On the mission field

Sometimes it can feel quite lonely on the mission field. You miss your family and friends in the uk and your colleagues. But every now and then God brings friends your way, he did today. It was great having lunch with a lovely family who are supporting our ministry. We are so blessed to have friends who believe in us and Gods ability to use us for his kingdom. Praise God for friends.

36 percent unemployed

The news today that andalucia is the region of Spain with the highest percentage of unemployed is no surprise to those of us who live here. 36 percent are claiming benefits and there will be a big percentage that are no longer entitled to benefits. It's not unusual to meet people who have been unemployed for more than 5 years. Some how we need as the body of Christ to be able to help people set up businesses and make a living in Spain. Please pray for us.

New church

Yesterday we bid a fond farewell to Kayleigh our American friend who was part of out TNT group. She moves back to New York State this week. 

I preached at the Calahonda church yesterday and I think it was well recieved. Naomi and I take over the pastorate in May. 

Please keep us in prayer.

Visit of Paul Hudson

We have just had a great weekend with Paul Hudson missions director of the Elim movement. Paul brought humour, inspiration, insight and most importantly he poured out his heart for mission to us.  I feel very positive about the future of Elim missions under the leadership of Paul and his great team. Please keep them in prayer along with us of course.

Visit of Paul Hudson

We have just had a great weekend with Paul Hudson missions director of the Elim movement. Paul brought humour, inspiration, insight and most importantly he poured out his heart for mission to us.  I feel very positive about the future of Elim missions under the leadership of Paul and his great team. Please keep them in prayer along with us of course.

Working together

Last night Naomi led worship at the ark Christian fellowship in Fuengirola for the visit of Roger Forster. It's great that the churches no longer feel threatened by each other but are now working closer. 

This week we are inviting them to our church in Benalmádena for the visit of Paul Hudson the missions director for Elim. We are looking forward to hosting Paul. 

Please pray for our non Christian friends Laura and Jorge they want to be parents and start ivf next week. They would count it a miracle if God was to bless them with a child. 

Thanks for your ongoing support.

Preparations for the new church.

Well it's very exciting times ahead for us as we prepare to transition to our new church in Mijas costa.  Please keep us all in prayer, also please pray that we get accepted for finance on a car as we need desperately to replace the one we have now. Thanks 

Family time

Last week was a half term week here in andalucia, Spain. It's called semana Blanca, it fell nicely on both mine and Melissa's birthdays, also my parents came out for the week, so I booked some time off from my tent making on the radio and spent some quality time with Naomi and the family. My parents paid for us to spend a couple of nights in the hotel with them which was great.

Prayer request, please pray for my mum as her health is non too good with the ms. 

Also please pray, as our existing car has lots of pending problems. We were all due to pick up a new car with finance when at the last minute we were refused credit. Due to the fact that Naomi's work place had not placed her on the social security system which means she is technically unemployed. It is difficult to back date this, so we need prayer and the solicitor is not very helpful either. He keeps saying he has rectified it but he hasn't. 

Please keep us in prayer. Thankfully the radio station have loaned me a car, praise God.

Pray for Laura

Last week I met a girl who wants me to marry her and her fiancé in September. I was able to explain a little of what we as a church are doing here and she and two friends turned up at church this Sunday. 

They all enjoyed the service and were challenged by the gospel message. 

Praise God for these opportunities.

Busy Sunday

We had a great service in Benalmádena, we then went on to minister the word at the church we will be taking over in May, it was well received from what I could tell. Later we took the young people out for a social time. Playing pool and eating, Melissa is doing really well coping with all we have to do in our heavy schedule.

Please pray as we may have to exchange our 6yr old peugeot for a new car. We were given a 1500 euro estimate. Even though we would have to pay the new car off monthly it maybe worth it because of the amount of times we use it. We need a reliable car. Please can you pray that God will guide us in this.

Thanks for your ongoing support.

Every blessing

The Hodgsons