The Pinyol Family

Christmas in September could have been a good idea. It feels like the year starts in September. This is the month for organization, planning, and preparation. Summer ended and everything went back to "normality". and As I look back to the month I can list a good series of "new beginnings": 1.  Ladies meetings every fifteen days. 2.  Men´s fellowship once a month (the last Saturday of the month). 3.  Children Bible Club: on Saturday morning. 4.  Youth group: Saturday evening. 5.  Bible Institute: Wednesday (upper class) and Fridays 6.  Bible studies and prayer meetings at homes: Mondays and Thursdays. 8.  Evangelism and visitation on Tuesdays 7.  Homeschooling: five days a week. These are just "activities" but every one of those activities has to be watered in prayer. This list is just a small list of what we are doing, serving the Lord in Spain. September is also a time of planning new goals and objectives (using c...

HESSED CAMP Summer 2012 God bless, and when He does His blessings overabundant. I think this is the summary of the camp ministry this summer. Satan has been trying to stop and discourage this work, but the Lord has been with us. Kids camp . Counting children, consellors, cooks and managers we were 32. This is not a small number if we think that many of the children came from contacts. For four of them this was their first camp. I would like to  to praise the good work done by the consellors.. Maria Samuel, Nataly and Erick were doing their internship with us in order to acquire their diploma as "Monitor de la Generalitat de Catalunya." This is a required diploma for those that work as consellors or directors where minors are involucrated (children and youth activities).  Along with eight other monitors they helped in managing tasks like games, competitions, crafts and caring for the children. It's been a blessing for me to see these young people "in action"....

EBV in English This year “summer Vacation Bible School”  has become an  intensive English course. Two young Americans, Vincent and Timothy, will be helping in the teaching of English to our youth, church members or unbelievers who want to participate. I am not sure how many will be, but it seems that we can expect a good group of participants. Many of the unbelievers that we have invited to come are attracted by the idea of  “free English classes ... “ a course like the one we are offering can cost more than five hundred euros. I worked as an English teacher for 9 years which allowed me to develop a good curriculum and a lot of teaching tools. I have also a degree from London University as a exam corrector. This can be of a good help because we are planning to give each student a small diploma at the end of the study. I beg you to pray for us so we will be able to use this opportunity not only to learn a beautiful language, but especially to presen...

Amazing facts about SPAIN         (in spite of the current crisis):      Per capita, Spain is has the highest consumption of cocaine & marijuana  in the world http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-most-cocaine-users-2012-6 Spain is the single country of the world with the most AVE kilometers of rail-lines--220 kms./hr. (High-Speed Train lines) Seven of every ten young people 20-30 yrs. still live at home with their parents. The greatest amount of solar energy derived from solar instalations in the world comes from Spain. Spain is the largest producer and exporter of  table olives in the world; the greatest producer of piñon nuts ; the greatest exporter of citric fruits; the second greatest producer of artichokes ; and the highest producer in Europe of all kinds of fruit. Currently Spain has the highest unemployment...

 This picture is expresses in an image what it was for us our trip to the Dominican Republic. The painting was drawn by Maria Eugenia, the wife of pastor Atilio Leon. The beauty of this scene talks about our time there. A time of Contrast. I have never seen poverty as I saw in RD, but I never saw richness as I saw in the RD. I saw spiritual poverty and need, and I saw the abundant blessings God has bestowed upon this country. I was invited to be the preacher in a couples retreated in Jarabacoa hosted by the church of pastor Atilio in Santo Domingo. The topic of my conference was "Harmony in the Christian Home." We spent a three precious days in a hotel situated in the mountains of Jarabacoa. The fellowship with the brethren was precious, we made new friends, and the Lord touch lives and hearts. This was just the beginning of our trip there. After returning to the main city we spent time of fellowship with our beloved friends Atilio and Ianka and their children. We met...

When the Lord called me to serve Him I was willing to go ANYWHERE He wanted me to go... I thought first that I had become a missionary to my onw people, my Jerusalem. But after several years of ministry I am realizing that in His Grace, the Lord has used our lives beyond our land, among the Spanish speaking people. First it was Cuba. That was a tryp that really marked my live and minsitry. Then Mexico in several occasions, Baja California,  Dominican Republic, Uruguay (two different times), Peru and of course the ministry among the spanish speaking people in the homeland, the United States. I landed in several airports and talk to people in Germany, England, Brussels, France, Denmark, Finland, Argentina, Brazil...  NO, I am not a world traveler, and I was not there as a tourist... actually I have done very little tourism... although every new place have brought to my heart a lot of love toward the people of those countries. I think I have left parts of my heart ...