New Friends, Good News
On Friday our hosts took us down to the beaches of Ceuta to meet migrants, share tea, build relationships and invite them for lunch and a service the following day.
Today, we had a simple “church” service with them, where we sang worship songs together and some of us shared our testimonies, mine included. We then had lunch and got to know them better through good tea and conversation. Most of them came from northern Africa, and had traveled over 6000 km from their homes to find work, with a mixture of walking and vehicular transport.
However, Ceuta was not their final destination. These men plan all plan on going to another northern European country - hoping to find good work so they can send money back home. Another reason they had left was because of a significant conflict that is happening in their home country. Through conversation, we had found that their journey was not easy. Some of them had experienced deep scares from jumping barbed wire fences and swimming across dangerous waters to get here.
A couple of us had the opportunity to share the Gospel with them as some of the men had many questions. When they were told that we study the Bible, their response was, “What’s the Bible?”. It was truly a deep and enriching time not only sharing with them what the Bible is, but also learning about what they have been brought up with. It was interesting to hear what they know about their holy book, and their perspectives on religion and culture.
A prayer request that I have is for these young men to have their hearts opened to Jesus. It was so difficult to realize that they had never really heard about Jesus or the Bible. Please pray that the words they have heard today will not be taken lightly, but that they will take a step to learn more about Jesus and the freedom that He provides for us.
Another prayer request is for sleep. With me and many other people struggling to have a good nights rest since we arrived in Spain, it has taken more effort to have the energy to keep up with the busy days. So pray for sleep and that we may have the energy we need to continue to share the good news of the Lord and have an attitude of love!
Pray as well as we head off to help at a youth camp tomorrow. Our blog posts are a few days behind what is actually happening.
Anthony Baker
Today, we had a simple “church” service with them, where we sang worship songs together and some of us shared our testimonies, mine included. We then had lunch and got to know them better through good tea and conversation. Most of them came from northern Africa, and had traveled over 6000 km from their homes to find work, with a mixture of walking and vehicular transport.
However, Ceuta was not their final destination. These men plan all plan on going to another northern European country - hoping to find good work so they can send money back home. Another reason they had left was because of a significant conflict that is happening in their home country. Through conversation, we had found that their journey was not easy. Some of them had experienced deep scares from jumping barbed wire fences and swimming across dangerous waters to get here.
A couple of us had the opportunity to share the Gospel with them as some of the men had many questions. When they were told that we study the Bible, their response was, “What’s the Bible?”. It was truly a deep and enriching time not only sharing with them what the Bible is, but also learning about what they have been brought up with. It was interesting to hear what they know about their holy book, and their perspectives on religion and culture.
A prayer request that I have is for these young men to have their hearts opened to Jesus. It was so difficult to realize that they had never really heard about Jesus or the Bible. Please pray that the words they have heard today will not be taken lightly, but that they will take a step to learn more about Jesus and the freedom that He provides for us.
Another prayer request is for sleep. With me and many other people struggling to have a good nights rest since we arrived in Spain, it has taken more effort to have the energy to keep up with the busy days. So pray for sleep and that we may have the energy we need to continue to share the good news of the Lord and have an attitude of love!
Pray as well as we head off to help at a youth camp tomorrow. Our blog posts are a few days behind what is actually happening.
Anthony Baker
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