Remebrance sunday

This last week i heard the sad news that my old friend Kev Painter from Burton on trent had gone home to be with the Lord. i think he was in his forties a great genuine guy with a great heart and love for the Lord and his family. Myself Ron G, Cath (kevs wife) Lizzy Davo and the Late Chris hunt use to sing in a choir together in Derby we had some great times and they will be with me all my life. although i hadn't seen him in a long time, i will miss Kev my thoughts and Prayers are with Cath, Robyn and his family at this time.

We have all been reminded of the sacrifice i service men and women have paid over the last century and on sunday we had a 2 minute silence and i preached about denying ourselves and taking up our cross, many responded. i used some accounts of people like dietrich bonhoeffer who gave there lives for what they believed.

we are still in the early stages of the youth group and have just recieved back from the printers a whole load of leaflets to give out.
I am also pioneering an older peoples group called Golden Hour on november the 18th this is for those of our community of a certain age and maturity. i am to young and wrinke free but i might still get in.
please pray for these ventures.

and on a personal note....... i am soon getting married to my lovely fiance Naomi in castillo de monda. on Nov 21st please pray that it will be a great day,
any cards etc can be sent to

Calle Galicia, s/n Parquemiel 1-C
Arroyo de La Miel
Benalmadena
Malaga
Spain
29631

your ongoing support is vital and much appreciated

love Dave

My lap top computer is not working and is currently being prepared, please pray i can afford this as the computer is essential to my work in the church.

We now have a table tennis and a football table for the youth club all we need now is young people.

Berenice from france is doing really well and is a blessing to us here.

value your prayers and support.

Dave

newsletter

hi friends and supporters,

just to let you all know that a new newletter has been published and will be available soon. for those in coventry there will be some available shortly. if you would like an email copy please and you are not in coventry elim then please email me.

Davehodgo@aol.com

thanks

last sunday

Dave Hodgson 06 October at 14:50
Last sunday Howard brought some awesome teaching about end time prophecy. This teaching i believe is vital to the body of Christ today. as always in chrisendom whenever there is any flaky teaching on a particular subject we don't counteract it we ignore it (in general). Maybe its good to take a break from "lifestyle preaching" as good and as valuable that is. the other excuse i have heard is people saying "i just don't know enough about it" if i was to follow that logic i would never preach again. On the radio they are talking about it, there is a new movie about it, maybe we should open revelation again and allow ourselves to be stirrred and excited about Christs 2nd coming. your comments are welcome....

Pain in Spain

Please keep praying for me, last week i was diagnosed as having a kidney stone. i know i am a man and in general we don't do pain very well, but this is very painful. i am on anti biotics and pain killers. it has come at such a bad time, because we have just welcomed berenice to our team and she is helping me to set up a weekly youth club. please pray that God heals and we can get on with the task in hand.

The Radio station are pleased with our show, its the first time they have really done anything like this before. they judge popularity by response so i am asking all my friends and supporters to email in and of course listen to the show. you can download it at www.thefamilyfellowship.com or listen live every sunday 7 am uk time on the internet www.talkradioeurope.com . we are recording somemore so if you like to send us an email to 2revs@thefamilyfellowship.com we will include you in our show. we believe this show will highten our appeal as a church to the local area.

We are really sensing God in our meetings and are believing that God will continue to show us success.

please keep praying for me that financial provision will increase and i don't have to eat any savings i have left. thank you so much to all my existing supporters i am so grateful that i can be released to work in this church.

now don't forget to email your request now!!

Elim family fellowship and the 2 revs

both the elim family fellowship and 2 revs radio show can now be found on facebook search for us and become a fan and that way you can keep upto date with all that is happening at the church and on the show.

today we will be holding a pastors meeting to plan out the next season of ministry in the church. please keep us up lifted in prayer.

also please be aware that for the foreseeable future the radio show will not be repeated on a sunday evening. we will however shortly be available on demand, info to follow, watch this space.

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