Last weekend, our team drove the eight hours from Galicia to a region of Spain called Extremadura...to a valley called La Vera. It's about 3ish hours from Madrid. All the OM Espana missionaries from all over Spain come to this region once a year (specifically, the small town of Villanueva) to meet, encourage one another, and share what they're doing in their respective ministries. For us short termers, it was very beneficial to meet many different kinds of missionaries, and to hear their stories. It was also encouraging to the long term missionaries to see that young people still love Jesus and are still getting involved in missions.
We stayed at the home of a lovely missionary couple, David and Sharon, deep in the mountains. I wish I could remember the name of the range. But I DO know that the highest peak of the range was right in front of their house...here it is:
We also had a chance to meet a lady named Susana who lives with the missionary couple as a worker. She showed us around the farm, and we got to help her pick lettuce and cherries and some other produce grown on the property. David, Sharon, and Susana all shared their vision with us: to develop relationships in this very agricultural community, and to one day develop a school of agriculture. They want to use farming, which is the lifestyle of most of the population in that area, to develop relationships and share the gospel. Of course, they hinted at me to come help them. But what missionary here hasn't done that to me? That seems to be one thing that all missionaries are praying and hoping for: young people to come, help, and learn how to take over. A lot of the older missionaries just seemed so tired. I'd love to help them...but I can't help them all! :( I guess all I can do for now is pray for them, and pray that God will lead me in the direction He wants me to go.
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