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…
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…
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…
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 excerpt from Pastor Dani, standing up against hypocrisy in the government and calling the people of the church to stand up and serve the people who are hurting because the government has refused to do so. There are links to the news stories he is talking about. Enough already! … More and…
Protests In Madrid Turn Violent Protesters have been gathering around the parliament building in Madrid this week to protest the governments actions. Truthfully it is hard to understand exactly what the protesters want (as is the case with many protests) but one thing is clear they do not want the Spanish government to accept continued bailouts, and they want…
Global Unrest About Anti-Islam Video A video shot in the United States that mocked the Muslim prophet Muhammad set off a string of violent protests around the world at US embassies and the embassies of several US allies. It has become a political hot spot and even though protests in Europe and the United States…
Financial Issues Open Rifts Between Church and State The financial crisis in Europe has led many people to question whether or not governments should begin taxing properties held by the Catholic Church. I honestly don’t know if protestant churches enjoy the same tax breaks as they do in the US but the reason we should…
New York Times, World News Thursday, August 9, 2012 In Spain, after two decades of dizzying growth, the party is over. For most of the last decade, Spain kept its fiscal house in strict order, running small deficits or even surpluses. The country enjoyed a long boom after joining the euro zone, as low…
