Monday, April 14, 2008

Warm and beautiful










The first week in April we were in Piniscola, Spain, joining the ECM (http://www.ecmi.org/) Biennial Conference. We were two families from the Mission Covenant Church in Sweden, a missionary couple in Spain and ourselves. Over 300 people, ECM staff and coworkers as well as supporters, meeting old and new friends. Hearing David Ruiz teaching, reports on developments on the different European mission fields and also some free time.

We were able to share something about the situation in the northernmost part of Sweden. I also had two seminars on Being Christian in a world of science. Which gave quite some interesting discussions.
Once again we heard about Europe, the only continent where the church diminishes, but also about signs of hope for the Christian Church in Europe.


Papa Luna was the name of our hotel. The castle in town was once the refuge of a pope, Cardinal de Luna or Benedict XIII, while he had a rivalling pope in Avignon. We learned about this history when visiting the castle. The castle on the isthmus is today a geautiful place to visit with a nice view on the surroundings.




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