The Main Thing in Spain

Day one working at the HCJB Global offices in Spain.

*note: some names have been omitted for security reasons.

After almost 30 hours of travel by plane, train and automobile to get to our home for two weeks in Spain, the team was wiped out. What a joy to be met at the train station by W’s vivacious German accent.

The day started with devotions and introductions and a few verses from Hebrews. After a quick cup of coffee, we got the tour of the previous team’s work to put a roof over the inner courtyard and add some new office space. There is still plenty of work needed to complete that project, but priorities for us began with a few unfinished details and in the yard outside where a veritable jungle has emerged during the rainy part of the year here. Roger and Dennis quickly jumped into pulling apart a dead palm tree, Debbie and Mary Lou grabbed their paint brushes. Lois went with U to stock up the food cabinets for our time here and I pulled the cord to start up the weed wacker. As the sweat began to drip in my sunglasses I realized we were already making some progress improving the state of the lawn and garden.

The temperature warmed up with a beautiful sunny day, but the overall temperature never got uncomfortably hot. Jet lag was asking me to stay firmly seated on the bench for a while longer after our sandwich lunch. In the end the weed wacker’s call won out. Our muscles will probably feel it tomorrow with the effort of yard work tasks that winter in Colorado has not required.

At the end of the day I was glad to have Mary Lou telling me to shut the motor off and quit. There is plenty of work to keep us busy and we are eager to help.

During devotions this morning we heard the story of a young girl who wrote in to the radio station. She had become a Jesus follower after listening and was asking if they knew of a church in her area. She lives in a closed country where believers are not welcome and no Christians are meeting near her location. Radio is her only tie to Christian fellowship in a place where following Jesus is most likely a crime. Thank you Jesus for the work being done here, both in the physical world and especially in the spiritual.