<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910</id><updated>2011-09-12T09:59:04.796-07:00</updated><category term='Mercedes y Marlan'/><category term='Bautismo'/><category term='Baptism'/><category term='2010'/><category term='El Shaddai'/><category term='La Jota'/><category term='Estudios Biblicos'/><category term='Mercedes'/><title type='text'>Noticias Marlan &amp; Mercedes News</title><subtitle type='html'>Misioneros con Ripe for Harvest en Zaragoza, Espana / Ripe for Harvest Missionaries in Zaragoza, Spain</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>68</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-4750615254341712315</id><published>2011-06-30T18:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T18:02:43.848-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010'/><title type='text'>Christmas Party – 2010 – Fiesta de Navidad</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QECUTIwq1Lg/Tg0TS48D7sI/AAAAAAAABBU/BwhzNZn4cy8/s1600/SANY0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QECUTIwq1Lg/Tg0TS48D7sI/AAAAAAAABBU/BwhzNZn4cy8/s320/SANY0514.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We held our second El Shaddai Christmas Party at a local Chinese Restaurant. This time the owner was not a believer in Christ, like last year, but we decided to host it at his establishment because it was within walking distance to the church facility. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5KnVI1vVJcM/Tg0T6qKwiJI/AAAAAAAABBY/gcdRg83yLGQ/s1600/SANY0519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5KnVI1vVJcM/Tg0T6qKwiJI/AAAAAAAABBY/gcdRg83yLGQ/s320/SANY0519.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Celebramos nuestra segunda fiesta de Navidad como Iglesia El Shaddai en un restaurant chino cercano al local de la iglesia. El dueño del restaurant no era creyente como el del 2009, pero decidimos celebrarlo ahí porque estaba cerca del local.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ztERydY2inQ/Tg0VMTWvTtI/AAAAAAAABBg/tJdhbni-lv4/s1600/SANY0522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ztERydY2inQ/Tg0VMTWvTtI/AAAAAAAABBg/tJdhbni-lv4/s320/SANY0522.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We had a Christmas Carol sing time along with special music done by Yilian, Ruth, Alex, Mercedes and Mario. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBH77Vj2HNE/Tg0UTiopbbI/AAAAAAAABBc/JLBrVkvEmF8/s1600/SANY0520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBH77Vj2HNE/Tg0UTiopbbI/AAAAAAAABBc/JLBrVkvEmF8/s320/SANY0520.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Cantamos villancicos de Navidad además de música especial por Yilian, Rut, Alex, Mercedes y Mario. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7PAnryPItho/Tg0XtBPDe_I/AAAAAAAABBk/v5y3Iq1-IQI/s1600/SANY0525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7PAnryPItho/Tg0XtBPDe_I/AAAAAAAABBk/v5y3Iq1-IQI/s320/SANY0525.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;﻿&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We also had a play performed by children of all ages and sizes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0UgEGVkt0gk/Tg0ZN4MRkmI/AAAAAAAABBs/bO8rJLr5Zno/s1600/SANY0531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0UgEGVkt0gk/Tg0ZN4MRkmI/AAAAAAAABBs/bO8rJLr5Zno/s320/SANY0531.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;También tuvimos una obra de teatro protagonizada por niños de todas las edades y todos los tamaños.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1U58qPfh18/Tg0aHLQKJ8I/AAAAAAAABB0/SbbbhaLmCng/s1600/SANY0516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1U58qPfh18/Tg0aHLQKJ8I/AAAAAAAABB0/SbbbhaLmCng/s320/SANY0516.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Then there was a brief Christmas Story message and then it was time for the food. We had around 60 people, more than half were guests invited by various members of the church.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tbVUZad6IyU/Tg0aL-SGT5I/AAAAAAAABB4/3oijdz7D6MQ/s1600/SANY0517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tbVUZad6IyU/Tg0aL-SGT5I/AAAAAAAABB4/3oijdz7D6MQ/s320/SANY0517.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Luego hubo una corta predicación sobre la Navidad y luego tiempo de comer. Tuvimos alrededor de unas 60 personas, más de la mitad en asistencia fueron invitados por varios miembros de la iglesia. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9vSTtsR1t6k/Tg0bEYwWr4I/AAAAAAAABB8/ygErLjyWURk/s1600/SANY0535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9vSTtsR1t6k/Tg0bEYwWr4I/AAAAAAAABB8/ygErLjyWURk/s320/SANY0535.JPG" width="240px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Then it was time for the children of the church to receive their Christmas presents. We hope that you have received the best present of all time, the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior of your life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_g9dP2JYLhk/Tg0bJYx1SuI/AAAAAAAABCA/9bUw5OFb4Fw/s1600/SANY0538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_g9dP2JYLhk/Tg0bJYx1SuI/AAAAAAAABCA/9bUw5OFb4Fw/s320/SANY0538.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Después del postre era hora de abrir los regalos para los niños de la iglesia. Es nuestra esperanza que usted haya recibido el mejor regalo de todos los tiempos, al Señor Jesucristo como su Señor y Salvador de su vida.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ifp7PK0OWWs/Tg0bmwLWdSI/AAAAAAAABCE/5cUJ3IzF8M8/s320/SANY0548.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-4750615254341712315?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/4750615254341712315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=4750615254341712315&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4750615254341712315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4750615254341712315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2011/06/christmas-party-2010-fiesta-de-navidad.html' title='Christmas Party – 2010 – Fiesta de Navidad'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QECUTIwq1Lg/Tg0TS48D7sI/AAAAAAAABBU/BwhzNZn4cy8/s72-c/SANY0514.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5518961045412670556</id><published>2011-06-30T15:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T15:26:27.448-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010'/><title type='text'>New Believers – Nuevos Creyentes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsVblPrFnNQ/Tgz1BJtLg0I/AAAAAAAABAg/Bs4YArtXROs/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsVblPrFnNQ/Tgz1BJtLg0I/AAAAAAAABAg/Bs4YArtXROs/s320/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+449.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Courier New&amp;quot;, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A young couple which has been visiting the church and have been having Bible Studies with Mercedes received Jesus Christ into their hearts as Lord and Savior of their lives in late November. It was a rare treat to be able to lead both Mario and Sandra, as a couple, in prayer to receive the Lord together. It was also neat that Ruth could be present for such a joyous occasion. Please pray for their growth as they walk together with the Lord.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zKFRt32F-7U/Tgz0g62EmTI/AAAAAAAABAY/Pwr6aYyLaz8/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zKFRt32F-7U/Tgz0g62EmTI/AAAAAAAABAY/Pwr6aYyLaz8/s320/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+451.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Courier New&amp;quot;, Courier, monospace;"&gt;Una pareja joven quienes han estado visitando la iglesia y han estado estudiando la Biblia con Mercedes recibieron a Jesucristo en sus corazones con Señor y Salvador de sus vidas a finales de Noviembre. Fue una bendición especial el poder orar con Mario y Sandra juntos como pareja para recibir al Señor. Fue chévere que Rut pudo estar para presenciar una ocasión tan gozosa. Por favor oren por su crecimiento mientras caminan juntos con el Señor.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oiporGPtD7w/Tgz0Z5Mc_6I/AAAAAAAABAU/IPynf1MbXds/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oiporGPtD7w/Tgz0Z5Mc_6I/AAAAAAAABAU/IPynf1MbXds/s320/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+446.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5518961045412670556?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5518961045412670556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5518961045412670556&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5518961045412670556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5518961045412670556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-believers-nuevos-creyentes.html' title='New Believers – Nuevos Creyentes'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsVblPrFnNQ/Tgz1BJtLg0I/AAAAAAAABAg/Bs4YArtXROs/s72-c/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+449.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5262279100861634730</id><published>2011-06-30T14:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T16:45:27.750-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010'/><title type='text'>Thanksgiving Day – 2010 – Día de Acción de Gracias</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TjLDp6ePT2o/TgzuWqnxaMI/AAAAAAAABAQ/luRZrxCFnIo/s1600/SANY0236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TjLDp6ePT2o/TgzuWqnxaMI/AAAAAAAABAQ/luRZrxCFnIo/s320/SANY0236.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bqYzFwkK3mI/TgzuKns-wwI/AAAAAAAABAM/JttowLX18Vk/s1600/SANY0226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bqYzFwkK3mI/TgzuKns-wwI/AAAAAAAABAM/JttowLX18Vk/s320/SANY0226.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-geJgkDYAaFY/TgzlA8FcygI/AAAAAAAAA_0/avV4f0Q8aMA/s1600/SANY0230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-geJgkDYAaFY/TgzlA8FcygI/AAAAAAAAA_0/avV4f0Q8aMA/s320/SANY0230.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VcRebW21_CQ/TgzlvaBs3OI/AAAAAAAABAE/zPVs5AzrgCw/s1600/SANY0225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VcRebW21_CQ/TgzlvaBs3OI/AAAAAAAABAE/zPVs5AzrgCw/s320/SANY0225.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We celebrated our second Thanksgiving Day as a church in late November. It was well attended. We had a blessed time of sharing testimonies of how the Lord has worked in all our lives along with a short message on being thankful to the Lord. It goes without saying that we had food from several parts of the world represented. We even had a few visitors that had never come to the church before. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4FF4I-vjkik/Tgzl8UoThqI/AAAAAAAABAI/fpSahxZxNPg/s1600/SANY0227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4FF4I-vjkik/Tgzl8UoThqI/AAAAAAAABAI/fpSahxZxNPg/s320/SANY0227.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vVLPXNWECdw/TgzlX2H9FCI/AAAAAAAAA_8/YTUATfcg8-o/s1600/SANY0234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vVLPXNWECdw/TgzlX2H9FCI/AAAAAAAAA_8/YTUATfcg8-o/s320/SANY0234.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Celebramos nuestra segunda reunión del Día de Acción de Gracias como iglesia a finales de Noviembre. Hubo una buena asistencia. Compartimos testimonios de como el Señor ha trabajado en nuestras vidas además de una breve reflexión sobre ser agradecidos al Señor. Por supuesto disfrutamos de comidas de distintas partes del mundo. Además tuvimos algunos visitantes que nunca habían venido a nuestra congregación. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--QU_82W7p2g/TgzlkcZIbsI/AAAAAAAABAA/jE8PIsQpoX4/s1600/SANY0232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--QU_82W7p2g/TgzlkcZIbsI/AAAAAAAABAA/jE8PIsQpoX4/s320/SANY0232.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PkkSnaP6u7k/Tgzkz7yt9nI/AAAAAAAAA_w/bDqTY0jYT4M/s1600/SANY0215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PkkSnaP6u7k/Tgzkz7yt9nI/AAAAAAAAA_w/bDqTY0jYT4M/s320/SANY0215.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"&gt;By the way, the men wanted to demonstrate their appreciation to the ladies and all of their hard work during the year as they prepared special dinners for the church by giving the ladies flowers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X_Mj-ePAjvI/Tg0HTgXRXRI/AAAAAAAABAs/W7bXnydi23E/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X_Mj-ePAjvI/Tg0HTgXRXRI/AAAAAAAABAs/W7bXnydi23E/s320/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+466.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mtiD_sKakrw/Tg0Hbqr28nI/AAAAAAAABAw/Xgsx-GfNWVc/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mtiD_sKakrw/Tg0Hbqr28nI/AAAAAAAABAw/Xgsx-GfNWVc/s320/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+467.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eaf-9cxCdEM/Tg0H5h1reAI/AAAAAAAABA8/D5v_8NPyzCk/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Sin que faltara, los caballeros querían mostrar su apreciación a las mujeres por todo el trabajo duro que han hecho las hermanas preparando comidas especiales para la iglesia durante todo el año y lo hicieron por medio de flores. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m6KoxxP5fno/Tg0HEQqLFrI/AAAAAAAABAk/cUF449oYg4k/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lD-hG_R-L0c/Tg0HNUr4idI/AAAAAAAABAo/mHq5JvCmFNo/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lD-hG_R-L0c/Tg0HNUr4idI/AAAAAAAABAo/mHq5JvCmFNo/s320/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+465.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LmQQtDLvdYg/Tg0HyAiPypI/AAAAAAAABA4/0bcfC1czJH4/s1600/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LmQQtDLvdYg/Tg0HyAiPypI/AAAAAAAABA4/0bcfC1czJH4/s320/viajes+mercedes+mama+2010+468.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5262279100861634730?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5262279100861634730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5262279100861634730&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5262279100861634730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5262279100861634730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2011/06/thanksgiving-day-2010-dia-de-accion-de.html' title='Thanksgiving Day – 2010 – Día de Acción de Gracias'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TjLDp6ePT2o/TgzuWqnxaMI/AAAAAAAABAQ/luRZrxCFnIo/s72-c/SANY0236.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5572695044111221554</id><published>2011-06-30T13:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T13:41:31.267-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010'/><title type='text'>Ruth Arrives – Llegada de Rut</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Kl90A-Fz8M/TgzdsdDVieI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/G7eSbJDD0rM/s1600/Ruth+Arrival+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Kl90A-Fz8M/TgzdsdDVieI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/G7eSbJDD0rM/s320/Ruth+Arrival+01.