Quirky Things

One of the hardest adjustments of living in Spain is some of the quirky things. I am hesitant to say they are annoyances, because some are just oddities. I have salt crystals growing under my bed. They grow in the humidity and come up through the grout in the ceramic tiled floors. The salt in the foundation (from 'dirty' sand) also makes the paint peel in certain places. The humidity also causes black mold to grow so using bleach is a MUST! I also have these little 'armadillo' bugs (that's what they look like to me) that roll up in a ball when you kick them out the back door. Speaking of bugs, there are the little flies that like the shade, so they come into the house and just fly around in circles in the middle of the living room. And at night, the bugs like to swarm around your ear so that you cannot sleep. One thing I am thankful for....this coming summer I will not be staying in the same apartment with all of the cicadas (they swarm southern France in the summer) just outside my window! Hopefully I will get more sleep :-)

Elisabet

This is Gracia and her daughter Elisabet. I rent from them and they live above me. I also help out with their ministry, the 'Lighthouse', one day per week.

Elisabet has been in the hospital for a month now. She has been released at times but has had to go back because of different seizures. They have now started her on some medication which should help but they are still monitoring her. Please pray that she would be completely healed and would be able to come home soon.

Prayer Vigil

On Sunday night at 9PM, there were many area churches that came together for a time of prayer and silence in front of the City Hall in Algeciras. The prayer was on behalf of the country, the churches, and the families of the 3 men martyred in Turkey in April. It was great to see the areas churches coming together not only in Algeciras but all across regions in Spain for our brothers and sisters in Turkey.

Some information on this can be found at CompassDirect.org http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=4836&backpage=summaries
Pray for the believers there. Pray as well for leaders in all these lands so that the Word of God can go forth unhindered.