Day 5 - Another full day of ministries

Today was the first day the STM team split up to meet with different groups of people: Betty and Lorraine visited a lady who hadn't been to church for a while and invited her to come to the Christmas program and Sunday worship. Then we had to rush off to meet with the ladies' group for a simple lunch before Betty led the ladies to study about God's Holiness. After the group meeting, we wanted to make another visit with a lady who has been diagnosed with cancer; however, we ran out of time 'cause we had to come home and prepare for our evening meeting. Lorraine and I had to make plans to visit with this lady some other time during this week.

The guys visited a couple from Guangzhou with Pastor Young, and spent about three to four hours sharing with them. We'll share more about this couple when we've returned. But in the mean time, please pray for Mr. and Mrs. Qiu as they're losing their business and need guidance about their future. Also pray for their salvation. After the visit, they all went to lunch together at 4 pm. Jethro had never had lunch this late. He and the Young girls (Sarah & Abi) were starving to death. Luckily they were treated to a lunch Buffet! Besides feasting, they also had another opportunity to share the gospel with several other Chinese nonbelievers who came to join them for lunch.

This evening we met with the Cantonese speaking fellowship group, which Pastor and Mrs. Young wanted to start up as a regular fellowship group even after our departure. We had a good time of sharing and fellowshipping. Please pray that this group will find time to meet regularly and God will use this group to outreach to even more Cantonese speaking people in Madrid.

Betty shared with you about the lady whom she visited during our first work day here. Tonight Lorraine got a phone call on our way home that this lady was again taken to the ER. Please pray for her that the doctors will be able to find a diagnosis for her health condition and that God will heal her completely. Her name is Ah Jie.

Again we came home this evening at a little after midnight. So needless to say, I need to stop here and get ready for bed. We're sharing with you not only pictures of our ministries today, but also a picture of the nativity scene, a window display in the city of Madrid. May we all remember the true reason for the season!