Renovations, Radio, wedding, Newsletter and Berenice

Hi guys, thanks for reading this blog i will endeavor to keep you upto date as best i can.

we are currently having our community renovated (area where the church is located) with new tiles and railings. which mean't for the last few weeks we have not been able to access the building which mean't no church. we attended a spanish speaking church in fuengirola and although it was hard for me to understand all of it, i certainly felt Gods presence in a tangible way. we are hoping to be back open this sunday 11 am.

the Radio show is going well with lots of good feedback, we had an atheist contact the show asking if Jesus was circumsized then how come you Christians aren't required to be, well if you wanna know how we answered it you should have listened to the show. every sunday 8 am and 9pm online at www.talkradioeurope.com

rest assured there will be a newsletter shortly.

A young lady from elim church in thonon will shortly being arriving to do 3 months work experience with us here in the church. her name is bernice she is 17 yrs old i met her whilst involved with a mission to her church last year please pray for her during this time.

on a personal level Naomi starts her new job today at the british college, please pray that she settles in well and is a great witness to God there.

well bye for now, i'm missing you all but not the british weather.

E-News

Hi friends, i haven't blogged for a while so i thought i'd let you know i am still alive. I am back in Spain now and raring to go. I had a great time back in the UK and it was nice to wear a jumper again. it was great to catch up with friends at fraisthorpe camp, myself and duncan partook in the wendy waffle experience again (oh how i will miss those waffles but not the after effects). it was great to see Iain and Rach again and my new friend Rusty. it was great to see the cov lot aswell, including claire roberts whom still to this day will deny ever putting eggs in my wellies, she wasn't to know i borrowed them from the Rev Gordon Neale. along with a sprinkling of jokes from Andy Lenton it was a great week.

God did some amazing acts in peoples lifes i feel honoured that he allowed me to witness great transformations.

Back in ole espana now, this morning i popped down to the casa de cultura to see about doing some spanish lessons in september, i will need to go and sign up on september the 2nd i'm praying that there will be room, as spaces are at a premium.

A young lady called berenice will be coming to do work experience with us at the family fellowship for a few months. Berenice heralds from our elim church in thonon, i know her pastor Luc and i met her last year on mission to france. please pray for her as she arrives in spain early september.

Our church building is currently out of use due to renovations taking place in the local community. it has been strange not having any sunday meetings, however this last sunday myself and the Coley clan went to a spanish church in furengirola, i really enjoyed it and they certainly know how to worship.

The radio programme goes from strength to strength. last week we had an email from an athiest who said he would normally turn off a show like ours but continued to listen and liked so much he emailed us with a theological question. you can listen to the show in the Uk please allow for time difference, listen online at www.talkradioeurope.com "2 Rev's an hour" on talk radio europe.

wedding plans are going well all i need to do is find a suit of armour and i am ready. Naomi is about to embark upon a new job and we would appreciate your prayers.

financially: i thank God for his continued favour upon this mission. I am always looking for more support both in finances and genuine prayer. if you can help please contact me or elim missions. my Email address is Davehodgo@aol.com or to email the show 2revs@thefamilyfellowship.co.uk
my moblie number is 0034 695 115 496.

many thanks to my existing supporters without whom i could not be doing what i am doing here in benalmadena. may God richly bless you.

Fraisthorpe camp

On wednsday i left the fraisthorpe field for the last time, after so many years of fun food and fellowship and so many memories of making lasting friendships and meeting new people every year. but fraistorpe is more than that, it has something no other camp has, something unique to fraisthorpe camp..... a kebab making machine!!! in all seriousness we saw God moving in amazing ways amongst the young adults and i'm sure we were not the only tent to have experienced it. I'm reluctant if i'm honest to move campsite but i'm sure the new place will be good, because its the people that make it. a special mention to Sandra hutchinson who mentioned that she is an avid reader of this blog, hi San.

i spent the middle weekend speaking at all three services in coventry elim, it was great to see you guys again. its my sending church and it feels like i have arrived home when i'm there.

I'm back in Derby today visiting my family, then i fly back to Spain on saturday to see Naomi whom i have missed an aweful lot over these last 2 weeks.

