Meet the Team - Sevilla English Camp

This June we will be heading to Sevilla to hold the second english camp at East Park Community Church. The team is SO excited to see everyone in the church and invest in their community. Please pray for our team as we continue to raise the support we need for the trip, prepare the lesson plans, and head off for our team retreat in April.

Here's a picture from our last team meeting... pictured from l-r are: Lisa, Stephanie, Shaun, Julie, Kim, and Arinn.

Introducing...the next team to come to Vilanova!

HOLA AMIGOS!

Here we are! Fresh off of our third team meeting. I finally got everyone together for a group picture so you can meet the next team coming from Atlanta May 15-26. We are 9 people strong...some coming to Spain for the first time and others having been before, but we all felt like God was calling us to be a part of His "bigger plan" in your country, so we can't wait to step foot over there in May!

This blog will be short, but I wanted to introduce everyone (from left to right, sitting down first):

• Brandi Booker (married to Steve, behind her)
• Alan Boyd (in red)
• Mozelle Pittman
• Bobby Garrett
• Steve Roach (Brandi's husband...top left, 2nd row)
• Gail Turk
• Renee Crosby
• Jamey Gibson
• Carolyn Norton (ME)

We are still getting to know each other, and we haven't told our "testimonies" yet, but we all have our "roles" for the team meetings and our trip over there, which include:

1. Ministry Team (Alan and Jamey): to do devotionals at each meeting and while in Spain
2. Service Team (Mozelle): to help with any service project we may do in Spain
3. Cultural "Expert" (Gail): to teach us some basics in the Spanish language and culture (she's fluent!)
4. Financial team (Bobby and Steve): to keep track of the money we raise, our budget etc.
5. Encouragement Team (Renee and Brandi): to keep us all feeling encouraged and energized while we're over there

And I, Carolyn, have been called to lead this team (2nd time leading a team to Vilanova, and 3rd time going on a team there)! Bobby is going to "apprentice" so he can learn more about leading a trip there too one day.

So that's us "in a nutshell" (as we say in America)! There will be more to come, but for now, know that you are all in our prayers, and we can't wait to see you and share more with you in May!

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!

Hasta Luego!

Carolina (and team)

Eugenio in Atlanta!

It's been a long time since we have posted a blog here from Atlanta, so I figured it was time to do that since we've had a special guest in town. Eugenio has been here from Vilanova, and this week, we finally got a chance to see him! Randy and Crista Walton invited some of our mission teams to their home for dinner last night (Thursday) so that we could spend some time with him. We had yummy fajitas, though Eugenio says "You always feed me mexican food when I come here, and I'm not MEXICAN!" (we do know that, we just love mexican food). (:

Anyway, it was a fun night of seeing old and new faces.... faces from old trips like: Besty (who is now pregnant with a BOY due in May), Cara, Melanie, David Walker, Jill Hansen and me (Carolyn); as well as some new faces who will be coming on my trip to Vilanova in May (Alan Boyd, Mozelle Pittman and Renee Crosby). Also in attendance were: Brad (Betsy's husband), Randy and Crista Walton (and their girls), Paul and Barbara Hanock, Eugenio (our guest of honor) and also our new Spain friend Mario (from Madrid! He's in David Walker's fusion group and goes to Buckhead Church with us now!).

After a nice dinner together, Randy gathered us all around and we talked about the progress at Iglesia Christiana del Garraf (Eugenio's church in Vilanova, that we have visited), as well as what still needs to be done (mainly finishing the new building). We also talked about AFCI (Ambassadors for Christ International), and the amazing things that are going on around the world through their missionaries. Let's just say that GOD WAS IN DA HOUSE! (: We are so proud of all that you're doing over there! Keep up the great work!

The next blog you see from me (Carolyn) will be to introduce my new team coming to Vilanova May 15-26. We have 9 amazing team members that I can't wait for you all to meet! They include:

• Brandi and Steve (married couple; first time coming to spain)
• Bobby Garrett (who came on David's trip in October)
• Gail Turk (who has been to Sevilla trip and met some of you in Vilanova on a short layover; she is a flight attendant)
• Renee Crosby (first time coming to Spain)
• Mozelle Pittman (first time coming....)
• Alan Boyd (first time coming...)
• Jamey Gibson (first time coming...)
• CAROLYN! (this will be my third trip there!)

We'll update you with more soon, but we are so excited to hear more about what the Lord is doing through you (and for some of us to come SEE it for ourselves very soon)! Here are more pictures from Eugenio's visit:

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Te Amo!

Carolyn