God is on the Move!
It's been a busy week indeed! Since tomorrow begins a 4 day holiday weekend here in Spain, and we'll be leaving on Saturday for the first ever European Missionary Retreat, (and the fact that we took a few days off last week to attend "Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos" in Alcoy) has meant long hours of preparing for our absence, and catching up on what we missed out on last week. We are certainly trying our best, but things are happening here so fast that we wonder how we'll ever keep up. God is on the move! And we couldn't be more delighted.
Let me briefly tell you the story of Rosa. She and her family lived in a part of town in which illegal houses have been built on public property. After 30 years of the problem getting increasingly out of hand, the government decided to finally do something about it. Their plan of action: bulldoze the houses. Although the owners were informed 30 days in advance, this family rents and had no idea that all of their belongings would soon be a pile of rubble. What about the landlord you ask? He spent the week in Punta Cana (after collecting May's rent a week early) while his renters lost everything... personal belongings, documents, passports, photos, and the roof over their heads.
Praise the Lord that the bulldozer that had knocked down half of Rosa's apartment building got tired and left her side of the building standing. But we knew they could return at any moment to finish the job. The hunt for a new home began, but since Rosa and her partner have been unemployed since February, the $2,600 deposit was going to be a huge problem. Not to mention that apartments to rent are few and very far between, and run around $1,300 a month. For an unemployed family, this is impossible. But not with God!
Days later Rosa and her family moved into their new apartment that they will be sharing with another couple from the church who were also in dire straits. The landlord waived the deposit, and gave them the keys the same day! As they are all new converts, together they can encourage one another, be accountable to one another, and grow together in the faith. Our prayer for this new home is that it be like the early church in Acts, living in community, praying together and sharing with one another. Please thank the Lord that they were able to move out before the bulldozer finished off the job, and that the new apartment in the the same plaza as the church! Rejoice also that the same day they moved into their new place, Rosa started a new job! God is so faithful!
God has also blessed our Tuesday night prayer meetings, as last night another neighborhood child (Roxana) came to Christ as a result of the testimony and witness of Alina, the girl I shared about in our last blog. Pray for the children's program as there is now a large gap between those kids who have been raised in Christian homes and those who have recently come to the Lord. It's hard to teach them all at the same time without overwhelming one group or having the other bored to tears. Please pray for God's wisdom and guidance, and most importantly, for more workers willing to serve in the area of children's ministry. Who would have ever thought this would have become such a problem back in September when we only had 3 kids, 2 being the Fajardo girls (fellow missionaries and teammates)?
Once again, thanks for all your prayers and encouragement, and remember God's promise to provide for every one of our needs, like He has for these two families from our church. Rejoice in the Lord, for He is good! May there be no doubt about it--God is on the move!
Rich Blessings,
Carrie (Caty) and Michael Hamley





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