Prayer update: May 4
30/04/10 11:58
“They think I’m crazy”
Eliel is one of two Christians in his university preparatory school here in Malaga. His friends can’t believe that someone with his intelligence and creativity actually believes in God.
Eliel is one of two Christians in his university preparatory school here in Malaga. His friends can’t believe that someone with his intelligence and creativity actually believes in God.
“They think I’m crazy”
Eliel is one of two Christians in his university preparatory school here in Malaga. His friends can’t believe that someone with his intelligence and creativity actually believes in God. Interestingly enough, his philosophy teacher encourages him to defend his views, though she certainly does not share them.
Eliel was telling us this the other day as we were planning an new video project. He is working with us to gather a series of short testimonies by young people who will share their personal experiences of God at work in their lives . Eliel is eager to show his friends that he isn’t the only believer out there, and that other normal people live by faith.
Please pray that God will lead us to many young believers who can tell of their faith on camera. Pray for Mikaela, a new colleague here at MMC, as she heads up this project. Several young people from Eliel’s church will be helping out as well. They will asking people on the street questions about their lives and beliefs next Saturday, and will contrast those answers with stories from believers.
Moving hearts towards Jesus
For the last several months I’ve been studying the culture, asking lots of questions, and researching what other Christian workers in Spain have written. I am trying to focus my work so I can be as effective as possible. My conclusion so far is that considering the abilities God has given me, the best way for me to communicate the Gospel to Spaniards is by showing personal experiences of relationships with Christ, stories of God at work, and stories of how and why people came to Christ.
Video is a powerful way to move hearts, but we have to produce videos that people who have little interest in God will want to watch. Here’s a description of what we want to produce: Creative media that moves minds and hearts in Spain towards Jesus. Our target audience is the millions of Spaniards who don’t know Christ, rather than the thousands who do.
What do people REALLY think?
“God created the world, but when we killed Jesus, he abandoned us.” He had just dropped of some blank video tapes, and José Antonio had several hours before his next appointment, so we went for coffee. It was a great opportunity to ask questions, and this is what he told me:
“By the end of my life I want to be happy, and to have made my family happy.”
“Death is the end. I wish there was something after death, but I don’t think so.”
“I believe there is a God, but he has abandoned us. Things have gotten so bad that he has left us. When Jesus was killed God abandoned the world.”
“Jesus was a messiah or something, and came to be an example to us, but people rejected him.”
José Antonio is the first person to ask me what I thought, so I told him. He told me his daughter is having problems at school, and as we said goodbye I told him I would pray for her. Please join me in this, so José Antonio will see that God hasn’t abandoned us after all.
Thanks so much for praying. Our work will be effective only through your prayers.
In Christ,
Rolly and Robyn Walter
Praises:
I thank God for my family. Today Anne is very proud to be turning 3 years old. Robyn is a great wife and mom. Jack, Lucy and Eddie are great too!
God continues to provide for our needs in different ways - special gifts, tax refund, words of encouragement, His Word, friends…
Annie is accepted at the preschool near our house. This is important because that means she can attend primary school there too.
God is working in a special way in the youth group at Eliel’s church. It is exciting to see.
Prayer requests:
Pray that José Antonio’s daughter will have a change of heart, and that the family will see that God is real.
Keep praying for José the barber, that he will see Jesus for who he really is.
Pray that God will lead me to believers who can share their stories.
Pray for strength and stamina for Robyn as she cares for our kids.
Pray that Jack will be able to attend the school near our house.
P.S.
Contrary to what you might think after reading my emails, José is not the only name in Spain. So far I’ve mentioned José the barber, José the pharmacist and our neighbor José, husband of Rocio. I am praying for another neighbor named Pepe, which, by the way, is a nickname for José. Pepe the electrician stopped by just yesterday. Now I’ve added José Antonio, the video equipment salesman. This doesn’t seem strange to me at all since my grandfather, father and brother are all named José. Well, Joseph, really. And it’s our youngest son’s middle name as well. The point of all this? I’m not really sure, but pray for José - all of them. At least the ones in Spain.
Eliel is one of two Christians in his university preparatory school here in Malaga. His friends can’t believe that someone with his intelligence and creativity actually believes in God. Interestingly enough, his philosophy teacher encourages him to defend his views, though she certainly does not share them.
Eliel was telling us this the other day as we were planning an new video project. He is working with us to gather a series of short testimonies by young people who will share their personal experiences of God at work in their lives . Eliel is eager to show his friends that he isn’t the only believer out there, and that other normal people live by faith.
Please pray that God will lead us to many young believers who can tell of their faith on camera. Pray for Mikaela, a new colleague here at MMC, as she heads up this project. Several young people from Eliel’s church will be helping out as well. They will asking people on the street questions about their lives and beliefs next Saturday, and will contrast those answers with stories from believers.
Moving hearts towards Jesus
For the last several months I’ve been studying the culture, asking lots of questions, and researching what other Christian workers in Spain have written. I am trying to focus my work so I can be as effective as possible. My conclusion so far is that considering the abilities God has given me, the best way for me to communicate the Gospel to Spaniards is by showing personal experiences of relationships with Christ, stories of God at work, and stories of how and why people came to Christ.
Video is a powerful way to move hearts, but we have to produce videos that people who have little interest in God will want to watch. Here’s a description of what we want to produce: Creative media that moves minds and hearts in Spain towards Jesus. Our target audience is the millions of Spaniards who don’t know Christ, rather than the thousands who do.
What do people REALLY think?
“God created the world, but when we killed Jesus, he abandoned us.” He had just dropped of some blank video tapes, and José Antonio had several hours before his next appointment, so we went for coffee. It was a great opportunity to ask questions, and this is what he told me:
“By the end of my life I want to be happy, and to have made my family happy.”
“Death is the end. I wish there was something after death, but I don’t think so.”
“I believe there is a God, but he has abandoned us. Things have gotten so bad that he has left us. When Jesus was killed God abandoned the world.”
“Jesus was a messiah or something, and came to be an example to us, but people rejected him.”
José Antonio is the first person to ask me what I thought, so I told him. He told me his daughter is having problems at school, and as we said goodbye I told him I would pray for her. Please join me in this, so José Antonio will see that God hasn’t abandoned us after all.
Thanks so much for praying. Our work will be effective only through your prayers.
In Christ,
Rolly and Robyn Walter
Praises:
I thank God for my family. Today Anne is very proud to be turning 3 years old. Robyn is a great wife and mom. Jack, Lucy and Eddie are great too!
God continues to provide for our needs in different ways - special gifts, tax refund, words of encouragement, His Word, friends…
Annie is accepted at the preschool near our house. This is important because that means she can attend primary school there too.
God is working in a special way in the youth group at Eliel’s church. It is exciting to see.
Prayer requests:
Pray that José Antonio’s daughter will have a change of heart, and that the family will see that God is real.
Keep praying for José the barber, that he will see Jesus for who he really is.
Pray that God will lead me to believers who can share their stories.
Pray for strength and stamina for Robyn as she cares for our kids.
Pray that Jack will be able to attend the school near our house.
P.S.
Contrary to what you might think after reading my emails, José is not the only name in Spain. So far I’ve mentioned José the barber, José the pharmacist and our neighbor José, husband of Rocio. I am praying for another neighbor named Pepe, which, by the way, is a nickname for José. Pepe the electrician stopped by just yesterday. Now I’ve added José Antonio, the video equipment salesman. This doesn’t seem strange to me at all since my grandfather, father and brother are all named José. Well, Joseph, really. And it’s our youngest son’s middle name as well. The point of all this? I’m not really sure, but pray for José - all of them. At least the ones in Spain.