08 Nov for Rainy Days
It has been super rainy in the Basque Country over the past few days (which it is a lot of the year). When it rains, people (obviously) are not outside near as much as they are on other days. This means that people who are...
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27 Oct For an open attitude about faith
There are a few things that are a taboo subject among friend groups in Spain and in the Basque Country. One of those is religion. It is acceptable to speak about this one on one with someone you trust, but you usually do not engage...
25 Oct for Tolosa
http://youtu.be/qIX4Zy7Amj4 Please pray for the town of Tolosa and the 20,000 people who live there. Pray for the small church that is working to help people find a personal relationship with God through following Jesus. This video has no audio, but please use the visual image to...
23 Oct Why do we need “Extraordinary Prayer”?
A few days ago we wrote about "Extraordinary Prayer" and what it is. But why do we need "extraordinary prayer"? I think there are many people who are convinced that prayer is a waste of time. They would never say it like that because that's un-Christian,...
16 Oct What is Extraordinary Prayer?
We believe that a church planting movement in the Basque Country will require extraordinary prayer. We believe that because in a study of church planting movements around the world, not one of them started without an incredible amount of prayer. In all of those cases there...
09 Oct For Empty Churches
A few weeks ago I was visiting a Catholic church in Donostia. This church has several weekend services and the picture above is from the Basque only service. I believe several of the other church services are more full, but this one was quite empty...
04 Oct For Dreams
https://vimeo.com/16962757 This video is created by MMC Spain and is from the city of Bilbao which is in the Basque Country. It's about 5 minutes long, but is great to help you start praying for people in the Basque Country. About half of the people in...
02 Oct For Connected People
In a recent study by EuStat (a statistics arm of the Basque Country) it was reported that 88% of the population of the Basque Country reports an "intense" level of weekly involvement with their close family and 72% report an "intense" level of involvement with...
29 Sep For Happy People
In a recent study by Eustat (a statistics arm of the Basque government), 50% of the population in Gipuzkoa (one of the Basque provinces) have a high satisfaction with life, 44% have a medium satisfaction with life, and only 6% have a low satisfaction with...