Hoorah for random processions

We think this must've been in honour of us leaving or some saint
thing or something to do with holy year ....... We have no idea! It
was similar to a procession we saw in Madrid. We had a lovely
traditional spanish picnic on the beach with more meat than we could
eat in Pontedeume followed by an evaluation and general giving thanks
to God and saying goodbye to each other. Our car's packed, sandwiches
kindly made for us by Manoli and we just need a good night's sleep and
hopefully an early start. Thank you all so much for all your prayers
and encouragements along the way.

Finale

Well yesterday was our last day of active missioning, I can't believe
it! We had a similar low key kids event in A Coruna which actually
went really well. We shared the story of Mary and then the disciples
going to the empty tomb and their joyful reaction being the same as
ours hence us being there to tell them about Jesus. We told them about
Jesus being our friend and about how he can be their friend too. we
then went with each of the children and got them with help to tell
their parents.

Next we had a big concert at the place the other group have been
working at this week which was ace and 2 young guys gave their lives
to Christ, praise the Lord! We didn't get home till midnight but the
kids had a great time. We had ice cream and chips before giving
Danyelle and Haddis a lift back to the Om house.

Trainee Acrobats

This is the 1000th photo I have taken on my iPhone ;-)

Storyboarding in the park

Day 3 in Culleredo, and a change of gear. No audio amplification
today, mainly low key personal evangelism, backed up with a storyboard
presentation of Jairus's daughter, which went very well by all
accounts. More extended conversations with youth and young children.

Because there was no loud music or clowns, our presence was much more
discreet, but that didn't make it less effective, in fact quite the
opposite as it seemed to be easier to have in depth conversations
without distracting things going on.

Day 2

Day 2 in Culleredo started well with an earlier arrival time by the
bulk of team. We had 2 clowns who were well received again. We also
had a short puppet show although we did have some problems with the
sound system - this is one thing we could really do with some prayer
for. We don't want to come cross as completely incompetent!

Peter some more cool piano playing and was briefly interviewed by
Julio. People then went off in one's and two's to do personal
evangelism and I think some good conversations took place. Emelye was
able to have a long chat with a group of young kids and prayed with
them and I think Julio had a bit of a chat with some youth.

Unfortunately the programme sort of fizzled out at this point which
was a bit if a shame. I thought there was going to be a kids story and
some more music. Of course the one on one conversations are probably
the best way to really explain the gospel but the loud, fun bits are
great at attracting attention and drawing people in. Hopefully at this
afternoon's planning session we will address why things fell apart a
bit and how we can do it better this evening.

Starting work in A Coruna

Yesterday we started the new outreach in the outskirts of A Coruna in
an area called Culleredo where a new evangelical church is getting
established. We are helping this church this week, and they have
provided PA equipment and managed to organise permission from the
authorities to use it in the local park which is very close to the
church.

The church is located in a quiet and respectable suburb of A Coruna.
The park is small but is surrounded by street cafes and has children's
play equipment. We got their early to meet up the David, the pastor,
and to start handing out flyers. There were some kids around all
afternoon but by the time the rest of the team arrived at the park at
7ish the park was really starting to buzz - it is actually a brilliant
place for this outreach.

Day one was a little disorganised if we are completely honest,
starting quite late (the rest of the team's lunch didn't turn up till
gone 4pm!) but we were well received by the kids who obviously thought
it was great fun even though some parents wanted to take them away as
soon as Jesus was mentioned.

Please be praying for us today and for the people of Culleredo, that
their hearts to be open and that we would be able to reach as many
children as possible today, and that we might be slightly more
organised!

Morning workshops

This morning we have started our workshops. I (Giles) learnt an
evangelistic technique with pictures, basically a new take on 2 ways
to live.

I am now doing some writing with Joseph and Ethan whilst Emelye goes
to the workshop on using the sketchboard. Sophie is having a nice long
sleep on someones bed.

We're going to go into A Coruna soon to distribute literature ahead if
the kids work in the park which isn't scheduled to start until late
afternoon.