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"&gt;We have much to be thankful to the Lord. In November 2010, several people and churches had gathered funds in order to present a birthday gift to Marlan’s mother, Ruth. The birthday gift was a trip to Spain in order to visit us and help us during the busy Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. She arrived in mid-November and she was a tremendous blessing to us and to the El Shaddai Church family. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EM_CymGK4M8/Tgzd1fX6J8I/AAAAAAAAA_U/g6m-jF5tVlg/s1600/Ruth+Arrival+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EM_CymGK4M8/Tgzd1fX6J8I/AAAAAAAAA_U/g6m-jF5tVlg/s320/Ruth+Arrival+03.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"&gt;Tenemos mucho para ser agradecidos al Señor. En Noviembre del 2010, varias personas e iglesias reunieron fondos para presentarle un regalo de cumpleaños a la madre de Marlan, dona Rut. Su regalo de cumpleaños fue un viaje a España para visitarnos y para ayudarnos durante las épocas ajetreadas de Acción de Gracias y la Navidad. Ella llego a mediados de Noviembre y fue una bendición tremenda para nosotros y para todos los hermanos de El Shaddai. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5572695044111221554?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5572695044111221554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5572695044111221554&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5572695044111221554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5572695044111221554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2011/06/ruth-arrives-llegada-de-rut.html' title='Ruth Arrives – Llegada de Rut'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Kl90A-Fz8M/TgzdsdDVieI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/G7eSbJDD0rM/s72-c/Ruth+Arrival+01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-7219409417707075913</id><published>2010-12-15T17:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T18:00:59.053-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Forty - 40 - Cuarenta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlvz4wd8II/AAAAAAAAA-c/Cb91QYTUs8E/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B888.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551090952910532738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlvz4wd8II/AAAAAAAAA-c/Cb91QYTUs8E/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B888.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlvkOAFaEI/AAAAAAAAA-U/HEPwCYfQt3g/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B883.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551090683735271490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlvkOAFaEI/AAAAAAAAA-U/HEPwCYfQt3g/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B883.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Also in August, many of the ladies of the church and Mercedes planned a surprise birthday party for this 40 year old kid. We played games near the river, opened the piñata, ate great food and Mercedes made a huge and delicious Castle Cake, Marlan’s childhood favorite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlwMbA736I/AAAAAAAAA-k/g_Bgr4_wtVw/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B861.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551091374423269282" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlwMbA736I/AAAAAAAAA-k/g_Bgr4_wtVw/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B861.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlwkr06Z0I/AAAAAAAAA-s/Qp3Zjy2kKeg/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B869.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551091791253104450" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlwkr06Z0I/AAAAAAAAA-s/Qp3Zjy2kKeg/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B869.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;También en Agosto, varias de las hermanas de la iglesia y Mercedes planificaron una fiesta sorpresa de cumpleaños para este niño de 40 años. Jugamos juegos cerca del río, abrimos una piñata, comimos muy buena comida y Mercedes hizo un gran y delicioso pastel de castillo, pastel favorito de Marlan desde su niñez.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlwyNd6GbI/AAAAAAAAA-0/8tRP3scvnoo/s1600/Cumpleanos.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551092023621720498" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlwyNd6GbI/AAAAAAAAA-0/8tRP3scvnoo/s320/Cumpleanos.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlxZNIk_TI/AAAAAAAAA-8/ccQPOJqoLfE/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B866.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551092693547154738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlxZNIk_TI/AAAAAAAAA-8/ccQPOJqoLfE/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B866.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-7219409417707075913?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/7219409417707075913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=7219409417707075913&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7219409417707075913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7219409417707075913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2010/12/forty-40-cuarenta.html' title='Forty - 40 - Cuarenta'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlvz4wd8II/AAAAAAAAA-c/Cb91QYTUs8E/s72-c/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B888.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8081521103959295007</id><published>2010-12-15T16:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T17:21:51.275-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday School Outing - Escuela Dominical de Paseo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlmbHKUHFI/AAAAAAAAA98/qNAl-3bg3x0/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B801.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551080631675657298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlmbHKUHFI/AAAAAAAAA98/qNAl-3bg3x0/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B801.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In August, the children of the Sunday school had a day out at a river park. We played at the playground on several of the swing sets and jungle Jims. Then after lunch it was time to go and swim in the river which had been converted to a full fledge beach with white sand and also many water fountains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQllvPT13pI/AAAAAAAAA90/BlZWWa8VFUs/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B808.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551079877948858002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQllvPT13pI/AAAAAAAAA90/BlZWWa8VFUs/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B808.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;En Agosto, los niños de la Escuela Dominical tuvieron su pasadía en el parque del Ebro. Jugamos en el parque en los distintos columpios y juegos. Luego después del almuerzo era tiempo de ir a disfrutar del agua en la playa del río que lo había convertido en una verdadera playa de mar con arenas blancas y con muchas fuentes de agua por todo el parque. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlnLwbKb3I/AAAAAAAAA-E/nvRLcUHM2n0/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B842.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551081467385900914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlnLwbKb3I/AAAAAAAAA-E/nvRLcUHM2n0/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B842.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8081521103959295007?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8081521103959295007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8081521103959295007&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8081521103959295007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8081521103959295007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2010/12/sunday-school-outing-escuela-dominical.html' title='Sunday School Outing - Escuela Dominical de Paseo'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlmbHKUHFI/AAAAAAAAA98/qNAl-3bg3x0/s72-c/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B801.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-2589439927356194796</id><published>2010-12-15T16:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T16:40:24.830-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bautismo'/><title type='text'>Bautismo El Shaddai Baptism July 31 de Julio 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlebr1441I/AAAAAAAAA9M/OerdeXYBOeY/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B790.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551071845429076818" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlebr1441I/AAAAAAAAA9M/OerdeXYBOeY/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B790.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;At the end of July we celebrated a very special event, we baptized Enrique and Miguel on the last Saturday of the month. As a church we charted a bus to take all of us to the nearest river/lake known as La Sotonera. The trip lasted a little over an hour, and as we travelled, Mercedes lead the church in songs and choruses. Once we arrived and set up camp we held the service, baptized the two men and then it was time to celebrate with a picnic feast. It was a good day to be outside and enjoy the water and each others company, this was the first time that we had an outing as a church and it was a blessing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlcyFO-3xI/AAAAAAAAA88/WPGoqIfVZhA/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B657.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551070031179079442" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlcyFO-3xI/AAAAAAAAA88/WPGoqIfVZhA/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B657.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQldTjDXKvI/AAAAAAAAA9E/CXvcAhhVkas/s1600/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B699.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551070606119086834" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQldTjDXKvI/AAAAAAAAA9E/CXvcAhhVkas/s320/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B699.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;Al final del mes de Julio celebramos un evento muy especial, bautizamos a Enrique y a Miguel el último sábado del mes. Alquilamos un autobús como iglesia para llevarnos todos al río/lago conocido como La Sotonera. El viaje duro un poco mas de una hora, y mientras que viajábamos, Mercedes dirigió a la congregación en coros de alabanza. Después de llegar y preparar el campamento, celebramos el culto, bautizamos a los dos caballeros y luego fue tiempo para celebrar un banquete al aire libre. Fue un buen día para estar afuera y disfrutar del agua y del compañerismo de los hermanos. Esta fue la primera vez que habíamos salido en un pasadía como iglesia y fue una bendición. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-2589439927356194796?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/2589439927356194796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=2589439927356194796&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2589439927356194796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2589439927356194796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2010/12/bautismo-el-shaddai-baptism-july-31-de.html' title='Bautismo El Shaddai Baptism July 31 de Julio 2010'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/TQlebr1441I/AAAAAAAAA9M/OerdeXYBOeY/s72-c/pictures%2B2010%2Bspring%2Bsummer%2B790.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-118928765701206009</id><published>2010-03-03T13:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T14:24:08.644-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='El Shaddai'/><title type='text'>Thanksgiving Day 2009 / Día de Acción de Gracias 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47ReueB-QI/AAAAAAAAA6s/Bl3mmyKL_XA/s1600-h/IMG_0364.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444519325337778434" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47ReueB-QI/AAAAAAAAA6s/Bl3mmyKL_XA/s320/IMG_0364.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47TVMI5mBI/AAAAAAAAA7M/koJEZtHymNc/s1600-h/IMG_0365.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444521360526776338" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47TVMI5mBI/AAAAAAAAA7M/koJEZtHymNc/s320/IMG_0365.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spiritual Food First - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Comida Espiritual Primero&lt;/span&gt; / Julisa &amp;amp; Alex preparing the rest of the meal.-&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Julisa y Alex preparando el resto de la comida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giving Thanks to the Lord for His many blessings, even in the face of trials and adversity, is what we shared with the people during our first Thanksgiving Dinner as a Church in mid November. But, you may say, Thanksgiving is not a holiday which is celebrated in Spain. That’s true. But all of the people wanted to have a day to thank the Lord. Within our fellowship there are people from every continent in the Americas and Spain. At least 1/3 of the 35 people that attended do not know the Lord as their Savior and do not normally attend a Sunday Service. This was a perfect opportunity to share with them the Bread of Life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47SZRdwAoI/AAAAAAAAA68/XAlI5A_lCaA/s1600-h/IMG_0374.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444520331164254850" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47SZRdwAoI/AAAAAAAAA68/XAlI5A_lCaA/s320/IMG_0374.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47R8gpBdNI/AAAAAAAAA60/GYHJPTPvupo/s1600-h/IMG_0369.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444519837021861074" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47R8gpBdNI/AAAAAAAAA60/GYHJPTPvupo/s320/IMG_0369.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Time to Eat!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Hora de Comer!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Dándole las Gracias al Señor por sus muchas bendiciones, aun en medio de pruebas y adversidades; es lo que compartimos con la gente reunida durante nuestra primera Comida de Acción de Gracias, como Iglesia a mediados de noviembre. Pero dirás, el Día de Acción de Gracias no se celebra en España. Es cierto. Pero todos los hermanos querían tener un día para darle las gracias al Señor. Dentro de nuestra congregación hay personas de cada región de las Américas y de España. Por lo menos 1/3 parte de las 35 personas que asistieron no conocen al Señor como su Salvador y no asisten a un culto de adoración los domingos. Esto fue una oportunidad perfecta para compartir con ellos del Pan de Vida. