Andrews Prayer Letter - January 2012

Jeffrey Andrews — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. - Psalm 25:4-5

Our desire is that the Lord will show us HIS way and lead us down the right path in HIS truth. We are thankful for all that the Lord has done in our lives. We don’t deserve all that we have and all that the Lord has blessed us with. It is a privilege to serve Him.

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - December 2011

David and Favi Velasquez — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:37:50 +0100

Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends,

It’s hard to believe that we have already been in Spain for one year! What’s curious is that we concluded the year almost the same way as we started it. When we arrived in Spain naturally we had to find a place in which to live and we found a house about seventeen minutes from the church. At that time our church had just started and so we had to ask some missionaries and members from other churches in Madrid to help us unloading the co...

Andrews Prayer Letter - November 2011

Jeffrey Andrews — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100

It is a privilege to serve the Lord. We feel honored that each day He allows us to glorify His name.

Adoption

I wanted to give an update on our adoption since so many people have asked us how it is going. We are still in the process of adopting and waiting to get the call or email informing us that we will have a new addition to the family. We have had some possibilities which have been exciting. We have had about 4 opportunities so far where we were ab...

The joy of being a Father!

Jeffrey Andrews — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:26:42 +0100

One of the great joys of being a father is being able to see your kids grow in the Lord and begin to serve Him with their life. This furlough, Aaron has been able to serve the Lord by singing in various churches that we have been in. It is neat to see his willingness to sing in different churches even through nervousness and insecurities.

Here is a video of Aaron and Deanna singing in one of the churches.

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - September 2011

David and Favi Velasquez — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:03:32 +0100

Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends,

While on deputation, during a mission’s conference, the guest speaker at this particular church event had some great advice to offer all of the missionaries. I cherish what he said. He recommended that we get a copy of the ministry presentation that we gave at various churches and listen to it after we had been on the field for a while. The idea was, “Are you still doing what you said you would do?” I know that in order to ...

Multiple Witnesses to the Truth

David and Favi Velasquez — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:56:40 +0100

When we arrived in Spain nine months ago after finishing our deputation I was finally able to witness first-hand the wonderful reports that I had heard from the team about the church that had recently been started. God was doing a work in Parla, Madrid and it was evident! The church had been started a few months earlier and already souls had been saved and people baptized (every person that was saved, was baptized and was faithfully attending church services). It was great to arrive on the mi...

Adoption Update

Jeffrey Andrews — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:27:56 +0100

Many people have been asking about our adoption progress so I decided that I would give an update.

We are still waiting. It has been 1 year and 4 months since we started the process. When we started, the agency told us that it normally takes 12 to 18 months. When we returned to the USA 4 weeks ago, we had to renew our home study. The home study is good for 1 year and has to be renewed each year.

Many of you have no idea how an adoption works...

Pioneer Team Missions - Intro

David and Favi Velasquez — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:28:36 +0100

One of the many purposes for our ministry blog is to share our personal experiences in the ministry here in Spain in hope that we can offer some help to future missionaries who are starting a new work. Except for my father, who has been a missionary for over 30 years, my brother-in-law Jeffrey Andrews and I have very little experience in the ministry. I may have grown up on the mission field and worked in various ministries throughout my youth but doing the ministry in the capacity that I am ...

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - July 2011

David and Favi Velasquez — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:54:41 +0100

Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends,

Great news! If you remember in our last letter we talked about a special service that we were going to have at our church in June. We called the service “Friend Day” and we really encouraged our people to invite their friends, family and co-workers to the service. We had really been preparing our people to focus their attention on the people that they already knew to start making an impact in their lives for Christ. We told them that m...

Andrews Prayer Letter - July 2011

Jeffrey Andrews — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Dear Praying friends, family, and churches:

FURLOUGH IS HERE!

We have arrived in the States and have started visiting churches. We are currently at Beacon Baptist Church, the church where I was saved, baptized and called into full-time ministry. We were able to give an update about our ministry and we have been able to spend a few extra days here while Aaron attends their VBS. The people are so kind and loving and we are so glad to be here.

We will be traveling much durin...

Andrews Furlough Video Presentation

Jeffrey Andrews — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:00:43 +0100

We will be taking our first-ever furlough and we are very excited about reporting of what God has done in the work here. We have made a video presentation to show in our churches. This is a glance of what God is doing in Spain.

You can also view our presentation that we used before we came to Spain. It shows our burden for Spain and what we planned to do. You can view that by clicking on the link below.

http://www.thatallmayknow.net/video-presentations.h...

