Our Venture in Spain

We have just completed a one-month 3-pronged tour in the beautiful country that Norma and I called home for many years. The major motivation for this venture was the wedding of our oldest grandson.  Micah Davis,  grew up in Spain as an MK of our daughter and son-in-law Giles and Debbie Davis.  While in the eighth grade, he met a young Peruvian girl, whose family had moved to Spain about the same time that Giles and his family moved there.  

Our daughter and family

The ceremony took place in a beautifully isolated retreat in the providence of Toledo in the western part of the community of Castile-La Mancha, bordered by the provinces of Madrid and Cuenca.  La Mancha is the land that Cervantes brought to life in the dramatic ventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. This excursion was the first time that our immediate family has had the opportunity to be together in Spain, since 1983. 

Our son, wife Marsha, Abigail and Elijah

Our son David and his family made the journey, which was the first time that he has been back to Spain since he was 5 years old. How great God has been to us by blessing with this trip. 

VBS in Guadalajara, Spain

The second prong of the trip was work related in which we had
the good fortune to work in a three
day VBS

in Guadalajara, Spain, along side of children, and missionaries from Send International.  This was truly a blessed experience as there were missionaries involved not only from America, but also Croatia, Germany and the Philippines, as well as workers from the local Spanish Church. It is exciting to see how God is calling out and drawing people together from all around the world and uniting them with one purpose.

Back yard block Party 

Another part of the work, which came a few days later, was the entry and beginning stages of a new community for a hopeful church plant in the future.  The focus was only on getting to meet and build relationships with new people and we were able to participate in two 

days of a five day block party event, lasting four 

to five hours each day.  It included fun, games and crafts, and all was focused around teaching of the English language, which is a great need in the country of Spain.  God was truly at work building relationships and working in the lives of these people in this community.

Post office at Cibeles circle, Madrid

The third part of our trip, gave us four days just to rest and relax and tour old sites that we had loved so many years ago.  We managed one day and one night in downtown Madrid, two days camping on the beach in Asturias, and a couple of day trips in Alcala de Henares and La Mancha area while we were preparing for the wedding.   What a  marvelous venture, and our family was truly blessed by God.

Our grand daughter having the time of her life in Asturias.