Great News!!!!

Yesterday my parents came to church whilst visiting me here i s southern Spain, i am pleased to tell all my friends that my mum became a Christian and was baptized in the Holy Spirit. after 17 years of prayer and heartache she has turned to Jesus. Please continue to pray for my dad and also that my mum can receive some sort of follow up back in the UK. praise God from whom all blessing flow.

Update

well this week sees my parents arrive here on the Costa, they are arriving tomorrow and they are staying for five days. i'm looking forward to showing them around and just spending some quality time with them. yesterday was really good we had a guest speaker Juanita Johnson from a spanish speaking church in furengirola, he spoke about living our live's whole hearted and making space for growth both in our own live's and the life of the Church.

On a worldly note it was good to see Ray win dancing on ice, he was the best by a country mile, i went to my lovely girlfriends house to watch it. Naomi is good by the way, she is awesome and God has really blessed me.

this thursday night i start the first ever youth housegroup at 7.30pm please pray that God will really bless that time together and that there is a real unity amongst the youth.

thanks for all your continued support miss you all loads and loads.

sharing on the streets of Benalmadena

Yesterday i did something i haven´t done for a long time, i went out on the streets to talk with people about there faith and share the good news. Its always a challenge to me because i can get shy (believe it or not), and so i have to step out of my comfort zone and once i have done it once, i can talk for England or Spain. We had 4 great conversations and one lady in particular who said she would come to our easter service. i always get a buzz from doing this and i always wonder why i don´t do it more often.....

hi from España

Hi guys, i´d love to report to you that its raining and cold but its Sunny and warm eeeekkk sorry bout´that. I´m currently covered in white paint from painting the office this morning so people are looking at me strangely in this internet cafe.

Things are good here, Naomi is well and so are the rest of the Coleys. Howard preached at a Spanish speaking fellowship yesterday and all went well there. I preached about the apostle Paul, past, present and future and recieved good feedback. its an issue that i have faced so i am sure others are in the same boat from time to time. its a real art to not allow your past to distract you from your God given destiny. anyway i´m going into preaching mode again.....

My parents are coming out to see me next week and i cannot wait to see them, its only been 4 weeks, what a big softie!! anyway keep up the emails and the calls and keep me in your Prayers.

p.s please Pray for our new youth house group that starts a week on thursday. will let you know how it went.

lots of love from Dave

Young & older

Well today i started painting the office and manage to cover myself but nevermind. i also started work on a sermon for this sunday morning. i´m enjoying working here and trying my best to remember peoples names. You would think it would be easier considering i come from a church of over 500 people. but i still manage to get it wrong on quite a regular basis. We had a dedication yesterday for a little baby boy called Javier, he is so cute and didn´t cry! we had a faith meal after church in celebration. well i´m off to cell group now so no rest for Holy (joke) bye for now. Dave

practical stuff

Well i finally have a phone now in Spain if you ring me i will give you my new number (joke) mi numero es 0034 695 115496.
i also have a bank account in Spain now and i´m currently waiting for my debit card to arrive. So thats all good.
I have been working in the church office this week, it a big change from what i´m use to but i am absolutely loving it, so no complaints from me. this last sunday i was inducted into the ministry of the Church by John Knox head of the federation of Elim churchs in Spain. God is so good even when i have a tinge of homesickness and missing my friends and family i know his presence helping me. i already have some really fgood friends here, Lucy, Sam and Alex, Howard and Sue, Senger and Jackie and of course Naomi who has helped me settle in so well. you could say God has blessed this boy and i´m very grateful for that. still have no internet access at home so unfortuantly my updates are a tad sparodic, but they should get more frequent. please keep me in your prayers and let me know whats happening with you guys too. Every blessing, Rev DJH