“A Dissonant Landscape”

July Prayer Letter
2007
First Friday Fast
6 of July

I would like to praise the Lord for an encounter we had in Toledo; many of them were new believers. Praise God for what He is doing in the church. Nancy Berry

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Pray for:

SW Europe: Lin and Nancy Berry: Regional Ministry Coordinator for Southwest Europe

Pray for:

July 5 at 7:30 pm we are having a special showing in Síntesis (the culture centre). So please Pray! We will be inviting people who we have made contact with in the other shows that we have had. This is a way to meet people so that later we can invite them to an activity of the church. People here will never come to an activity of the church unless they know you and you have earned the right to speak of spiritual things into their lives.

We have finally updated the web site of the Síntesis Gallery and Culture Centre in Toledo, Spain. If you click on “artists” and “see Lin’s work” you will find a collection of @20 of my newest paintings that will be in our new show opening on Thursday 5 of July. The show is titled “A Dissonant Landscape” and has a number of semi-abstract landscapes in view. There are 5-6 that have a prophetic message woven into the design.

Please pray that we’ll have good success, we’ve invited a lot of people and media. The web address is http://www.galeriasintesis.com/.

Blessings, Lin Berry

Pray for the Spain Conference

Nicolas and Yolanda in Madrid, Orlando and Blanca in Madrid, Jaime and Prude in Parla
Rafa and Patty in Malagón, Manuel and Charo in Barcelona, Israel and Enca in Manresa
Gary and Kathy in Granada, Francis in Alcalá de Henares,
Gabriel and Yolanda in Toledo, Jorge and Luz Mary in Antequera, Tomás and Vicky in Numancia

::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Remember Rafa and Patty in Malagón. He has been suffering from an illness as a result of his past life as a drug user. He is doing
much better but still needs a miracle from God.

Remember Jaime and Prude in Parla. They just got a building and now they have more responsibilities then before. Also remember her health. She has MS. Last month I asked that you pray for her. She is doing very well. I believe that God has touched her. Praise The Lord!

Gary and Kathy in Granada

Praise reports:

We want to thank you all for your prayers during this last term in Granada, Spain. We are now on furlough and closed this cycle of studies at Project Advance the night before we left for the States. The students expressed their gratitude in many ways and are looking forward to continuing the language classes when we return in September, Lord willing.

In our final English class with Spanish students we joined together in a circle and prayed together, thanking the Lord for His help and praying for each one and their plans for the summer. With tears and hugs we embraced. Gary and I thank the Lord for this open door into the lives of these beautiful people.

Another highlight was when one of our Palestinian students came by to say good-bye. He was getting ready to leave for the summer and hopes to return this fall with his family. He, along with some other Palestinian friends, saw the Passion of Christ with us at Easter and also invited us for a delicious traditional meal. He expressed his love and appreciation to us for being "family" to him and Gary was able to take him to the airport and have a coffee there with him while he waited for his airplane. These things might seem small but they fill us with joy as we know that they are a blessing and comfort to our friends. We had a prayer with him before he left and talked about spiritual things.

Prayer requests:

For continued direction in the work in Granada, Spain.
That the seeds that have been planted will bring forth fruit.
Anointing as we minister to friends, family and the churches here in the States.

God bless you, Gary and Kathy


Crystal Clay in Spain

Praise Report: After over two months of waiting, I am in my apartment in Toledo! It is a complete blessing by God for me. The location couldn't be better, and I have a special bonus room above the apartment that has the best view of the city. God is so good!

Encounters
I attended two weekend retreats this month called "encounters" with two different groups of women. Encounters are designed to provide an opportunity for each person to have a personal encounter with God, and I truly did. One thing that God showed me was how I feel I have to be perfect all of the time because I have fear that God and other people won't love me if I don't do everything exactly right. I have always struggled with perfectionism, but I believe that God set me free from that fear during the encounter last weekend. It is wonderful to give myself room to make mistakes!


Prayer Request: During July I will be taking a Spanish class at the University here in Toledo. It meets every day from 9:00 to 1:30, so it is kind of intense. Please pray that I will be able to quickly grasp more of the language and that my Spanish abilities will grow by leaps and bounds this month.

http://www.crystalinspain.com/ (you can link to my blog from there; and an online picture album)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Pray for Portugal : Tony and Patti Guasco

We here in Cascais, Portugal are doing well and the Lord is blessing His work. We have been waiting now for a financial blessing that will in able us to find a bigger place and it seems just literally days away. We ask that this come to pass soon “as the Lord wills”. Also the legalization / registering of the church is 95% complete and we will soon be an officially recognized church in Portugal. This is very valuable to us in so many ways, for 1 will now be able to have more missionaries come to Portugal to help us with the work here. Also we have a team from NJ that is coming in on the 14-15th of July to do evangelism with us.


On a personal note we are now illegible to get a 2 yr residence permit, where as before we just had an extended visa for 1 yr periods of time. Going thru the process is not a big deal but not that we will have residency we have a bit more rights and we will be considered more than just tourists. We are in the middle of this process right now and we should know the verdict within weeks.

Alisa (our oldest daughter) is going into her last semester of bible school and she literally has no money for tuition –so we are asking for prayer for this. After graduation at the end of this year she will then transfer over to an liberal arts college to finish her degree in either history or English literature. She thinks that in someway the Lord might use her on the mission field in Europe somewhere as self supported missionary.

We ask that you take a moment and lift this request up to the Lord for us and we will do the same for you. Blessings on you and your efforts- Tony Guasco
…………………………………
Pray for Malta Pastor Joe Agius and family



Greetings from Malta:
These are some prayers requests for our church.
Please pray:

We need permits for evangelism. Although we are not being denied permits, the authorities are taking too long to reply and some don’t even reply.
Please pray for marriages and other relationships. It seems that the devil is really working overtime to cause division with couples.
Please pray for our church to have more new Christians added. We are doing all that we know we should do, including trusting and praying, but still people do not come to the Lord.
Please pray for our finances. Our evangelism programs are taking lots of our income and putting strain on other important departments.
Please pray that the Lord will continue to manifest Himself in our midst as He has been doing for many months. We really wish that we do not loose this great vision
Please pray for our young people to remain in the Lord.


Grace and peace in Jesus

Joe