Spain 16

Wow. Where has the week gone? The following entry was written 7/08/92.

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Interesting night last night! Walking back to the Parker's with Susan [16 yr old Taiwanese girl and member of the team] and the puppets I noticed the sky getting darker. Storm clouds were building. Oh great. "You know why this is happening, don't you?", I said to Susan.


We had literature distribution this afternoon and it went pretty well. I went through a section with Jasmine & Lezlie. Most people we told about the movie that was available were interested in coming; the kids were really excited. It was to be in that section of town- the same one we're going to tonight for a puppet show.

"Prince, if we're gonna have that movie tonight we'd better pray," I pointed to the darkening sky.

"Yeah, looks like we're about to get attacked."

It figures. This is the 3rd time we've tried to show a movie. Something always happens. The first time we saw part of one but couldn't finish it because the family whose electricity we were using had to get up really early. The second time the people wouldn't cooperate and allow it to be shown. Now rain.

Bueno. After cena [light dinner], we went to the church to pray and get ready for the movie [which urges people to have faith in Christ]. Know what? God moves through the prayers of His people!

Pretty soon we were hearing thunder. We packed up the car (our only car) with the movie stuff and folletas [pamphlets] and went to our chosen wall anyway. [The movies are shown outside in the streets up against any available wall. Electricity to run the projector is borrowed from a family in the neighborhood.]

Dark clouds. We get the thing set up and about 2 minutes to starting time we felt the first drops fall. Soon there's no mistaking it- it's raining.

We put the stuff under as much shelter as we could find. I was praying like mad. "God push back the clouds of darkness, both physical and spiritual so that people can know your truth."

Others were praying, too, for certain. About 5-10 minutes later the rain slackened and then stopped. "Yay, God!" It sprinkled a few more drops then quit altogether.

We set the stuff back up. I tell ya, I didn't pay much attention to the movie; I was praying and praising God the whole time!

Pretty soon the sky began to clear; stars began to appear. The movie and testimony of Prince went off with no problems. There were quite a few from the neighborhood around who stayed for the whole thing- including a group of high school aged kids. God be praised, people are starting to open up.

We, the girls, got back to our apartment. We were home 5-10 minutes when 'click' all the lights went out. No electricity. Great. Somebody tried to take a shower. No hot water. Greater. The electricity and the gas went out at the same time. What are the odds of that happening?

What did we do? Praised God for our victories, prayed, finished our snacks and went to sleep peacefully. (Prince & Caleb helped us make things right again this afternoon).

Somebody's been throwing rocks again...but Daddy is in control.

Do you know what else? Prince told us that, "It's not supposed to rain in Daimiel. It never rains here in the summer!"

I see a few clouds in the sky right now. Maybe we should start praying again.

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