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| Jose speaks in the chapel at the inaugural service |
This
article will be a pictorial. I have written a good deal about how God worked
through a Spanish couple, who moved to Scandinavia, feeling directly led of
God. Having never been in Sweden, God showed him a small town there, named Dals
Ed… Valle of the Pact. I won't tell the story again, I simply mention that Jose
Hurtado and his wife, Marga, 20 years later, find themselves in the town of Dals Ed, Sweden,
but I can assure you, that it is by the direct intervention of God. I received
a telephone call from him several months ago, telling of plans to start a Bible
school in a hotel in the town. It began with 12 students and 4 more have been added at the
beginning of the second semester.
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| Hotel and Bible School, "The Great Commission" |
Jose
figures that the hotel can accommodate about 20 students, but some of us, along
with Jose, feel that that will not be enough in the future. Recently Jose put
in a bid on a beautiful property on a lake shore in the same town, with a
chapel and other buildings to house another 30 students. Although two other
people put in higher bids on the same property, it landed in Jose´s hands.
Last
Sunday, he and Marga, along with the students and staff, held a special
inauguration on the new property. Here, I will let you read Jose´s report of
the event:
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| The new property |
"Today, we inaugurated the church of Dals Ed. We were 120 people and had to put seats in the aisle. Then we had coffee and rolls in the yellow house. Very special.
Gun and Leif came, the elderly men that had Luthagard (the former owners) before. They told their story and that of RETO, and they were grateful to God that RETO has it now. It was very emotional.
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| The Yellow House |
There were representatives of the local churches, who,
without being in the program, said a word and came to congratulate us with
bouquets of flowers, very appreciative for the work of RETO. The people sat,
some crying... the presence of God was strong.
At the
end of the song, (Revive Us) everybody stood and sang along, clapping their
hands. It was impressive. Glory to God!"
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The students sing "Revive Us"
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| Come, behold the works of the Lord |
Jose
and Marga held the inauguration for the new property in Dals Ed, Sweden, on
Sunday. Saturday night, I was speaking in Marga's hometown, Melide, Spain. Years ago,
I was there, when people from Coruña held evangelistic meetings. It was not too
long ago, when the townspeople held their first meeting in a new church. I cannot
tell you how thrilled I am to see the Lord building His church in Melide. Marga
must be thrilled about a church in her home town. What a great bunch of people!
I´ll share a photo taken last Saturday night. (People sent this to me).
After the meeting, Carlos and Cruz, who drove me to Melide, and I, ate octopus at a Pulperia, a restaurant dedicated to the specialty. We were invited by Marga's cousin (in the red shirt), Manuel, his wife and son. They have a daughter in the Bible school in Sweden.
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| Ending the special day with octopus |
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