¡Sí a la Vida, no al Aborto!

This morning we had a short worship service with our church and then headed to downtown Córdoba together to join hundreds of others (Catholics, evangelicals and non-religious alike) for a demonstration against the laws permitting abortion here.  In fact, there were similar protests all across Spain this morning urging the liberal, secular government to reconsider their lenient position towards abortion, making it little more than a law of convenience and not of responsibility.  A special treat for our congregation was that a teenager from our church was selected to read part of a statement to the government.  Please pray for President Zapatero and the government here, and please pray for us as followers of Jesus, that we would represent Him well and share His Good News relevantly in this culture that desperately needs to receive it.

By the way, the title of this post means 'Yes to Life, No to Abortion,' and the signs we are holding say 'For the right to life:  let them be born!'

It's Snowing in Córdoba!

After we arrived home from church and had started eating lunch, we looked out our third story apartment window and saw that it was snowing!  Having lived in New Jersey and PA for all of our married life (and B.J. having grown up in Illinois), you'd think that this wouldn't be a big deal for us...but we live in sunny and warm Córdoba, Spain!  And right now it's neither sunny nor warm, but it's fun that it's actually snowing, which rarely ever happens in the city of Córdoba (maybe once every four or five years, tops).  Above you can see a video of our Australian friend and ECM coworker, Chloë, react to the snow.  Being an Aussie from Sydney, she's only seen snow in person 4 or 5 times in her entire life!