It's a Sunday afternoon in Madrid and the Packers are on.  No, wait, the fans are making just as much noise as a Packer game, but it's a tennis match.  Rafael Nadal, the Spanish sports hero, is playing Roger Federer for the ATP Madrid tournament championship.  Kay and I are planning to go for a walk, but we won't see a lot of neighbors out until the match is over.  ....   It just ended and Nadal lost.  We'll have to console our friends.

Our church attendance has been consistent, but we're looking to grow.  We have a couple of good opportunities this month, one for our young people to go into the Meco prison and do a drama for the prisoners there.  Secondly, we'll be passing out cards with info about our church on it, and trying to get out the word that there is an evangelical church meeting regularly in the town.  And of course we'd like to reach some of our neighbors.  Several in fact visited the school where we meet as a church yesterday for a "rastrillo", a huge garage sale that functions as a fund raiser for the school.   Events like these are steps toward inviting the same friends to a church activity.

The investigation of possible locations for TEAM's next church plants continues.  Next week I'll be making a trip to "Extremadura" (literally "extremely hard") to see what God might have for us there.  TEAM's Ministry Area Leader, John Nicely, will accompany me.  It's fun to watch how God puts pieces together as a vague possibility becomes more and more viable.

Greg and Ian are finishing their school years and are doing fine with their grades.  Greg really needs a summer job.  

Thanks for praying with us,

Mark and Kay