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-118928765701206009?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/118928765701206009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=118928765701206009&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/118928765701206009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/118928765701206009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2010/03/spiritual-food-first-comida-espiritual.html' title='Thanksgiving Day 2009 / Día de Acción de Gracias 2009'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47ReueB-QI/AAAAAAAAA6s/Bl3mmyKL_XA/s72-c/IMG_0364.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-7949651750247342203</id><published>2010-03-03T12:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T12:35:43.011-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='El Shaddai'/><title type='text'>El Shaddai / God Almighty / Dios Todopoderoso</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47H0JfjxfI/AAAAAAAAA6k/aEXmp3RUsPA/s1600-h/IMG_0351.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444508698252920306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47H0JfjxfI/AAAAAAAAA6k/aEXmp3RUsPA/s320/IMG_0351.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Sunday, November 1, 2009, we held our first Worship Service in our apartment as a body of believers in Jesus Christ. We named the group, “El Shaddai” or “God Almighty”, recognizing the sovereign God in whom we have placed our trust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect﻿﻿.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El Domingo, 1 de noviembre de 2009, nos reunimos como un cuerpo de creyentes en Jesucristo para nuestro primer Culto de Alabanza y Adoración en nuestro apartamento. Nombramos el grupo, “El Shaddai” o “Dios Todopoderoso”, reconociendo el Dios soberano en quien hemos puesto nuestra fe y confianza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;﻿Génesis 1:1﻿ En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;﻿Génesis 17:1﻿ Era Abram de edad de noventa y nueve años, cuando le apareció Jehová y le dijo: Yo soy el Dios Todopoderoso; anda delante de mí y sé perfecto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;﻿Apocalipsis 1:8 ﻿Yo soy el Alfa y la Omega, principio y fin, dice el Señor, el que es y que era y que ha de venir, el Todopoderoso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Hebrew...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En hebreo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gen 1:1 בראשׁית ברא אלהים את השׁמים ואת הארץ׃&lt;br /&gt;Gen 17:1 ויהי אברם בן־תשׁעים שׁנה ותשׁע שׁנים וירא יהוה אל־אברם ויאמר אליו אני־אל שׁדי התהלך לפני והיה תמים׃&lt;br /&gt;Rev 1:8 אני האלף והתו ראש וסוף נאם יהוה אלהים ההוה והיה ויבוא אלהי צבאות׃&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Greek...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En griego&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gen 1:1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.&lt;br /&gt;Gen 17:1 Ἐγένετο δὲ Αβραμ ἐτῶν ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα, καὶ ὤφθη κύριος τῷ Αβραμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεός σου· εὐαρέστει ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ καὶ γίνου ἄμεμπτος,&lt;br /&gt;Rev 1:8 ᾿Εγώ εἰμι τὸ Α καὶ τὸ Ω, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-7949651750247342203?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/7949651750247342203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=7949651750247342203&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7949651750247342203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7949651750247342203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2010/03/el-shaddai-god-almighty-dios.html' title='El Shaddai / God Almighty / Dios Todopoderoso'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47H0JfjxfI/AAAAAAAAA6k/aEXmp3RUsPA/s72-c/IMG_0351.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8488327012798442189</id><published>2010-03-03T12:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T12:25:40.415-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We Are Back on Blog / Estamos De Nuevo en el Blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47DkQhHzPI/AAAAAAAAA6c/wc7ue7YnytA/s1600-h/MMOlson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 256px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444504027214105842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47DkQhHzPI/AAAAAAAAA6c/wc7ue7YnytA/s320/MMOlson.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;HELLO!!! We are back working on the Blog which we have left untouched since arriving back in Spain last October. For those of you who have checked back often and not have seen any changes, please forgive us...In the next few entries you will notice that we have been extremely busy, however there is no excuse for unattending the Blog. May the Lord Bless You! M&amp;amp;M &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;HOLA!!! Estamos de nuevo trabajando en el Blog el cual hemos dejado sin tocar desde que regresamos a España el pasado octubre. Para aquellos que han visitado sin ver cambios alguno, por favor perdonanos...En las próximas entradas notara que hemos estado extremadamente ocupados, pero no hay escusas por desatender el Blog. Que Dios Les Bendiga! M&amp;amp;M &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8488327012798442189?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8488327012798442189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8488327012798442189&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8488327012798442189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8488327012798442189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-are-back-on-blog-estamos-de-nuevo-en.html' title='We Are Back on Blog / Estamos De Nuevo en el Blog'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/S47DkQhHzPI/AAAAAAAAA6c/wc7ue7YnytA/s72-c/MMOlson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5530189698926282316</id><published>2009-09-26T20:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T14:15:20.612-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lowell T Olson With / Con Jesus</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Marlan's father, Lowell passed away in mid September, here is his obituary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Sr7pi7DzL4I/AAAAAAAAA6Q/ZANscsPpHbo/s1600-h/O013.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 229px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385998990560145282" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Sr7pi7DzL4I/AAAAAAAAA6Q/ZANscsPpHbo/s320/O013.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Lowell Thomas Olson, 78, while in the care of his wife, Ruth, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on September 11, 2009, how fitting, “A Day of Heroes”. He was born July 24,1931 in Ludington, MI. to Herman and Esther (Magnuson) Olson. He grew up in Ludington and graduated from Ludington High School in 1949. He sailed Lake Michigan with the C &amp;amp; O Carferries after graduating from LHS. In 1951 he joined the Navy and attended Great Lakes Naval Academy. Served on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt (Rosie) from 1951 – 1954, from 1954 – 1955 on the USS Princeton. Upon discharge he returned to the C&amp;amp;O Carferries, while attending Trinity College (Trinity International University) in Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lowell met Ruth Marie Lundeen in 1957 and married her on June 13, 1959, at Central Free Church in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated in 1960 with a BA in Missions and a teaching certificate from Trinity College. Lowell taught at Carl Sandburg Elementary in Wheeling, IL from 1960 – 1963. During those years he and his wife Ruth helped in Our Savior EFC church plant of in Wheeling, IL. They felt a call to Missions and were commissioned by the Evangelical Free Church of America from August 1964 to June 1996. They served the Lord together in Venezuela. Their ministry included school teacher and Principal, planting and pastoring churches, building relationships, radio outreach, Seminary and Missions administrator, Dorm and Orphanage parents, Jungle Missions in Majwana, Awana, taught Theological Education by Extension courses, and just walked their faith. Upon retirement he served at his home church, Trinity EFC, with the Prime timers, Missions, Elder, Operation Christmas Child, Awana and also on the board for Youth For Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He will be missed by his wife of 50 years, Ruth; daughter Marcia Easley of MN; Sons Mark (Tammy) Olson of IL, and Marlan (Mercedes) Olson of Spain; Brother Donald (Sally) Olson of AZ.; grandkids Kenneth, Thomas, Benjamin, Erin, and Amber; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Byron (Audrey) Lundeen, Jim (Bonnie) Lundeen, and Diane (Tom) Axelson; Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, extended family, and church families. Lowell’s Missionary Family and Venezuelan family, whom he labored together with for 32+ years, will miss him also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His legacy: God is at work around me and wants to build a loving relationship with me as He invites me to become involved in His work. God speaks to me through His Word, prayer, the Holy Spirit, circumstances, and the church. As crisis of belief cause my faith and actions to adjust and as I obey, His work is revealed through me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;El padre de Marlan, Lowell fallecio a mediados de septiembre, aqui les compartimos su esquela. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;Lowell Thomas Olson, de 78 años, fue a morar con su Señor y Salvador el viernes 11 de septiembre de 2009 mientras era cuidado por su amada esposa, Ruth. Fue un día apropiado, pensó ella “Un Día de Héroes”. El nació el 24 de julio de 1931 en Ludington, Michigan sus padres fueron Herman Olson y Esther Magnuson de Olson. El creció en Ludington y se graduó en la Escuela Secundaria del pueblo en 1949. Después de su graduación de secundaria navego el Lago Michigan en las naves de la C&amp;amp;O Carferries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 1951 se alisto en la Armada Naval y asistió a la Academia Naval de los Grandes Lagos. Prestó servicio en el portaviones USS Franklin D Roosevelt (Rosie) de 1951 – 1954, y de 1954 – 1955 en el buque de Guerra USS Princeton. Después de terminar su servicio militar regreso a trabajar en los barcos de la C&amp;amp;O Carferries, y al mismo tiempo estudio en Trinity College (Trinity International University) en Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lowell conoció a Ruth Marie Lundeen en 1957 y se caso con ella el 13 de junio de 1959 en la Iglesia Evangélica Libre Central de Minneapolis, Minnesota. El obtuvo un grado de Bachiller en Misiones y un certificado de enseñanza en 1960 de la Trinity College. Lowell enseño en la Escuela Elemental Carl Sandburg en Wheeling, Illinois de 1960 – 1963. Durante esos años el y su esposa Ruth ayudaron en la fundación de la Iglesia Evangélica Libre Our Savior también en Wheeling, Illinois. Ellos sintieron el llamado a las Misiones y fueron enviados por la Iglesia Evangélica Libre de América a Venezuela en agosto 1964, sirvieron al Señor juntos en Venezuela hasta junio 1996. Su ministerio incluyo maestro y director de escuela, fundó y pastoreo iglesias, sirvió a las comunidades en las que vivió, ministerio de radio, administrador del Seminario y de la Misión, padres de Orfanato e Internado, misiones de la selva amazónica en Majawaña, OANSA, enseño cursos de Teología por Extensión, y vivieron su fe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Después de su jubilación sirvió en su iglesia materna, la Iglesia Evangélica Libre Trinity, en la junta de ancianos, en el comité de misiones, en el ministerio de adultos envejecientes o Prime Timers, Operación Navideña Infantil, AWANA y también sirvió en la junta de Juventud Para Cristo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Será recordado por su esposa de 50 años, Ruth; su hija Marcia Olson de Easley de MN; sus hijos Mark Olson y esposa Tammy de IL; Marlan Olson y esposa Mercedes de España; su hermano Donald Olson y esposa Sally de AZ; sus nietos Kenneth, Thomas, Benjamin, Erin, y Amber; sus cuñados y cuñadas Byron y Audrey Lundeen; Jim y Bonnie Lundeen; y Diane y Tom Axelson; sus primos, sus sobrinas, sus sobrinos, familia extendida, y familias de la iglesia. La familia misionera y las familias venezolanas con quienes Lowell, trabajo por más de 32 años, lo recordaran también.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Su legado: Dios está obrando alrededor mío y quiere desarrollar una relación intima conmigo mientras me invita a involucrarme en su obra. Dios me habla por medio de Su Palabra, la oración, el Espíritu Santo, las circunstancias, y por la iglesia. Al lidiar con las crisis que llegan, se fortalecen mi fe y mis acciones mientras obedezco su voluntad que me es revelada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5530189698926282316?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5530189698926282316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5530189698926282316&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5530189698926282316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5530189698926282316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/09/lowell-t-olson-with-con-jesus.html' title='Lowell T Olson With / Con Jesus'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Sr7pi7DzL4I/AAAAAAAAA6Q/ZANscsPpHbo/s72-c/O013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-4806885379001847796</id><published>2009-09-26T20:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-26T20:54:40.244-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI1NDAyMzU5MzQ*NiZwdD*xMjU*MDIzNjc4OTQ2JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz1kMTgwNTQ2ZDcxNDE*OGI*YThmN2RkNWVkMDgwOWM5YyZvZj*w.gif" /&gt;&lt;div style="width:480px;text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;embed width="480" height="360" src="http://static.pbsrc.com/flash/rss_slideshow.swf?rssFeed=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed763.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx275%2Fmarlanmercedes%2Ffeed.rss" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" &gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/redirect/album?showShareLB=1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pic.pbsrc.com/share/icons/embed/btn_geturs.gif" style="border:none;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://s763.photobucket.com/albums/xx275/marlanmercedes/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pic.pbsrc.com/share/icons/embed/btn_viewall.gif" style="border:none;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-4806885379001847796?