challenging me with lately.... "Dave you need to party more, celebrate and never forget what i have alraedy done for you"

its okay to treat yourself and celebrate what God is doing in and through you. you never know you may start to enjoy your life more and folks enjoyment is not a sin its a gift from God!..

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Spanish Steps (Daves mission to Spain)Yes I am still alive.I had open wallet surgery this week at the dentists and it painful both in pocket and mouth. I had an extraction which took the best part of an hour anyway i have a radio show tonight so will have to play lots of music.

we had pastor Glyn Taylor speaking at church last sunday and he is due to speak this sunday too.

its starting to get hot here now, 36 degrees the other day.

Please pray for our 20s and 30s meeting tomorrow night (sunday) pray that God moves mightly.

better go now see you all soon.

Dave..

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Dear friends,

We have just had a couple of busy weeks here in Spain. On a personal level my family from Derby have been out to visit me and i have been looking after them as well as my usual work in the church. It was great to host them and see them again.

Yesterday we were delighted to interview former BBC world service producer Tim Coleman who is currently heading up a Christian Radio station in Coventry. you can listen to his story by visiting www.talkradioeurope.com click ondemand and choose sunday 8 am. You can also listen to the "big night in" with myself by choosing saturday 8 pm.

We were delighted last week to host Revelation T.V´s resident scientist, Dr Grady mcmurtry. He shared on sunday morning and was very interesting. He spoke about the evidence for creation and the lack of evidence for evolution and world aged at millions of years old.

Yesterday we had Elim Pastor Glyn Taylor preaching he was excellent and brought a very timely message for our church here in Benalmádena and San Pedro. Some of you will know his son alastair who is in the ministry too.

We are organizing a trip to Gibraltar for our older folks and a Spanish night with flamenco and paella. (no bull running though)

Thanks for your support

p.s if you have not recieved my latest newsletter please re-send me your email address.

love Dave and Naomi. Southern Spain

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Spanish Steps (Daves mission to Spain)The latest from DaveHi friends, supporters and countrymen.

As you will be aware from previous messages that we have a new church now opened in San pedro near Marbella. It is going very well and the Benalmadena church has been very supportive in this new venture. Please pray as publicity goes out this week that we will see a noticable improvement in those attending the service.

I have started a live Radio show every saturday night 8pm -10pm listen live you can also phone in on air and email the show. you can listen to last weeks show now by going to www.talkradioeurope.com and choosing at 8pm saturday night in the ondeamnd section. Our 2 revs show is going from strength to strength to and we have just done a programme on creation, you can listen to this at the same website.

The Church in Benalamadena is going really well, we had our 20s and 30s night last night and 12 came to that this group is doing reallyt well praise God.

So have ya booked your summer holidays why not have a week on the costa del sol and visit us on the sunday.

thank you for all your support.

Dave and Naomi...