Dear Friendsand Family,

It’s so nice that you will get this letter soon after we write it.  I remember growing up before the internet when letters would take a few weeks to get overseas and my parents remember when it would take a Month and a half especially sending stuff around Christmas.   It is a great age where our Lord is using technology that, lets be honest, He invented, to connect us more.  It is a huge opportunity to reach all over the world with the gospel.  It connectsus in the field in Spain with you in the field in the States or around the world to encourage each to keep going where the Lord has us to spread the word.

Well we are finally here in Spain everyone!  We are so excited as we get settled and see family and friends again in the area.   It has been a crazy ride getting over here but all your prayers have been a blessing as we got everything ready.  We also had an amazing turn out when loading up the container that made everything go so smoothly.   We have taken two weeks to get all the paperwork that comes with settling into a new country, filled out and turned in.   I have to start studying for my drivers license over here.   Please pray for this because it costs around $1500 to take the tests and you get two attempts before you have to pay again. So I have to really study hard.  It is so expensive to get a car and license over in Spain that most people do not own a car until they are out of college and have a full time job.  We are starting to get over Jet lag now and feel more aware of our surroundings.

Sylvia and I can’t thank you enough for your faithful support both prayer and financial over the time we where fundraising.   We are now in the field and though we are only at 50% of our needed monthly support the Lord is providing in different ways. My parents have a small basement area we will be living in until our monthly support grows more.  We are excited to start in the ministry over here and see the Lord us and you all over there as a team to reach more Spanish for the Lord.   If the Lord is leading you to support us in the ministry over here in Spain our most urgent need is monthly support commitments in the amount of whatever the Lord leads.  To get set up for this go to our webpage and click the Donations button or go directly to:  www.jerysylf.com/donations

Here are some important Prayer and Praiserequests for these next few months. 

PRAISE:

We are in Spain!  This is a huge blessing and the Lord got us here smoothly.   Shania even slept almost 4 hours in the plane.

Praise Him for all the People that came and helped load our container.  That was a blessing

Praise Him for providing a home through CBC up in NC for us to stay in the last two weeks in the states since all our furniture was on a boat to Spain.

Praise Him for our support going up from 43% to 50% in the last couple months.  We are getting there at His perfect pace.

We Praise Him for all of you that stepping forward with us financially and in Prayer to see Spain change from one of the countries in the world with the least amount of believers in it to one that is full of people that love our Lord.  Something only our God can do for without Him we do nothing.

PRAYER:

Pray for us as we get all our paperwork and processes done and set up for living in Spain.  I am relearning and in most cases learning everything from scratch on how it works over in Spain for Finances, residency, etc.   Also for me testing for my drivers license.   The tests are very hard and as I mentioned before are expensive.

Pray for our household stuff to get here safely and that there is no hold up at the Barcelona port which will cost us daily and can get very expensive.

Pray with us for all the kids, youth, and families coming to Camp this summer.  That the Lord would bind the enemy so that the spirit may work in many lives and many souls be reached for His Glory.  

Pray for the Staff both full time and volunteers that will be at the camp.  May the Lord grow us all closer to Him and give us the strength to push forward and do our best for the nonbelievers coming to camp so they have a great time.

Here are some pictures for you all.

Top Left:  Hanging out our clothes to dry at Sylvia's Parents house

Top Right:  Shania Fine Dining on a Plane for her size its like first class

Middle Left:  Shania watching as we land in Spain.  We where going over the water and so she was saying boat and agua (water in spanish) the whole time hehe

Middle Right:  We lucked out on the long flight and there was two empty seats on left so I set up a tent type structure so she could sleep....She slept for 4 hours!!!! YAY!!!

Middle Left Again:   Shania having her first loaf of Spanish bread .... mmmmm

The Other two pictures:  Jeremy cutting and eating ( Might have eaten most of what he cut)  Cured ham right off the leg of the pig.   This stuff is GOOD!!   Gave Shania a piece and she kept saying "more" over and over.