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/4806885379001847796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=4806885379001847796&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4806885379001847796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4806885379001847796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-1596469829326584993</id><published>2009-09-26T18:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-26T18:30:27.733-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We Have Not Updated for A While - No Hemos Escrito Algo por Algun Tiempo</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"&gt;Dear Bloggers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry we have not updated this blog for a while...the reason...been on the road and in the air quite a bit lately. We visited Arizona, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan during the rest of the summer months and went back to Zaragoza in mid August. Then on September 11th we received a phone call from Marlan's family members letting us know that Lowell T Olson passed into eternity. It was a bittersweet message, Dad had been bedridden for over a year and is now in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was time to get on another airplane and head back to Michigan for his Celebration Service and spend time with Mom. We will continue putting more pictures up as soon as we can and let you see some of the intersting people and places we also met and saw. May God Bless You! Keep Praying!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Queridos Blogeros,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disculpanos por no renovar este blog por algun tiempo...la razon...haber estado mucho tiempo en la carretera y en el aire ultimamente. Visitamos los estados de Arizona, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin y Michigan durante el resto del verano y regresamos a Zaragoza a mediados de agosto. Luego en el 11 de septiembre recibimos una llamada telefonica de los parientes de Marlan avisandonos que Lowell T Olson paso de esta vida a la eternidad. Fue un mensaje agridulce, Papa habia estado en cama por mas de un anio y ahora esta en la presencia de nuestro Senor Jesucristo. Nuevamente era tiempo de volver a montarnos en otro avion y regresar a Michigan para el culto de la Celebracion de su vida y pasar algunos dias con Mama. Continuaremos poniendo mas fotos tan pronto que podamos y dejarles ver algunas personas y lugares interesantes quienes conocimos y visitamos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Que Dios Les Bendiga! Sigan Orando! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-1596469829326584993?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/1596469829326584993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=1596469829326584993&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1596469829326584993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1596469829326584993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-have-not-updated-for-while-no-hemos.html' title='We Have Not Updated for A While - No Hemos Escrito Algo por Algun Tiempo'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-261468054288537777</id><published>2009-07-10T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T18:16:45.215-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tennessee</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfjSuu5KMI/AAAAAAAAA6A/SHhblYIh1ok/s1600-h/tennessee-location-map.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357000192702359746" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfjSuu5KMI/AAAAAAAAA6A/SHhblYIh1ok/s320/tennessee-location-map.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slfjaw-hhRI/AAAAAAAAA6I/o_g2dNiddDc/s1600-h/tennessee-map.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357000330743743762" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slfjaw-hhRI/AAAAAAAAA6I/o_g2dNiddDc/s320/tennessee-map.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Tennessee&lt;/span&gt; - Lafayette &amp;amp; Red Boiling Springs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgxZSQf1I/AAAAAAAAA5w/wj2GXmkLpRI/s1600-h/IMG_0818.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356997420986171218" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgxZSQf1I/AAAAAAAAA5w/wj2GXmkLpRI/s320/IMG_0818.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgnRVzvqI/AAAAAAAAA5o/XzOifi3eID8/s1600-h/IMG_0829.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356997247054888610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgnRVzvqI/AAAAAAAAA5o/XzOifi3eID8/s320/IMG_0829.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Life Baptist Church of Lafayette, TN - Pastor Ralph, Judy, Mercedes &amp;amp; Marlan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We enjoyed southern hospitality and getting to know the family of New Life Baptist Church of Lafayette, TN. We had been invited to present the ministry in Spain by the church’s Pastor Ralph Wheaton, with whom Marlan had worked with on the radio in Michigan several years ago. We are thankful for the time we shared with everyone in Lafayette and Red Boiling Springs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Disfrutamos la hospitalidad sureña y conociendo a la familia de la Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida de Lafayette, TN. Fuimos invitados a presentar el ministerio en España por el pastor de la iglesia Ralph Wheaton, con quien Marlan trabajo en la radio en Michigan hace varios años en el pasado. Estamos agradecidos por el tiempo que pudimos compartir con todos en Lafayette y en el pueblo Red Boiling Springs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slffd8z6YPI/AAAAAAAAA4o/HzTCtTUmSSY/s1600-h/IMG_0815.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356995987413557490" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slffd8z6YPI/AAAAAAAAA4o/HzTCtTUmSSY/s320/IMG_0815.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slff6mCCfqI/AAAAAAAAA5A/5QaxPNDo9Uw/s1600-h/IMG_0814.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356996479515000482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slff6mCCfqI/AAAAAAAAA5A/5QaxPNDo9Uw/s320/IMG_0814.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are thankful to the church for puting us up at the Armour's we had a delightful time getting to know Dennis and Debra, the owners of the hotel and their family. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Le damos gracias a la iglesia por habernos hospedado en el hotel Armour's, tuvimos una velada maravillosa conociendo a los duenos Dennis y Debra y los miembros de su familia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgOYObxfI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/4CJkkX7Igs8/s1600-h/IMG_0817.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356996819406276082" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgOYObxfI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/4CJkkX7Igs8/s320/IMG_0817.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlficvbWfrI/AAAAAAAAA54/UDv0fQh_Vzc/s1600-h/IMG_0812.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356999265175895730" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlficvbWfrI/AAAAAAAAA54/UDv0fQh_Vzc/s320/IMG_0812.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mercedes &amp;amp; Debra&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlffzjqRwPI/AAAAAAAAA44/Jh0MKo76aRc/s1600-h/IMG_0810.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356996358619382002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlffzjqRwPI/AAAAAAAAA44/Jh0MKo76aRc/s320/IMG_0810.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slffod91-CI/AAAAAAAAA4w/nxbGhjX2YBA/s1600-h/IMG_0813.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356996168112273442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Slffod91-CI/AAAAAAAAA4w/nxbGhjX2YBA/s320/IMG_0813.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The John Wayne Room where we stayed - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El cuarto de John Wayne donde nos quedamos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Murfreesboro&lt;/span&gt;, TN&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgeW5ZZGI/AAAAAAAAA5g/ri-5EWgEtq4/s1600-h/IMG_0832.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356997093927511138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfgeW5ZZGI/AAAAAAAAA5g/ri-5EWgEtq4/s320/IMG_0832.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pastor Mike, Mercedes &amp;amp; Marlan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before leaving Tennessee, we had the blessing of meeting with a dear brother in Christ from Puerto Rico and now living in Georgia, Pastor Mike Smith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Antes de salir de Tennessee, tuvimos la bendición de encontrarnos con nuestro querido hermano en Cristo de Puerto Rico y ahora viviendo en Georgia, el Pastor Mike Smith. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-261468054288537777?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/261468054288537777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=261468054288537777&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/261468054288537777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/261468054288537777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/07/tennessee.html' title='Tennessee'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SlfjSuu5KMI/AAAAAAAAA6A/SHhblYIh1ok/s72-c/tennessee-location-map.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-324753301676775262</id><published>2009-06-15T17:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-23T18:04:49.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Michigan in April - Abril en Michigan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbuvL64K5I/AAAAAAAAA1g/NuGoGFKKKuw/s1600-h/michigan-state-map.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 298px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347724101970045842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbuvL64K5I/AAAAAAAAA1g/NuGoGFKKKuw/s320/michigan-state-map.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbulwZQAbI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/pP5v_EhizS4/s1600-h/michigan-location-map.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347723939962421682" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbulwZQAbI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/pP5v_EhizS4/s320/michigan-location-map.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The State of Michigan - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El Estado de Michigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the month of April, we were able to visit many family and friends in the State of Michigan. We will be showing a few of the areas and people we were able to meet with and share what God is doing in Spain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Durante el mes de abril, pudimos visitar a varios familiares y amigos en el Estado de Michigan. Mostraremos algunos lugares y personas con quienes pudimos reunirnos y compartir lo que Dios esta haciendo en Espana. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbkuVZWYLI/AAAAAAAAA0I/dxbMWzJRQos/s1600-h/IMG_0707.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347713092217626802" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbkuVZWYLI/AAAAAAAAA0I/dxbMWzJRQos/s320/IMG_0707.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marcia and Mike, of Hesperia, help us among many things, with our newsletters by sending them via Post Office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Marcia y Mike, de Hesperia, nos ayudan entre muchas cosas, a enviar nuestras noticias por Correos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Hesperia, Michigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had the privelege of sharing the Passover with the members of Lighthouse Community Church. It was an emotional time because during the Passover we remember what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross becoming the lamb that takes away the sins of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Tuvimos el privilegio de compartir la Pascua con los hermanos de la iglesia de Lighthouse Community Church. Fue un momento emotivo porque durante la Pascua recordamos lo que Jesucristo hizo por nosotros en la cruz siendo EL el cordero que quita el pecado del mundo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Sjbk4Gx3SyI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/kL1gUPG4D4M/s1600-h/IMG_0709.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347713260092607266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Sjbk4Gx3SyI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/kL1gUPG4D4M/s320/IMG_0709.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mercedes and the Ludington Ladies Bible Study Group with gifts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Mercedes y las Senoras del Grupo de Estudio Biblico de Ludington con regalos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Ludington, Michigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We enjoyed celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ at Trinity EFC, our home church, Easter Sunday morning. Then in the evening we visited First Church of Wellston and several friends around Wellston.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Disfrutamos al celebrar la Resurreccion de nuestro Senor Jesucristo en la IEL Trinity, nuestra iglesia enviadora, el domingo de Gloria. Luego por la tarde visitamos la Primera Iglesia de Wellston y varios amigos alrededor de Wellston.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbmFqCLFcI/AAAAAAAAA0w/aGcC0-LK7y4/s1600-h/IMG_0777.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347714592406181314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbmFqCLFcI/AAAAAAAAA0w/aGcC0-LK7y4/s320/IMG_0777.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjblrojKNII/AAAAAAAAA0g/2eUiMFIHkwk/s1600-h/IMG_0773.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347714145331065986" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjblrojKNII/AAAAAAAAA0g/2eUiMFIHkwk/s320/IMG_0773.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marlan &amp;amp; several members of Living Waters EFC and Mercedes showing Pastor Dave the castanets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Marlan y varios miembros de la IEL Living Waters y Mercedes mostrandole el uso de las castanuelas al Pastor Dave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Southgate, Michigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Close to the Detroit area we were able to visit and present the ministry in Spain with the Living Waters EFC and then had a wonderful time eating out with some of the members of the church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjblrojKNII/AAAAAAAAA0g/2eUiMFIHkwk/s1600-h/IMG_0773.