Goodbye to Andalucia

My time in Spain has almost come to an end. It's been a good time of renewing relationship with missionary friends here, of linking in with the church plant in Alhaurín de la Torre, and of working on the computer to replace (re-create) some of the teaching notes and other materials that I lost in the computer crash at the end of last year. I also took one day to play tourist and visit the picturesque little mountain village of Mijas (See photos here.)

Our house church gathering yesterday was the largest this year: more than forty adults, and around a dozen children and teenagers. The service was bilingual (Spanish and English) with messages of encouragement being shared by a Spanish pastor and an Egyptian missionary. The group is looking forward to a celebration on the 24th of this month to launch a new phase in the church's development: beginning to meet in a public venue instead of in a home. This will place the gathering in a more public arena and allow more scope for growth and expansion.

I'm returning to Scotland at the end of this week, and from 8th - 10th February I'll be busy with a FireStarters discipleship and outreach weekend in Glasgow. Around a hundred teenagers and young adults will be attending this weekend and the young people will split into eight teams, working in different parts of the city.