I'm headed out tomorrow on a plane to San Sebastian. It lies right on the north coast of Spain as a part of Pais Vasco, the infamous Basque region of Spain. Their language, Basque, is unique amongst the languages of the world. It's not descendant of any Indo-European languages and has small similarities to Asian languages more so than any Germanic languages. Coralie said it's sometimes called "Adam's language" because it's most likely one of the oldest languages in the world.
WEC has some church planting efforts going on in the region. They are a faithful team that has very hard work in front of them. God has already been faithful to their efforts and they are seeing interested among their neighbors and have an informal group that meets. Ultimately, that emptiness people feel in their lives can be filled with God, and because of how he made us, we're drawn to hear about Him. That's why sending out these workers is so important! Someone has to be there to tell them when they are ready to hear!
Unfortunately, the region is plagued with some unrest as the ETA terrorist group continues to fight for their independence. Read a little bit about them: HERE.
I'll be staying with Linette (in the picture above), a bright beautiful God-loving gal. She's tons of fun, and since her first language is Spanish, I'm looking forward to having a weekend of Spanish.
Pray for their small team and their ministry in Pais Vasco, and also pray for my flights! It's only about a 45 minute flight, so I'm excited! I also have to get myself to the airport and back by public transport which I'm not 100% sure on how to do, so we'll see what happens!!
P.S. Happy Birthday, Coralie!!
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