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Cerca de la ciudad de Detroit, pudimos visitar y presentar el ministerio en Espana con los hermanos de la IEL Living Waters y luego disfrutamos el compartir alimentos con algunos miembros de la iglesia. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Sjbme4mnxeI/AAAAAAAAA1A/8jRUhRNK_iY/s1600-h/IMG_0791.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347715025813882338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Sjbme4mnxeI/AAAAAAAAA1A/8jRUhRNK_iY/s320/IMG_0791.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbmpMsdzpI/AAAAAAAAA1I/XFONfhQSF4Q/s1600-h/IMG_0793.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347715203005795986" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbmpMsdzpI/AAAAAAAAA1I/XFONfhQSF4Q/s320/IMG_0793.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Receiving Stanton hospitality and worshiping our Lord at Trinity EFC. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Recibiendo la hospitalidad del pueblo de Stanton y adorandle a nuestro Senor en la IEL Trinity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Stanton, Michigan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We enjoyed getting to know several families from Trinity church while finishing out the month of April in Stanton. The church was very gracious in sharing with us their mission home for a few days as we prepared for another leg of our journey. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Finalizando el mes de abril disfrutamos el llegar a conocer a varias familias de la iglesia de Trinity en Stanton. Tambien pudimos quedarnos en su casa para misioneros por algunos dias para prepararnos para el resto del viaje.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-324753301676775262?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/324753301676775262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=324753301676775262&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/324753301676775262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/324753301676775262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/06/michigan-in-april-abril-en-michigan.html' title='Michigan in April - Abril en Michigan'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SjbuvL64K5I/AAAAAAAAA1g/NuGoGFKKKuw/s72-c/michigan-state-map.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-612624319054684721</id><published>2009-05-05T20:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T21:02:08.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M&amp;M &amp; L&amp;R</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgEEUhqh15I/AAAAAAAAAzo/gnI2vMs4Qgo/s1600-h/IMG_0763.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332548184464021394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgEEUhqh15I/AAAAAAAAAzo/gnI2vMs4Qgo/s320/IMG_0763.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgEEI23C_BI/AAAAAAAAAzg/GOmacvhSmGc/s1600-h/IMG_0759.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332547983995239442" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgEEI23C_BI/AAAAAAAAAzg/GOmacvhSmGc/s320/IMG_0759.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After nearly three years without seeing Marlan’s parents, Lowell and Ruth Olson, it was a blessing to be reunited with them again. Lowell, who is suffering from NPH, is the king of the living room. He receives attention from several nurses’ aides and other medical care professionals which has been a tremendous help to Ruth throughout the week. We are very thankful for the members of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Ludington who have also demonstrated on a daily basis their care toward Lowell &amp;amp; Ruth during these years we have not been able to be near physically. Without the church’s support in this area, including many other areas which they support us, we would not be able to do what the Lord has called us to do in Spain. THANK YOU, TRINITY EFC Ludington!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Después de casi tres años sin ver a los padres de Marlan, Lowell y Ruth Olson, fue una bendición el poder reunirnos con ellos nuevamente. Lowell, quien padece de NPH, es el rey de la sala. El recibe atención de varias ayudantes de enfermeras y otros profesionales de la medicina quienes han sido una tremenda ayuda para Ruth durante la semana. Estamos muy agradecidos por los miembros de la Iglesia Evangélica Libre Trinity de Ludington quienes han demostrado diariamente su cuidado hacia Lowell y Ruth durante estos años que no hemos podido estar físicamente cerca. Sin el apoyo de la iglesia en esta área, incluyendo tantas otras áreas donde nos apoyan, no podríamos estar haciendo lo que el Señor nos ha llamado hacer en España. ¡MUCHAS GRACIAS, IEL TRINITY Ludington!!!!!!!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-612624319054684721?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/612624319054684721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=612624319054684721&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/612624319054684721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/612624319054684721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/05/m-l.html' title='M&amp;M &amp; L&amp;R'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgEEUhqh15I/AAAAAAAAAzo/gnI2vMs4Qgo/s72-c/IMG_0763.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-4985977063383264318</id><published>2009-05-05T19:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T20:01:55.537-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M &amp; M – Planes and Automobiles / Aviones y Automóviles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgD0rDbUoiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/ie8buHtR4qo/s1600-h/Astronaut+Mercedes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332530979298124322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgD0rDbUoiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/ie8buHtR4qo/s320/Astronaut+Mercedes.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mercedes Mission Commander - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Mercedes Comandante de Mision&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;On March 31st at 4:30am we boarded a taxi in Madrid, Spain to take us to the Madrid airport. At 7am we boarded an airplane which would take us to another airplane in London, England to travel back to the United States of America and to Puerto Rico, in order to visit family, friends and supporting churches throughout these two land masses. We left London at 11:45am. Our flight time was between 8 to 9 hours. When we arrived in Chicago at 2pm (1400) we were excited to see Mike, who was waiting for us at the airport and took us up to Hesperia, Michigan. We then proceeded to head a few miles north on our own to Pentwater, where Marlan’s parents live and arrived there at around 10pm (2200). When you add up our travel time from Madrid 4:30am to Pentwater 10pm (2200)…It roughly comes out to 24 hours and 15 minutes. (Disclaimer: Marlan did the math on this one…if it is incorrect; please let me know at &lt;a href="mailto:olson.marlan@gmail.com"&gt;olson.marlan@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgD880WkZOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/ae3doGEfYtc/s1600-h/Maraln+small+car.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332540080582321378" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgD880WkZOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/ae3doGEfYtc/s320/Maraln+small+car.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Marlan First Officer - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Marlan Primer Oficial&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El 31 de marzo a las 4:30am nos montamos en un taxi en Madrid, España para llevarnos al aeropuerto de Madrid. A las 7am nos montamos en el avión que nos llevaría a otro avión en Londres, Inglaterra para viajar a los Estados Unidos de América y a Puerto Rico, para poder visitar a familiares, amigos e iglesias que nos apoyan en estos lugares. Despegamos de Londres a las 11:45am. Nuestro vuelo duro entre 8 a 9 horas. Cuando aterrizamos en Chicago a las 2pm (1400) estuvimos contentos de ver a Mike, quien nos estaba esperando en el aeropuerto para llevarnos hasta Hesperia, Michigan. Luego nos montamos en un automóvil para seguir manejando hasta Pentwater, cerca donde viven los padres de Marlan y llegamos ahí alrededor de las 10pm (2200). Cuando sumas todo nuestro tiempo de viaje desde Madrid 4:30am hasta Pentwater 10pm (2200)...Suma alrededor de 24 horas y 15 minutos. (Ojo: Marlan hizo la matemática en esta suma...si no es correcto, por favor házmelo saber &lt;a href="mailto:olson.marlan@gmail.com"&gt;olson.marlan@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-4985977063383264318?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/4985977063383264318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=4985977063383264318&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4985977063383264318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4985977063383264318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/05/m-m-planes-and-automobiles-aviones-y.html' title='M &amp; M – Planes and Automobiles / Aviones y Automóviles'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgD0rDbUoiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/ie8buHtR4qo/s72-c/Astronaut+Mercedes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-2411487942276082449</id><published>2009-05-05T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T19:11:39.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We’ll Be Back Soon – Hasta Pronto</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDwhHVJ4UI/AAAAAAAAAyY/6BHgXOWVik0/s1600-h/Grupo+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332526410500792642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDwhHVJ4UI/AAAAAAAAAyY/6BHgXOWVik0/s320/Grupo+2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDw2QGHJWI/AAAAAAAAAyo/k98eauVVj_o/s1600-h/Grupo+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332526773630870882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDw2QGHJWI/AAAAAAAAAyo/k98eauVVj_o/s320/Grupo+4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For several months we have been letting the attendees of our home Bible study group know that we would need to travel to the United States and Puerto Rico to visit our family, friends and supporting churches. Why? Was the question many asked us…we need to visit these people because they are our support which keeps us in Spain. We have been in Spain for nearly 3 years and we need to let these churches and individuals know what the Lord is doing through them in Spain. This face to face visit allows them to speak to us and get a good grasp of what is happening with the ministry and how we are doing as well. It is also a very good opportunity for us to “recruit” additional workers, whether long term or short term, for the work of the Lord in Spain. So we held our last home Bible study group meeting before we left for the USA and PR with the brothers and sisters praying for us and having a time of refreshments afterwards. Please pray that these brothers and sisters will be encouraged by the Lord as they seek Him daily in prayer and in the reading of God’s Word, the Bible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDwq_TbQGI/AAAAAAAAAyg/4xzh80rANTg/s1600-h/Grupo+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332526580144750690" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDwq_TbQGI/AAAAAAAAAyg/4xzh80rANTg/s320/Grupo+3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDwLFxH0ZI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/FUX4umvPA_k/s1600-h/Grupo+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332526032124105106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDwLFxH0ZI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/FUX4umvPA_k/s320/Grupo+5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Por varios meses les hemos estado avisando a los asistentes del grupo de estudio bíblico que nos tendríamos que viajar a los Estados Unidos y a Puerto Rico para visitar a nuestros familiares, amigos e iglesias que nos apoyan. ¿Porque? Vino la pregunta de varios...tenemos que visitar estas personas porque son los que nos mantienen en España. Hemos estado en España casi 3 años y necesitamos informarles a las iglesias e individuos lo que el Señor esta haciendo por medio de ellos en España. Esta visita de cara a cara les permite hablarnos y tener una mejor idea de lo que esta ocurriendo con el ministerio y también como nos sentimos nosotros. También es un buen momento para “reclutar” más obreros, sea para largo tiempo o para poco tiempo, para la obra del Señor en España. Entonces nos reunimos por última vez con los hermanos y hermanas del estudio bíblico antes de nuestro viaje para los EEUU y PR, donde oramos los unos por los otros y luego compartimos algo para comer. Por favor oren para que estos hermanos y hermanas estén fortalecidos en el Señor por medio de la oración y por medio de la lectura de Su Palabra, la Biblia diariamente. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-2411487942276082449?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/2411487942276082449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=2411487942276082449&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2411487942276082449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2411487942276082449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/05/well-be-back-soon-hasta-pronto.html' title='We’ll Be Back Soon – Hasta Pronto'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDwhHVJ4UI/AAAAAAAAAyY/6BHgXOWVik0/s72-c/Grupo+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3045619228763451402</id><published>2009-05-05T18:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T19:00:12.674-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M &amp; M – La Coruña</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDu0_3L_-I/AAAAAAAAAyI/olHU7zQrv2M/s1600-h/IMG_0701.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332524553070182370" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDu0_3L_-I/AAAAAAAAAyI/olHU7zQrv2M/s320/IMG_0701.