I trust that everyone has had a good Christmas, and Boxing Day/Saint Stephen’s Day, if you celebrate it.

It was my first Christmas away from family, and my first Christmas in Spain. Christmas Day was spent opening some presents with Jamie, Brandon and Tim; going to church for a Christmas Day service; enjoying the mid-day meal with my Spanish tutor and her family; and finally, traveling caravan-style with them and several others from MMC to a Belen (Spanish nativity scene) that is supposed to be the most elaborate in the area.

Tim has been here in Spain since December 13th; I was sick that entire week and missed the video shoot; and we were in Barcelona from the 15th-20th. It has been a busy past few weeks, and we celebrated today by taking a day off and doing absolutely nothing - as opposed to rushing around from one event to the next, as tends to happen during the holiday season.

Times are changing, and life is reminding us once again that trust in God is the only constant. Please keep both Tim and I in prayer - for God’s guidance, direction, and the strength to continue living so far apart - especially in the next few weeks, as he leaves on Jan. 1st and returns to life in California.

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. Psalm 73:28

What can take a dying man and raise him up to life again?
What can heal a wounded soul?
What can make us white as snow?
What can fill the emptiness?
What can mend our brokenness?
Brokenness

Mighty, awesome, wonderful
Is the holy cross
Where the Lamb laid down His life
To lift us from the fall
Mighty is the power of the cross

What restores our faith in God?
What reveals the Father’s love?
What can lead the wayward home?
What can melt a heart of stone?
What can free the guilty ones
What can save and overcome?
Overcome

It’s a miracle to me
And It’s still a mystery
It’s a miracle to me
The power of God
For those who believe

Chris Tomlin

Back from Sevilla and the first Evangelical Christian Conference in Andalucia: 4 days of hard work but all for a good cause.

Now I’m sick.. and not feeling like doing anything.

Arabic video shoot starts tomorrow at 9 in our studio. I really don’t have the ganas for another 5 days behind a camera.
Lord give me strength..

I played more guitar today than I have in weeks.

Thank you, Lord, for music… and worship.

Everything has been really busy recently - and will only get busier.

For that reason I found it best to combine these two weeks (the last of November and first of December) into just one update. I also won’t be here next week to post anything… (more…)