Current accomplishments for 2006
July-August 2005
We started meeting weekly at a family’s home as a response to the help required by the church in la Collada, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona).
We were working on the core values, vision, mission, objectives, planning, etc. In short, we were helping the church to make a new project, a relevant project, not just for the city of Vilanova but for all Spain.
September 1-2 2005
AFCI Spain planning meeting.
September 24-25 2005
I was invited to be the preacher in a youth meeting and in a baptism ceremony in a brethren church in Valencia, Spain.
October 1-4 2005
I made a trip to the church in Bilbao (Vizcaya) where we preached and informed about our ministry, giving a missioner vision to that church.
October 11-17 2005
We had the visit of some brothers from the USA that came to help us with the new church project in Vilanova.
Those days I had several meetings with the AFCI Spain Team and as a member of the Leadership Team of the church.
November 20-27 2005
Visit of a youth team from the USA to help us with the restoration of the provisional church-building of the church in Vilanova.
I was helping with the coordination of this visit and taking care of the brothers that came.
December 2005
We were working in the church in Vilanova.
January 14, 21, 28 2006 and February 4 2006
“Local Church Planning Seminar” imparted in the Baptist church in Vilafranca del Penedes.
Samuel Santos and I gave this seminar. We worked on providing the appropriated tools to the church so they could establish their core values, vision, mission, goals and a planning process.
February 10-12 y 17-19 2006
“Local Church Planning Seminar” imparted in the brethren church in Valencia.
Samuel Santos and I gave this seminar. We worked on providing the appropriated tools to the church so they could establish their core values, vision, mission, goals and a planning process.
March 1-17 2006
Missioner trip to Paraguay.
We visited churches, preached, gave conferences for women, youth, teens, worked with the Toba Indies, visited schools, hospitals, etc.
This trip helped us to get in touch with the brothers from this country and start planning missioner projects for the future, especially in the context of education and medicine.
March 22-25 2006
Trip to Valencia to be with my father. He had surgery because he had a cancer of colon.
Mach 26- April 2 2006
The AFCI International Board had a week-meeting in Spain. I went to the sessions they asked me to be and I was also taking care of the details of the meeting.
April 22-25 2006
We had the visit of some brothers from the USA that came to help us with the new church project in Vilanova.
Those days I had several meetings with the AFCI Spain Team and as a member of the Leadership Team of the church.
May 9 and 10 2006
AFCI Spain special planning meetings.
From June 12 I am the responsible for the small groups in the new church in Vilanova.
I had also the opportunity of cooperating in several series of sermons in the new church project.
I preached in several churches like in Hospitalet (Barcelona), Vilafranca (Barcelona), Valencia, etc.
The new church project implies a new effort during the whole year, with weekly leadership meetings and meetings within each department to deal with different issues of the church.