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In March we were able to ride an all night train to spend a couple days visiting with another one of Marlan’s Chicago friends, Rob and Nancy and their family. We also met with Nancy’s parents which have a Venezuela connection with Marlan’s parents. We had the privilege of attending one of their church services and enjoying getting to know other missionaries with whom they work with in western Spain. Even though the travel conditions were rough back and forth, we had a wonderful time reuniting with wonderful friends and co-laborers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En marzo pudimos viajar en un tren toda la noche para pasar un par de días visitando otros amigos de Marlan de sus días en Chicago, Rob y Nancy y su familia. También conocimos a los padres de Nancy quienes tienen una conexión con los padres de Marlan en Venezuela. Tuvimos el privilegio en asistir uno de sus cultos y tener el gusto de conocer otros misioneros con quienes ellos trabajan en la región occidental de España. A pesar de que las condiciones del viaje no fueron muy favorables en la ida y la vuelta, tuvimos un tiempo maravilloso en reunirnos con buenos amigos y colaboradores en la obra. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3045619228763451402?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3045619228763451402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3045619228763451402&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3045619228763451402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3045619228763451402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/05/m-m-la-coruna.html' title='M &amp; M – La Coruña'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDu0_3L_-I/AAAAAAAAAyI/olHU7zQrv2M/s72-c/IMG_0701.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8174172990001778726</id><published>2009-05-05T18:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T18:46:21.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M &amp; M - Barcelona</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDpb0nclUI/AAAAAAAAAxI/SJZuWiGfiTI/s1600-h/Barceloneta+Samper+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332518622996501826" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDpb0nclUI/AAAAAAAAAxI/SJZuWiGfiTI/s320/Barceloneta+Samper+2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDpkczBTMI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/45nXYVLh1NI/s1600-h/Gaudi+Samper+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332518771221417154" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDpkczBTMI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/45nXYVLh1NI/s320/Gaudi+Samper+2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Photo 1) Elena, Daniel &amp;amp; Marlan (Photo 2) Elena, Mercedes &amp;amp; Daniel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are thankful to the Lord for allowing us to visit a couple of families in Barcelona, Spain over a weekend in February. First we visited Daniel, one of Marlan’s school mates from Moody Bible Institute, and his wife Elena. It has been several years since we have seen each other. We spent a couple of days seeing the sights and reminiscing Moody and Chicago days. Then we spent a day with new friends, Carmelo &amp;amp; Maria Jose, relatives of some of the members of the Bible study group in Zaragoza. We were able to encourage and be encouraged in what the Lord is doing in this multi cultural city on the Mediterranean Coast. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDpueLoexI/AAAAAAAAAxY/3hjoPzYEL90/s1600-h/Maria+Jose+y+Carmelo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332518943391775506" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDpueLoexI/AAAAAAAAAxY/3hjoPzYEL90/s320/Maria+Jose+y+Carmelo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maria Jose, Carmelo &amp;amp; Marlan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Le damos las gracias al Señor por permitirnos visitar a dos familias en la ciudad de Barcelona, España durante un fin de semana en febrero. Primeramente visitamos a Daniel y su esposa Elena. Daniel y Marlan estudiaron juntos en el Instituto Bíblico Moody en Chicago, y había pasado mucho tiempo desde que se han visto. Pasamos un par de días viendo algunos sitios de la ciudad y recordar días pasados en Moody y en Chicago. Luego pasamos un día con nuevos amigos, Carmelo y Maria Jose, parientes de algunos miembros del estudio bíblico en Zaragoza. Pudimos animar y ser animados en lo que el Señor esta haciendo en esta ciudad multi cultural ubicada en la costa mediterránea. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8174172990001778726?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8174172990001778726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8174172990001778726&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8174172990001778726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8174172990001778726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/05/m-m-barcelona.html' title='M &amp; M - Barcelona'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SgDpb0nclUI/AAAAAAAAAxI/SJZuWiGfiTI/s72-c/Barceloneta+Samper+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5498319389633851027</id><published>2009-04-16T22:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T23:12:11.291-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Preparing To Serve – Preparados Para Servir</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SegdLijgM6I/AAAAAAAAAxA/7KI1nWeDlZc/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_1981.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325538643457094562" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SegdLijgM6I/AAAAAAAAAxA/7KI1nWeDlZc/s320/Copia+de+IMG_1981.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perseverance is the name of the game in this 2 year lay leadership preparation course given at the Zalmedina Street Church. Preparing To Serve began with over a dozen students in January 2007 led by fellow missionary Jonathan Nelson and Mercedes as teachers of the course. Now a handful of students survived the 24 months of classes and received the last class in our home after the New Year 2009. Please pray that the people that were able to complete the course will be able to put into practice that which they have learned and be able to teach others in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SegccXPG-AI/AAAAAAAAAww/Io-uA9lEdXs/s1600-h/Preparados+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325537832964913154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SegccXPG-AI/AAAAAAAAAww/Io-uA9lEdXs/s320/Preparados+2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Perseverancia es la clave del éxito en este curso para preparar líderes dada en la Iglesia de Zalmedina. Preparados Para Servir comenzó en enero 2007 con más de doce estudiantes y bajo la tutela de un compañero misionero Jonathan Nelson y Mercedes como profesores del curso. Después de 24 meses de clases solo unos cuantos pudieron completar el curso y recibieron la última clase en nuestro hogar después del Año Nuevo 2009. Oren para que estas personas que pudieron completar el curso puedan poner en practica lo que aprendieron y que puedan enseñarles a otros en el futuro. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5498319389633851027?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5498319389633851027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5498319389633851027&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5498319389633851027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5498319389633851027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/04/preparing-to-serve-preparados-para.html' title='Preparing To Serve – Preparados Para Servir'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SegdLijgM6I/AAAAAAAAAxA/7KI1nWeDlZc/s72-c/Copia+de+IMG_1981.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3715971868602044780</id><published>2009-02-05T13:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T13:52:21.290-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Baking Bread - Horneando Pan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtaW2jYYtI/AAAAAAAAAt4/92fKKtt4Se4/s1600-h/IMG_0643.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299428735179055826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtaW2jYYtI/AAAAAAAAAt4/92fKKtt4Se4/s320/IMG_0643.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In December we were baking up a storm in La Jota. The Bible Study Group got together to “bake bread” instead of to “break bread”. Mercedes, the Chef, taught the group how to bake Banana Bread, Oatmeal Cookies and Chocolate Chip Cookies for the Christmas Season. Everybody got involved including Marlan and the kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En diciembre estuvimos horneando un montón en La Jota. El grupo de estudio bíblico se reunió para “hornear el pan” en ves de “partir el pan”. Mercedes, la Chef, les enseño al grupo como hornear Pan de Banana, Galletas de Avena y Galletas con Pedazos de Chocolate para la temporada de Navidad. Todos se involucraron incluyendo a Marlan y los niños. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYteJk7W5HI/AAAAAAAAAuA/r_adGnNI3XI/s1600-h/IMG_0644.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299432905155994738" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYteJk7W5HI/AAAAAAAAAuA/r_adGnNI3XI/s320/IMG_0644.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYteWeyxHPI/AAAAAAAAAuI/kM1wFhp-_tM/s1600-h/IMG_0645.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299433126847651058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYteWeyxHPI/AAAAAAAAAuI/kM1wFhp-_tM/s320/IMG_0645.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtel6WU2PI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/pTD9qp9PPfE/s1600-h/IMG_0648.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299433391942588658" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtel6WU2PI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/pTD9qp9PPfE/s320/IMG_0648.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtevkIjLXI/AAAAAAAAAuY/z9ZHphFwk1c/s1600-h/IMG_0650.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299433557777919346" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtevkIjLXI/AAAAAAAAAuY/z9ZHphFwk1c/s320/IMG_0650.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3715971868602044780?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3715971868602044780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3715971868602044780&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3715971868602044780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3715971868602044780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/02/baking-bread-horneando-pan.html' title='Baking Bread - Horneando Pan'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtaW2jYYtI/AAAAAAAAAt4/92fKKtt4Se4/s72-c/IMG_0643.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5174975585755242923</id><published>2009-02-05T12:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T13:23:35.189-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Málaga</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtX1riDPuI/AAAAAAAAAtw/mG1UQqSRCKM/s1600-h/IMG_0513.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299425966261747426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtX1riDPuI/AAAAAAAAAtw/mG1UQqSRCKM/s320/IMG_0513.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In November 2008 we attended a Church Planting Conference in Malaga, Spain. There were several pastors, missionaries and lay leaders of several churches of the FIEIDE (Spanish Free Church) gathered to discuss and learn more about church planting. We had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Robert Vajko and also Jonathan Haley about their experiences with international church planting and church growth. We also had the blessing of meeting either for the first time or reacquainting ourselves with several brothers and sisters that are working toward the same goal, reaching out to communities in Spain with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En noviembre del 2008 asistimos una conferencia de Fundación de Iglesias en Málaga, España. Había varios pastores, misioneros y líderes de iglesias de varias congregaciones de la FIEIDE (La Iglesia Libre de España) reunidos para discutir y aprender más sobre la fundación de iglesias. Tuvimos la oportunidad de escuchar al Dr. Robert Vajko y también al Lic. Jonatan Haley sobre sus experiencias con la fundación y el crecimiento de las iglesias internacionalmente. Tuvimos la bendición de conocer a otros hermanos y hermanas sea por primera vez o reencontrarnos de nuevo que tienen el mismo objetivo, el alcanzar a las comunidades de España con el Evangelio de Jesucristo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5174975585755242923?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5174975585755242923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5174975585755242923&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5174975585755242923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5174975585755242923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/02/malaga.html' title='Málaga'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SYtX1riDPuI/AAAAAAAAAtw/mG1UQqSRCKM/s72-c/IMG_0513.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3114468661341970057</id><published>2008-12-29T09:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T10:17:18.559-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebration - Celebracion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1d7a187b5826111f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1d7a187b5826111f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3C1909422A1F11BE091951CE282A0D5D231D255B.39669A741BF0FD5443ABD2557BB6CD51BC88ED2E%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1d7a187b5826111f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D8wi6FUayZNq1fZ5pBWpIKVmMR3U&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1d7a187b5826111f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3C1909422A1F11BE091951CE282A0D5D231D255B.39669A741BF0FD5443ABD2557BB6CD51BC88ED2E%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1d7a187b5826111f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D8wi6FUayZNq1fZ5pBWpIKVmMR3U&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In October the La Jota Bible Study group celebrated everybody's birthday on one night. We called it "Happy Birthday to Me". No it was nobody's birthday in particular, however we wanted to give everyone at least one good birthday party. Some told us that even when they were growing up their families were too poor to celebrate a good party for them. Others said that they were pleased to know that they could have fun and enjoy themselves without the booze and alcohol. Mercedes made balloon figures. We played games such as a Japanese version of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" and Biblical Charades. After we sang Happy Birthday, different people sang typical Birthday songs from their countries of origin. