In hard times, some people will try almost anything. The government of Spain is considering switching time zones to make their citizens more productive AND saying ¡Adios! the traditional siesta. Spain first changed time zones in 1942 when the dictator Franco wanted to synchronize his military machine with that of his potential allies in Nazi Germany…
In our previous email newsletter I said that we were on track to leave in October or November as long as things go right, and that statement led people to think we were already leaving. I need to clarify since that email was mostly to let people know about the passing of Karen’s father I…
A recent report came out this weekend stating that the unemployment rate in Spain among 25 year-olds and under is over 56% and over 25% of all unemployed people in ALL of Europe live in Spain. The saddest statistic in that report was that 1 in 5 children in Spain are living in poverty (families…
On July 23, 2013 Robert H. Midyett Jr. finished his long journey home and entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Pastor Bob, as he was known by many, died at peace in his home with his family at his side in Show Low, AZ. Bob is preceded in death by…
Finally after many months we have some news to report on our visa progress. It has been 4 months since we made our most recent request to the Spanish Ministry of Justice to certify the existence of the church and our membership in it. For those of you who may not be up to speed…
We are happy to announce that for the duration of our wait for a visa to live in Spain we will be the guest ministers at Safford Church of God. In April we were approached by the head of the Church Of God in Arizona Bishop Thompson and he asked us if we would be…
Our partner ministry, Partners in Action, specializes in reaching out to children and families in impoverished countries. Working with them we have often promoted child sponsorship as well as seen the effects of child sponsorships in the lives of the children we worked with. Our vision is to feed, clothe, educate, raise, and give hope…
It is getting harder and harder to think of new ways to say that we are waiting on paper work! That is still the case though as I sit here writing this post. Maybe as I write the FedEx guy will knock on the door and hand us the letter like he did last time!…
This is an encouraging email we got from Liliana in Spain: Dear Jeremy and Karen. I hope you are well, enjoying the blessings of the Lord in every area of your lives. Around here, we are working hard day to day, some days more enthusiastically, others just putting faith in God and believing that he…
We wanted to post an update for every one. We had a follow up appointment Friday and we were blessed to have had a meeting with the head of the visa department. She certified our documents and checked over the kids paperwork so that when we go back they don’t have to make the trip.…
