Carolyn's Thanksgiving Holidays

HOLA AMIGOS!

Pictures below:

1- My nephew Sam (in orange wig) and my Dad

2- Funny sign at the game!

3- My 4 neices and nephew (Sam) in their orange and blue

4- A view of the UVA football stadium at the game.

This has nothing to do with what God is doing in Spain, but I know Dani, Tamar, Isma, Eva and David can especially appreciate how CRAZY we are over football here in the U.S. (after going to the Falcons games with us and watching college football on tv. with us in Atlanta), so I wanted to show you these fun pictures from the UVA/ VA Tech football game over Thanksgiving. It was AT the UVA stadium in Charlottesville, VA. We were all in our school colors (orange/blue). (: I'm sorry to say that we LOST that game, but it was still so much fun!


And my family tradition at Thanksgiving is to go around the table (when we sit down and eat) and say what we're thankful for. I want you to know that my friends in SPAIN were at the top of my list this year! I'm so thankful for all of you.

Keep the updates coming. (: Mucho amor!

Carolyn

EPV refurbished again

Since we don't know for how long we're gonna stay here in Sitges (next town going from Vilanova to Barcelona) we're trying to make it look the best we can for the outsiders and for us to feel comfortable.

Some guys from Eastern Hills Bible Church, near from Manlius, NY, just came to help working in making improvements as they did the past two years.

They have done two walls to protect the video and the audio devices and also two platforms for the video cameras. An awsome job, don't you think so?


This is how the church looks right now, there you can also see the new chairs, that chairs are great guys! Thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving guys!

I know, it looks like this is not about what God is doing in Spain and neither about what's happenning in Vilanova or in Sevilla, but it is, because this is about you guys and you are part of us.

We know how important is the Thanksgiving day for you all, and that's why we all want to say Happy Thanksgiving Day!!!

GRACIAS, GRACIAS, GRACIAS

Queridos hermanos:
Hemos regresado a Sevilla de "Move" y la experiencia, para nosotros, ha sido impresionante:

• Hemos sido impactados por los contenidos de las conferencias.
• Hemos sido bendecidos por el cariño y las atenciones de los hermanos en Atlanta.
• Hemos sido retados, no sólo por lo que hemos oído y aprendido, sino por lo que hemos visto en cada uno de vosotros.
  
• Hemos disfrutado de todo lo que con tanto cariño nos habéis preparado.

GRACIAS, GRACIAS, GRACIAS,

• Por estar ahí.
• Porque no nos sentimos sólos.
• Porque estáis a nuestro lado en la tarea de establecer una iglesia relevante en Sevilla y Vilanova que puedan ser referente para otras iglesias del país.

Pepe Miranda
Sevilla

Where it all started....

Hola Amigos!
After coming back from Vilanova in July 2007, our team (#2) decided we needed to start a blog where we could post updates from Atlanta, and let our Spanish friends post updates about their church and what God is doing in their lives. SO, it took me a few months, but here it is! This will go to all of our friends at our partner churches in Sevilla and Vilanova, Spain, as well as the teams that have gone to Spain from Northpoint and Buckhead Churches (and also other supporters and friends). For our Spain friends, please feel free to write IN SPANISH, and we'll get it translated. (: We just want a central place where we can write back and forth and "keep in touch" as often as possible.

Background: "Global X" is the missions side of Northpoint Community Church (and its strategic partners) in Atlanta. Knowing that Spain is only 2% Christian and church is almost non-existent there, Global X started a partnership with a church in Vilanova (La Iglesia Protestante de Vilanova) and one in Sevilla, Spain (no name yet), who want to see their churches grow and become "relevant" environments where people can worship and find a relationship with God. The first team from NPCC/ BC went to Sevilla and Vilanova in June 2007, and the 2nd team went in July 2007 (only to Vilanova). Since then, one more team of five has gone over (in October 2007), but we have at least 5 more trips lined up over there in 2008! It is so encouraging to see what God is doing in these two cities!

To find out more, you can visit:
http://www.globalxm.org
www.northpoint.org
www.buckheadchurch.org

Now, it's time to start writing. Please feel free to post pictures, links, comments, updates etc. as often as you'd like!

Hasta Luego!
Carolyn