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En octubre el grupo de estudio bíblico de La Jota celebro los cumpleaños de todos en una sola noche. Lo nombramos "Cumpleaños a Mi". No fue el cumpleaños de alguien en particular, pero quisimos darles a todos por lo menos una buena fiesta de cumpleaños. Algunos nos dijeron que durante su infancia sus familias eran tan pobres que nunca celebraron sus cumpleaños. Otros dijeron que estaban contentos al saber que podían divertirse sin tener que emborracharse o beber bebidas alcohólicas. Mercedes hizo sus creaciones de globos. Jugamos juegos tales como una versión japonesa de "Ponle la cola al Burro" y también juegos bíblicos. Después de cantar Cumpleaños Feliz, distintas personas cantaron canciones de cumpleaños típicos de sus países de origen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkOJ0DMBVI/AAAAAAAAArE/DL6J3R03KTU/s1600-h/IMG_0238.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285271199449613650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkOJ0DMBVI/AAAAAAAAArE/DL6J3R03KTU/s320/IMG_0238.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkOlCENmnI/AAAAAAAAArU/bHsAhT23Ako/s1600-h/IMG_0239.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285271667068476018" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkOlCENmnI/AAAAAAAAArU/bHsAhT23Ako/s320/IMG_0239.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkPtBdiuGI/AAAAAAAAAsE/4Dw5HoNvJQA/s1600-h/IMG_0241.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285272903856863330" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkRD-TzioI/AAAAAAAAAsc/hw08DH--GrY/s320/IMG_0270.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkPkWE_EBI/AAAAAAAAAr8/qfxP7AYwB_k/s1600-h/IMG_0274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285272754772185106" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkPkWE_EBI/AAAAAAAAAr8/qfxP7AYwB_k/s320/IMG_0274.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkQ1gGNsjI/AAAAAAAAAsU/982xy2cm2p0/s1600-h/IMG_0269.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285274149031096882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkQ1gGNsjI/AAAAAAAAAsU/982xy2cm2p0/s320/IMG_0269.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkPX5q5C4I/AAAAAAAAAr0/46KALFSstDU/s1600-h/IMG_0268.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285272540988115842" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkPX5q5C4I/AAAAAAAAAr0/46KALFSstDU/s320/IMG_0268.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3114468661341970057?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=1d7a187b5826111f&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3114468661341970057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3114468661341970057&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3114468661341970057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3114468661341970057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/12/celebration-celebracion.html' title='Celebration - Celebracion'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkOJ0DMBVI/AAAAAAAAArE/DL6J3R03KTU/s72-c/IMG_0238.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-9133311264929124526</id><published>2008-12-29T08:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T09:07:01.753-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Victoria &amp; Zaragoza</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkAQXmt9gI/AAAAAAAAAq0/l_dMVRsqbPU/s1600-h/IMG_0202.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285255918910305794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkAQXmt9gI/AAAAAAAAAq0/l_dMVRsqbPU/s320/IMG_0202.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In October we were able to meet up with a dear friend and sister in Christ we had met during the first month we spent in Zaragoza, Victoria. Two years ago she came with a short term church group from California. It was good to see her again and for her to be able to attend one of the home Bible Study meetings in our home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285257413011702210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkBnVkQAcI/AAAAAAAAAq8/LHdS3zaOquk/s320/IMG_0184.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En octubre pudimos encontrarnos nuevamente con una querida amiga y hermana en Cristo, Victoria, quien conocimos durante nuestro primer mes en Zaragoza. Hace dos años ella vino con un equipo de trabajo de una iglesia de California. Fue un gozo verla de nuevo y para ella el asistir a una de nuestras reuniones de estudio bíblico en nuestra casa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-9133311264929124526?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/9133311264929124526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=9133311264929124526&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/9133311264929124526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/9133311264929124526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/12/victoria-zaragoza.html' title='Victoria &amp; Zaragoza'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVkAQXmt9gI/AAAAAAAAAq0/l_dMVRsqbPU/s72-c/IMG_0202.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8327420806502454494</id><published>2008-12-29T08:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T09:07:44.286-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ray Czap Flashes Through Spain - El Rayo Czap Hace Viaje Relampago por Espana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj1b447JDI/AAAAAAAAAqI/Ffdvk4N19GQ/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_3186.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285244022195692594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj1b447JDI/AAAAAAAAAqI/Ffdvk4N19GQ/s320/Copia+de+IMG_3186.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Longtime family friend and brother in Christ, Ray Czap, came in September from Ludington, Michigan and spent a few days with us in Zaragoza. We spent time touring spots within the city which we had not been to before including the various Roman ruins within this city which was established by Cesar Augustus himself. Yes the same Cesar Augustus which is in Luke 2. We will share some of what Ray saw through his camera lens and if you want to see something really cool you can check out some other of his pictures at &lt;a href="http://www.ludingtonartscouncil.org/contest_slides.html"&gt;http://www.ludingtonartscouncil.org/contest_slides.html&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Un viejo amigo de la familia y hermano en Cristo, Ray Czap, vino en septiembre desde Ludington, Michigan y paso unos dias con nosotros en Zaragoza. Pasamos algun tiempo visitando sitios que nunca habiamos visto dentro de la ciudad incluyendo algunas ruinas romanas dentro de esta ciudad fundada por Cesar Augusto. Si el mismo Cesar Augusto que encontramos en el evangelio de Lucas capitulo 2. Queremos compartir con ustedes algo de lo que Ray vio a traves del lente de su camara y si quieren ver mas de su trabajo pueden visitar la pagina de un concurso fotografico &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ludingtonartscouncil.org/contest_slides.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;http://www.ludingtonartscouncil.org/contest_slides.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt; . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285250240024052594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj7F0Gug3I/AAAAAAAAAqQ/tvLESzxIae0/s320/_SPN2562.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj7vj51AwI/AAAAAAAAAqY/qbhBCSL4nak/s1600-h/_SPN2556.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285250957229490946" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj7vj51AwI/AAAAAAAAAqY/qbhBCSL4nak/s320/_SPN2556.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj9AahY4vI/AAAAAAAAAqo/_kfUxLbbzZI/s1600-h/_SPN2534.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285252346280469234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj9AahY4vI/AAAAAAAAAqo/_kfUxLbbzZI/s320/_SPN2534.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roman Theater - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Teatro Romano&lt;/span&gt; / Hot Baths - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Banos Termales&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8327420806502454494?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8327420806502454494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8327420806502454494&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8327420806502454494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8327420806502454494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/12/ray-czap-flashes-through-spain-el-rayo.html' title='Ray Czap Flashes Through Spain - El Rayo Czap Hace Viaje Relampago por Espana'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVj1b447JDI/AAAAAAAAAqI/Ffdvk4N19GQ/s72-c/Copia+de+IMG_3186.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-843566948513417844</id><published>2008-11-12T10:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T07:43:04.271-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Talent Night 2 Noche de Talentos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsa2zpGUWI/AAAAAAAAAoA/DInW7_JJuEU/s1600-h/_SPN2869.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267833718017773922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsa2zpGUWI/AAAAAAAAAoA/DInW7_JJuEU/s320/_SPN2869.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;On September 20, La Jota Bible Study Group hosted the Second Talent Night at the Zalmedina Street Church. Several people participated in song, instrumental music, poetry, Bible reading but there were also mimes and a skit about Abraham and Isaac. Afterwards there was coffee prepared at the Koinonia Kafe 2. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;El 20 de septiembre, el estudio biblico de La Jota fueron los anfitriones de la Segunda Noche de Talentos en la Iglesia Cristiana de la calle Zalmedina. Varias personas participaron cantando, tocando instrumentos musicales, poesia, lectura biblica pero tambien habia una actuacion de mimos y un drama acerca de Abraham e Isaac. Luego tomamos cafe preparado por el Koinonia Kafe 2. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRseJS6_dJI/AAAAAAAAAoI/XAVUuO2y4Ss/s1600-h/_SPN2880.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267837334186849426" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRseJS6_dJI/AAAAAAAAAoI/XAVUuO2y4Ss/s320/_SPN2880.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsjR9J1ZhI/AAAAAAAAAog/1mAGSeZW-cE/s1600-h/_SPN2895.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267842980520486418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsjR9J1ZhI/AAAAAAAAAog/1mAGSeZW-cE/s320/_SPN2895.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRtAlODKxCI/AAAAAAAAApo/aTaIZOr_bZE/s1600-h/Copia+de+_SPN2906.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267875197310649378" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRtAlODKxCI/AAAAAAAAApo/aTaIZOr_bZE/s320/Copia+de+_SPN2906.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVjs9d0fNbI/AAAAAAAAAqA/XMPPlgpqSyk/s1600-h/Copia+de+_SPN2945.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285234703440229810" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SVjs9d0fNbI/AAAAAAAAAqA/XMPPlgpqSyk/s320/Copia+de+_SPN2945.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsopmT6H2I/AAAAAAAAApg/qodMeMoGMls/s1600-h/IMG_3164.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267848884263722850" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsopmT6H2I/AAAAAAAAApg/qodMeMoGMls/s320/IMG_3164.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsiFz2U3nI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/-9J-A5_dU7U/s1600-h/_SPN2941.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267841672352685682" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsiFz2U3nI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/-9J-A5_dU7U/s320/_SPN2941.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsj7UnzUYI/AAAAAAAAAoo/S7TPmDQ5NQg/s1600-h/_SPN2929.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267843691194831234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsj7UnzUYI/AAAAAAAAAoo/S7TPmDQ5NQg/s320/_SPN2929.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsmr30ySnI/AAAAAAAAApY/yUX3vZgZFbs/s1600-h/_SPN2920.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267846724301507186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsmr30ySnI/AAAAAAAAApY/yUX3vZgZFbs/s320/_SPN2920.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRtBOrA0O-I/AAAAAAAAAp4/vWd0iAs0KQ0/s1600-h/_SPN2955.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267875909460048866" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRtBOrA0O-I/AAAAAAAAAp4/vWd0iAs0KQ0/s320/_SPN2955.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRslER0PAdI/AAAAAAAAAo4/JLLUnec1z2k/s1600-h/_SPN2971.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267844944572121554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRslER0PAdI/AAAAAAAAAo4/JLLUnec1z2k/s320/_SPN2971.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRslb5E1KII/AAAAAAAAApA/wyYbQ2lOhXA/s1600-h/_SPN2975.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267845350247704706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRslb5E1KII/AAAAAAAAApA/wyYbQ2lOhXA/s320/_SPN2975.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRslv6zBOPI/AAAAAAAAApI/_4XdZoSNIIU/s1600-h/_SPN2982.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267845694307252466" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRslv6zBOPI/AAAAAAAAApI/_4XdZoSNIIU/s320/_SPN2982.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Danke Shein,&lt;/span&gt; Thank you, &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Gracias,&lt;/span&gt; Anna!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsmOa2qpQI/AAAAAAAAApQ/9Lk9eG1WhV4/s1600-h/_SPN2958.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267846218308560130" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsmOa2qpQI/AAAAAAAAApQ/9Lk9eG1WhV4/s320/_SPN2958.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsklIAmqaI/AAAAAAAAAow/A_VwvjMnAQU/s1600-h/_SPN2996.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267844409363704226" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsklIAmqaI/AAAAAAAAAow/A_VwvjMnAQU/s320/_SPN2996.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Time for Koinonia Kafe - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Hora para Koinonia Kafe&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-843566948513417844?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/843566948513417844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=843566948513417844&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/843566948513417844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/843566948513417844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/11/talent-night-2-noche-de-talentos.html' title='Talent Night 2 Noche de Talentos'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsa2zpGUWI/AAAAAAAAAoA/DInW7_JJuEU/s72-c/_SPN2869.