Dear Friends,
How good to remember good friends like you, because it reminds us that we have much to be thankful for. We're thankful that you are praying for us, that you have decided to be part of our ministry in this way.
The church God helped us to start in Spain is celebrating an important event this weekend. Traditionally a Thanksgiving event, complete with dinner, has been one of our best evangelistic opportunities. Spaniards are very interested in the American holiday, and the theme of thanksgiving gives us the perfect opportunity to share that for which we are most thankful, salvation through Jesus Christ. They have decided to plan the dinner and the event in spite of the fact that all in the church have full time jobs. There is a sense in the church that everyone has to participate to make the church go. The following weekend, on December 6, is a leaders meeting to talk about some important issues. Please pray for wisdom and the sense of the Holy Spirit's direction.
Norival Trindade visited us in Wisconsin last week. Norival is a Brazilian and represents the International Leadership Institute, which helped us with a leadership conference in Spain last spring. We are praying about partnering with Tony Vasquez in Spain to train leaders in Spain, Morocco, Venezuela and Equatorial Guinea in coming months. Several churches in the Milwaukee area, including our sending churches, are considering partnering with us.
We introduced our documents in Spain in the Spain Consulate in Chicago to apply for residency and they were sent to Spain last Thursday. They will need to be approved soon in order for us to leave for Spain on January 22, as planned.
Thanksgiving is an important time for us as a family as our son Greg comes to visit from Chapman University in California. We'll celebrate it with Kay's family here in Wisconsin.
Wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving with the opportunity to remember all for which we are thankful,
Mark, Kay, Greg and Ian Johnson
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