God is good

Radio programme

Finally i can confirm the details of our new show on talk radio europe, you can hear my dulcet tones every sunday morning at 8am C.E.T and from august repeated in the evening at 9pm cet.
those listening in the UK please remember the hour time difference. i'm thanking God for a fantastic opportunity on a big secular station. dont touch that dial.

listen online www.talkradioeurope.com

or you can email the show: tworevs@hkint.co.uk

Talk Radio Europe

Myself and Pastor Howard are currently in discussions with talk radio europe with a view to having a Christian Radio programme on every sunday. last week we recorded a pilot edition of the show which to our supprise was broadcast on the station last sunday morning. this is real opportunity to share our faith on a secular station. Spain is not tied up by rules and regulations on broadcasting and we are allowed to talk about Jesus as much as we want. this station is the most listened to english speaking station in Spain and is broadcast from as far as Cadiz right up to to benidorm and also over madrid. it is also available on the web. i will be hosting with Howard as the co host, we are very excited by this development and believe it will benefit the elim family fellowship in benalmadena. please pray for ongoing favour upon us as we continue to build relationships with this influential radio station.

for my story on my interest in radio schroll down to a previous blog post.

thank you for your prayers and financial support without which this ministry would not be possible. hope you feel a part of it.

have a look at the stations website http://www.talkradioeurope.com/

i will give you more info on when you can listen to the show online soon
Dave

wedding news

I'm very excited about Marrying Naomi Jayne Coley this November on the 21st. well that is probably a bit of an under statement really. We are having a medievel themed wedding in the Castillo de monda in Monda near Marbella. hehe, excuse me for a minute while grin to myself and have a cheekey snigger. yes you heard it right Daves getting married in restored castle in Spain, i'm still coming to terms with itmyself, it has not quite sunken in yet. as you can tell i'm excited and you not mean't to be excited in library. hey why not check out the castle/hotel http://www.castillodemonda.es . we are asking our guests to dress in a medieval style and so to fully enter in to this wonderful occasion. there are numerous websites to view about medieval outfits, rumour has my dad is going as Zorro and Steve millward as dark tanian oh well we will soon find out. i would like to invite everyone i know but thats impossible so if you don't recieve an invite i still love you loads. please pray that God will continue as he has already to show us his favour, especially with those agencies that are processing our paperwork etc.

God is good, after all these years of waiting upon him he has brought a beautiful young lady into my life.

he is awesome

RADIO

it appears that God has opened a door for us to have a show on an english speaking radio sation. more news to follow but please pray that this will happen and God will continue to make ways for our message to be spread.

Update

Purpose driven life course:
after the alpha course, i decided to take the same group of people through a purpose driven life course, this has just come to the conclusion, next week we are going to have a chinese meal to celebrate the end of the course. we are going to continue meeting in this group, with maybe a small break over august.

Youth Group:
last week we had 4 young people in our youth house group they all seem to be enjoying themselves and learning more about their faith

Prayer Group:
yesterday we went and prayed around Benalmadena pueblo (village) this is a place further in land from Benalmadena Costa where the church is situated. Benalmadena pueblo is home to the area's Mayor and ayuntamiento (town hall) so we felt it was time we prayed for the authorities that govern Benalmadena and Arroyo de la miel.

Brand new Spanish lessons:
for those brits (myself included) who cannot speak the local lingo, there is now a Spanish class at our church. it all began with a conversation over a coffee with some of our congregation, Naomi agreed to be our teacher (a fine teacher she is too) i know she reads this blog. so from next week this blog is in Spanish (joking of course).

Wedding
God has really shown favour to myself and Naomi, without his help we wouldn't have got the wedding venue of the year. We are getting married in a restored medieval/moorish Castle in the Spanish countryside. We looked around knowing it was far beyond our financial capabilities, it was a bit like looking around harods and only having a fiver to spend. but God has blessed us and we still need more miracles but i'm so grateful to him for blessing Naomi and myself it such a lavish way. We tie the knot on 21st november 2009.

Back in the UK, i am flying back to the uk in a few weeks time for 2 weeks. i am resuming my role on the youth team at fraisthorpe camp and preaching in the 3 services at coventry elim on the middle saturday of camp.

Star trek: best star trek film ever, go and see it!!!

live long and prosper

not man flu again

i would appreciate your prayers as i'm feeling ill a lot. i never used to feel ill quite as much in coventry, it may well be that i'm adapting to a new country, climate and different bacteria. i would really appreciate your prayers.

I'm meeting a man called maurice boreland who is C.O of talk radio europe, its discussion about the possibilty of having a religious programme on his network, i'm meeting him on monday at 12 pm C.E.T please pray for Gods favour on that meeting.

well i really missed conference and all my pals, hope to be there next year. please keep in touch its always nice to hear whats going on in dear old England.

Dave Hodgson, News at ten, Malaga

thanks for all your congratulations

Myself and Naomi have been bowled over by the amount of congratulations we have recieved either by cards or facebook comments. We are still in the process of planning the wedding and loads of paper work has to be completed first, please pray that Gods hand and favour will be upon us both at this time.
you can keep upto date on our wedding website
and also you can leave comments.
Dave Hodgson http://www.ewedding.com/sites/Naomi81/
Naomi

thanks for your ongoing support