To members of Spanish Steps (Daves mission to Spain)
Dave Hodgson 26 July at 10:43 Hi friends,

well its been a busy ole week here in Benalmadena. let me begin by giving you a little back ground.

In Spain the prime authority in any municipality is the Ayuntamiento (town hall) led by the mayor. for many years Evangelical churches in Spain have been frowned upon and the Catholic Church being the only state recognised church. consequently evangelical churches have been tolerated to a degree. they to this day are not allowed to use council buildings to meet in ie town halls and schools. before arriving in Spain i was reading about evangelical churches being closed down by the mayor for simplie being too noisy (this by the way is one of noisiest nations in the world second only to Japan).

But God is changing this nation bit by bit. I am hearing of church leaders in estepona being given a chance to pray for their mayor. The church in torremolinos being given a public square to hold a 3 day evangelistic crusade. Just this last week here in Benalmádena i was given confirmation that the Mayor would hold Q and A session in our church building, a time where he can reach out to the English speaking community.
now this is common place in the u.k but let me assure you this was unheard of Spain just a few years ago. this came about as a result of me building up a friendship with one of the councillors in the town hall.

Spain went from dictatorship to democracy over night in 1976 and now i believe its changing spiritually too.

thanks to all of you who support me financially you are making this mission possible and a special thank you to my sending church coventry elim for investing in this much needy nation.

I need more sponsors how ever small amount a month, please prayerfully consider our mission here. for more info email me davehodgo@aol.com or contact Elim missions in malvern.
may God richly bless you as you bless others.

i will have more news next week, p.s i need to go on diet any suggestions i have tried eating less but thats too hard!