35 Years of Missionary Service in Spain
  

In May of this year Becky and I celebrated our 35th anniversary as missionaries to the land of Spain. Our early years were occupied with learning the Spanish language, learning more about the history and the culture of the Spanish people, and helping Lavon and Carolyn Waters in the establishing of the "Iglesia Bautista Calvario" (Calvary Baptist Temple) of Madrid. Seven years later we opened the Bible Baptist Church of Mostoles as a mission out of the Madrid church.

When we moved to Mostoles in 1975, it was fast becoming a thriving bedroom community of Madrid with a population of 100,000 and yet without a single evangelical church. We organized our mission into a New Testament Baptist church in July, 1983. Since that time our church has produced two young men who were saved and trained under our ministry and then went into full-time service. Our church has also served as "mother church" for five mission churches, three of which are now organized independent Baptist churches.

Our church also sponsors the Calvary Baptist Bible Institute whichs provides training for our church members as well as those of other independent Baptist churches in the greater Madrid area. Currently we are training two of our faithful laymen who are involved in the teaching and preaching of the Word of God.

Now that summer is here we are actively involved in the camp ministry. In July we will be helping in the intermediate age camp, the first week of August we will be helping in the youth camp, and the third week of August, I will be directing the first family camp. Independent Baptist churches from all over Spain colaborate in these camps held in the Mount Calvary Baptist Camp in the province of Guadalajara, just northeast of Madrid.

We invite you to browse our web site. If you haven't looked at the link, "Life's Greatest Discovery", please take a few minutes to do so. We appreciate your interest in us and our ministry in Spain; and we especially appreciate your prayers. God bless you.

Marvin & Becky