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

feeling hot! hot Hot!

yesterday the temperature in benalmadena read 34 degrees, sweat was pouring off me. i have been informed that i haven't seen anything yet. maybe i shouldn't had worn my sheepskin coat.

God is so good!

Yesterday we really felt Gods Spirit so strong in our meetings, people were getting stuff dealt with that had been lingering in their lives for a long time. God is so good and has been meeting with us in dynamic ways recently.

On a personal level myself and Naomi are both very excited about getting married. there is a lot of paperwork to do and a lot of organizing which is not easy when you are on a shoestring budget. we are both believing that, if God is in this he will also provide in which ever way he so desires. please continue to pray for us both and in general for the ministry here in benalmadena.

prayer requests

Youth House group, that those who come will continue too and they will grow in God.
Purpose driven life course: that God will knit that group together
Church: Gods guidance and Gods provision.

Myself: that i dont get too homesick. (thats a preventive prayer) also for more monthly financial support.

i canny complain though God has been good, i´m enjoying getting to know everyone and of course i have a wonderful fiance! so hey "praise ye the LORD"!!!!

Oramos por Espana (we are praying for you Spain)

On saturday we took 4 car loads of people to Spanish capital of Madrid. We attended and partook in a Prayer concert. it was great to see many denominational leaders pray for Spain. We know that God blesses unity and i'm excited as to all that God has for us here in Spain. there were a few thousand there, but when you think Spain has 4o million plus in habitants then you get the picture that there is a lot to be done, But God will have his way with us or without us. Spain is well overdue for a move of God, we musn't just view it as a place for fun and holidays its so much more it so rich in culture and tradition. but even more than that it's a nation where well over the majority of the people will be going to hell unless someone tells them. we don't like talking much of hell because it seems politically incorrect but maybe if we did have a concept of it we would have more urgency and conviction in our witnessing. anyway i'm preaching now better stop, although i plead with you, please don't stop praying for us that our message will be heard and understood and that God will move mightly en Espana.