Friend Day

David and Favi Velasquez — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:32:32 +0100

About two months ago we had the idea to have a special day at the church on June 12. We decided to call the special day, "Friend Day." The purpose of the special service was to give our people the opportunity to invite their friends and loved ones to church so that they could hear the gospel. We explained that if the people that they invited didn't come it wouldn't be a failure because they had at least initiated the process of introducing their friends and loved ones to Christ. Two weeks bef...

Working as a Team and Trying New Methods

Julio and Andrea Velasquez — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 +0100

My husband and I have been missionaries for 30 years in Spain and Venezuela. We have tried many ways of reaching people with the Gospel. Some of the ways have worked, others not. Two years ago we returned to Spain to work as a team with our children and their spouses. As we serve the Lord over many years, there is a tendency to keep on doing things the same way. We think our way is the only way. We are so excited that God has allowed us to be part of ...

DISCIPLESHIP OF NEW BELIEVERS AND TRAINING LEADERS

Julio and Andrea Velasquez — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:10:11 +0100

Discipleship truly transformed our ministry many years ago. 30 years ago as new missionaries we did not know much about Biblical discipleship. Of course when people got saved we would help them as much as possible in their spiritual growth and we would encourage them to be faithful to church so that they would hear the teaching and preaching of the Word of God. But so many of the believers would get discouraged or would start causing division or would leave the church and ta...

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - May 2011

David and Favi Velasquez — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:28:50 +0100

Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends,

Sometimes as I walk through the streets of Parla I am reminded of my childhood here in Spain. I remember like it was yesterday all of the fun things I used to do as a kid in this incredible country. I remember our church in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). Although we had a small church many pastors, leaders and missionaries came out of that ministry. My friends, Alberto, Francisco (They are both married and on their way to serve God as missiona...

Julio and Andrea Velasquez - June 2011

Jeffrey Andrews — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:33:05 +0100

Dear Co-laborers in Christ,

As we begin our 31st year serving as missionaries, we have to say that each year gets sweeter and more exciting. We are not tired, but energized as we see people come to Christ, grow in the Lord and desire to serve Him. We continually receive good news from people who have been saved in our first ministry here in Spain and also those saved in Venezuela and we praise God for how He continues His work in those places.

The work here in Parla is growing n...

Andrews Prayer Letter - May 2011

Jeffrey Andrews — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Dear Praying friends, family, and churches:

FURLOUGH PLANS

I would like to announce again that we will be taking a FURLOUGH this year starting in the summer. We are planning on being in the states from the summer through the fall. Many churches have responded since our last prayer letter and our schedule is filling up fast. If any church would like for us to come and give an update about our ministry, please let us know. If you have contacted us by one of the methods li...

A Bible in Every Home Project

Jeffrey Andrews — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0100

It is exciting to be serving God and doing His will. As many of you know, we have finished our DVD project. The results were innumerable as we know that thousands of people watched the DVD and heard a clear presentation of the Gospel and 3 people were saved and baptized as a direct result of the project.

One of our goals is to saturate the city with the Gospel each year. Since we have finished the DVD project, we began the "Bible in Every Home" project. O...

Baptism - March 27th, 2011

Jeffrey Andrews — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Last night was a very special night for our church. Our church has been open for bible studies and services for almost a year and we have seen God do some wonderful things. It amazes us how God continues to work in the hearts and lives of people.

Last night, we were able to baptize 5 people. Around 30 people came to the baptism from our ch...

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - March 2011

David and Favi Velasquez — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:04:18 +0100

Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends,

It wasn’t too long ago that I was sitting in my office in Atlanta imagining myself in Spain. I am so thankful that I am now exactly where God wants me to be. As a teenager I wanted to go back to Spain but never as a missionary. I had bought into the lie that the work could never really be done in this dark place. I wanted to go someplace were I could be a “successful” missionary. God began to work in my heart and gave me th...

That All May Know Ministries

Andrews Prayer Letter - January 2012

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - December 2011

Andrews Prayer Letter - November 2011

The joy of being a Father!

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - September 2011

Multiple Witnesses to the Truth

Adoption Update

Pioneer Team Missions - Intro

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - July 2011

Andrews Prayer Letter - July 2011

Andrews Furlough Video Presentation

Friend Day

Working as a Team and Trying New Methods

DISCIPLESHIP OF NEW BELIEVERS AND TRAINING LEADERS

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - May 2011

Julio and Andrea Velasquez - June 2011

Andrews Prayer Letter - May 2011

A Bible in Every Home Project

Baptism - March 27th, 2011

David Velasquez Prayer Letter - March 2011