We first went to Spain in 2013-14. Here are links to posts from that first year:
Preparations
- Ray Family Sabbatical Year
- Sabbatical and Scripture
- Sabbatical and Money
- Kids and Sabbatical
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Serving with One Mission Society
- Madrid, Paul & Sylvia Cummings, and What We’ll Be Doing
- In Emily’s Words — “From A to C (we’re nowhere near Z yet)”
- “Why Spain?” and a Ray family update
- The storm before the calm
- Better than sex
- Who knew we would need a RAFT to get to Spain?
Reflections & Updates
- We have arrived! (and some early notes)
- The most humbling thing I’ve ever done
- Notes on living in a foreign country
- School, English classes, and emergency rooms in Spain
- On not having an agenda … and having an agenda
- Fervent prayer
- Calling versus passion
- “So what do you do?”
- On looking back, and a ministry update
- Failure
- Looking forward
- Learning to listen and more notes on calling
- The Church as a blessing
- Fresh Breeze