It was our last morning of Festival de la Biblia and there were around 20 kids in attendance. I was able to chat with several moms who were interested in their children attending English Club that starts on Monday. The struggle is to make English our second priority and sharing Christ our first. We could very easily become full time English teachers and have very little to do with church planting and sharing Christ. Pray for that balance.
The afternoon involved a quick trip to Toledo to look for more chairs - we have more people who have indicated an interest in the church than we have chairs - a good problem. Then at night was the final rounds of the basketball tournament. It was great fun to see the families cheering on the teams. Anyone interested in coming and doing a basketball camp in the future? Great opportunities. The tournament was ended with a teammate sharing about fears and the offer to anyone there that if they were struggling with something or fears that anyone in the blue t-shirts (yep, we have worn the same t-shirt every day for 10 days - thank goodness it is hot enough to dry them quickly!) would love to talk with them. They were also given the gift of a new testament - in an easy to read Spanish version (Spain Spanish! very difficult to find) that had great pictures. I loved it when one of the by standers asked if it would be possible to also get one, even though they did not participate in the tournament.
And, at 11 PM an illusionist shared in the park.
The formal activities are almost finished. This morning we will personally deliver the photos from the Bible Festival. One of the stations was a photo booth with a clown. The children/parents left their address for the photo be delivered today. We will be inviting them to church, English club, and Cine Forum with each visit.
The interesting point of the day (culturally speaking) was in the park and the constant aroma of marijuana. This of course led me to research the laws of marijuana in Spain. Quite interesting - it is illegal to grow for the purpose of sale, to sell, export, or use in public. But this is only a misdemeanor and there is a small fine and it is confiscated. It is not illegal to grow for personal use (if you are 18+ years old) nor to use it for personal purposes. As I was reading about the laws I came across a news article about a town in Spain that has decided to use marijuana to help combat the unemployment crisis here. In partnership with a private Marijuana Club (yep, those are legal too) This club has invested $40,000 to have marijuana planted on a 17-acre plot of land next to city hall. They will employ people to maintain the land and will use this land as their club's source (yep - private club equals private use) and will pay more $800,000 each year to the city hall for the land and other perks. Guess that is one way to solve the problem? Pray for Spain. The economic, housing, and employment crisis is bad. it is causing people to make desperate decisions. Pray for our ministry as we reach out to these people and share the only true source of hope.
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