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8194270498425052256</id><published>2008-11-05T06:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T09:45:15.654-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='La Jota'/><title type='text'>La Jota &amp; La Sotonera</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsU9x8tMrI/AAAAAAAAAnw/jDhY3nYCpPQ/s1600-h/IMG_2935.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267827240752460466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsU9x8tMrI/AAAAAAAAAnw/jDhY3nYCpPQ/s320/IMG_2935.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Bible Study Group of La Jota took a day off and went to La Sotonera Lake for a time of refreshing, enjoying God's Creation and to have fun. Even though it looks like a sunshiney day, it was quite chilly that Saturday in mid September.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El grupo de Estudio Bíblico de La Jota se tomo un día libre y fueron al pantano de La Sotonera para retiro, disfrutar de la Creación de Dios y diversión. A pesar de que se ve un día soleado, había un poco de frío aquel sábado a mediados de septiembre.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGsma3-_wI/AAAAAAAAAmo/hgqKHwNrckg/s1600-h/IMG_2935.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGtKCASCJI/AAAAAAAAAmw/M3MkR7c6FOA/s1600-h/IMG_2937.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265179827221170322" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGtKCASCJI/AAAAAAAAAmw/M3MkR7c6FOA/s320/IMG_2937.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The arrival - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La llegada.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGtemh0HVI/AAAAAAAAAm4/Ypyd-aBmY58/s1600-h/IMG_2947.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265180180622875986" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGtemh0HVI/AAAAAAAAAm4/Ypyd-aBmY58/s320/IMG_2947.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsQaX-30PI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/Evxy86J28ek/s1600-h/IMG_2951.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267822234440290546" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsQaX-30PI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/Evxy86J28ek/s320/IMG_2951.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Go jump in the lake, and jump right out its cold - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Refresquense en el agua, y salgan congelados.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGtp4RGkII/AAAAAAAAAnA/nMA5rwrWLzo/s1600-h/IMG_2953.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265180374363181186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGtp4RGkII/AAAAAAAAAnA/nMA5rwrWLzo/s320/IMG_2953.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsRfXn6YDI/AAAAAAAAAnY/qgvfVVIj0HA/s1600-h/IMG_2956.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267823419754962994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsRfXn6YDI/AAAAAAAAAnY/qgvfVVIj0HA/s320/IMG_2956.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Time to eat and relax - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Tiempo para comer y a descansar.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGt4C_nhTI/AAAAAAAAAnI/hqj5n4y-t9o/s1600-h/IMG_2959.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265180617760802098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRGt4C_nhTI/AAAAAAAAAnI/hqj5n4y-t9o/s320/IMG_2959.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsVkJ06rAI/AAAAAAAAAn4/55BVS23N-0Q/s1600-h/IMG_2943.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267827899997268994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsVkJ06rAI/AAAAAAAAAn4/55BVS23N-0Q/s320/IMG_2943.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Time to go home - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Hora para volver a casa.&lt;/span&gt;  Thank you God for a beautiful day - Gracias Dios por un día precioso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8194270498425052256?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8194270498425052256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8194270498425052256&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8194270498425052256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8194270498425052256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/11/la-jota-la-sotonera.html' title='La Jota &amp; La Sotonera'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SRsU9x8tMrI/AAAAAAAAAnw/jDhY3nYCpPQ/s72-c/IMG_2935.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-7944996601050306284</id><published>2008-10-10T11:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T07:51:56.032-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Agua Viva 2008 Living Water</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-ih4NDIxI/AAAAAAAAAlY/7zmJ_ix9jlw/s1600-h/IMG_2880.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255597993071158034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-ih4NDIxI/AAAAAAAAAlY/7zmJ_ix9jlw/s320/IMG_2880.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-d782c8474c9ecc2f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd782c8474c9ecc2f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3620F7D804E09EFB3ACD983A16159657D1750DF2.83AA5B97C38DE8D0D7C0C1CFA7B774012018B0EC%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd782c8474c9ecc2f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DS--lD6_C1TYv5JUvgiDsQTQGQgU&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd782c8474c9ecc2f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3620F7D804E09EFB3ACD983A16159657D1750DF2.83AA5B97C38DE8D0D7C0C1CFA7B774012018B0EC%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd782c8474c9ecc2f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DS--lD6_C1TYv5JUvgiDsQTQGQgU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;From June 14 through September 14, Zaragoza hosted the International Expo the theme being Water. 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Tuvimos la bendición de trabajar como voluntarios en el Pabellón Evangélico conocido como Agua Viva. Ofreciendo la verdadera agua viva a los visitantes. Según la pagina web &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aguaviva2008.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;www.aguaviva2008.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt; , durante los 93 días de Expo Zaragoza 2008, el total estimado de visitas al Pabellón Evangélico Agua Viva ha sido de 330.905. De ellas, 237.561 han visto el audiovisual evangelístico «Espejismos», en el auditorio. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SPX_llfoiVI/AAAAAAAAAmY/6W25Gn3prWA/s1600-h/IMG_2881.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257389161209956690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SPX_llfoiVI/AAAAAAAAAmY/6W25Gn3prWA/s320/IMG_2881.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;While volunteering at the Agua Viva Pavilion, Mercedes met a man (pictured here with Mercedes) that lived nearby the Expo. The man began telling her that one day during the Expo a boy was sitting on the sidewalk near the entrance reading some of the literature given away to kids from the Evangelical Pavilion. The man approached the boy and asked him what he was doing there. The boy looked up at him and replied, “I have been separated from my parents at the Expo and I have been waiting here just in case I see them or they see me.” The man asked the boy if he was scared to which came the answer, “No, I know that I will find my parents, and since I have been reading these booklets I have nothing to fear because Jesus is with me.” Then his parents appeared. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Mientras que trabajábamos en el Pabellón de Agua Viva, Mercedes conoció un señor (en la foto con Mercedes) que vive cerca de la Expo. El hombre le contó que un día durante la Expo un niño solo estaba sentado en la acera cerca de la entrada, notó que el niño tenía mucha propaganda de diferentes Pabellones y entre todas estaba leyendo las revistas regaladas a los niños en el Pabellón Evangélico. Este hombre se le acerco y le pregunto que estaba hacienda allí. El niño le respondió, “He perdido a mis padres en la Expo y estoy aquí esperando, por si acaso los veo cuando salgan o ellos me vean a mi.” El hombre le pregunto al niño si tenia miedo y el respondió; “No, porque leyendo estas revistas se que no tengo nada que temer porque sé que Jesús esta conmigo yo se que encontrare a mis padres.” Sí, se encontraron. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-i8wqnqAI/AAAAAAAAAlo/DL4zzBvVQgw/s1600-h/IMG_2885.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255598454904170498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-i8wqnqAI/AAAAAAAAAlo/DL4zzBvVQgw/s320/IMG_2885.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-rXQjjmNI/AAAAAAAAAmA/BMFFc82Jrag/s1600-h/IMG_2894.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255607706234099922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-rXQjjmNI/AAAAAAAAAmA/BMFFc82Jrag/s320/IMG_2894.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SPX92Bm92yI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Mryg0I8XCdw/s1600-h/IMG_2891.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257387244611558178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SPX92Bm92yI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Mryg0I8XCdw/s320/IMG_2891.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-jGhDxPAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/G0thxyvwUAk/s1600-h/IMG_2886.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255598622513380354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-jGhDxPAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/G0thxyvwUAk/s320/IMG_2886.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Inside the Agua Viva Pavilion.  &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Dentro del Pabellon de Agua Viva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-7944996601050306284?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=8e44bacbd82f4a4d&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=d782c8474c9ecc2f&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/7944996601050306284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=7944996601050306284&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7944996601050306284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7944996601050306284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/10/agua-viva-2008-living-water.html' title='Agua Viva 2008 Living Water'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SO-ih4NDIxI/AAAAAAAAAlY/7zmJ_ix9jlw/s72-c/IMG_2880.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3519602727898518102</id><published>2008-10-08T04:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T05:01:24.177-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sebastian &amp; Dolores</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SOyg6jW-ChI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/QpbOCdhbssQ/s1600-h/IMG_2798.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254751793018964498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SOyg6jW-ChI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/QpbOCdhbssQ/s320/IMG_2798.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Recently we went to visit one of the elderly couples from church that is spending the summer near the Mediterranean Coast. When we arrived, Dolores told us that she had been trying to speak unsuccessfully to her next door neighbor who is from England. One day Dolores was outside of her door reading the Bible and the English lady came out of her door: surprised to see Dolores reading Scripture. Immediately the woman ran back into her apartment and came out with three Bibles. Through crude sign language Dolores let the lady know that she is an Evangelical Christian…however the lady did not understand the message. That night the neighbor knocked on the door, After speaking with her we find out that she has been a believer for several years but since she moved to Spain she did not know where to go to Church. Dolores nearly jumped for joy to find out that her neighbor was also a believer. That weekend we were able to connect her with a Church located in another town and the pastor of the church also spoke English. It was a blessing to be able to serve this lady that was unable to communicate with her neighbor. God works in mysterious ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Recientemente visitamos a una de las parejas ancianas de la iglesia que están pasando su verano cerca de la costa del mar Mediterráneo. Cuando llegamos, Dolores nos contó que había intentado hablarle sin éxito a su vecina inglesa. Un día ella estaba sentada en el pasillo fuera de la puerta de entrada leyendo su Biblia y la señora inglesa salió de su apartamento y se sorprendió cuando vio a Dolores leyendo las escrituras. Inmediatamente la señora entro de nuevo a su piso y salió con tres Biblias en sus brazos. Por medio de señas Dolores intento infructuosamente explicarle que ella es cristiana evangélica. Aquella noche, la vecina, llamo a la puerta y después de hablar con ella nos alegramos al saber que ella también ha sido creyente por varios años, pero desde que llego a España no sabia donde podría congregarse. Dolores por poco salta de alegría al enterarse por fin que su vecina era una hermana en Cristo. Ese fin de semana pudimos conectarla con una iglesia en la que pastor habla ingles. Fue una bendición el poder servir a esta señora que no podía comunicarse con su vecina. Dios obra de formas misteriosas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3519602727898518102?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3519602727898518102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3519602727898518102&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3519602727898518102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3519602727898518102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/10/sebastian-dolores.html' title='Sebastian &amp; Dolores'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SOyg6jW-ChI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/QpbOCdhbssQ/s72-c/IMG_2798.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8543741283974511816</id><published>2008-09-12T03:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T04:13:27.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank You José Antonio Gracias</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMpOQX8QZNI/AAAAAAAAAbo/ibZq11lL-f8/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_2781.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245090759237985490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMpOQX8QZNI/AAAAAAAAAbo/ibZq11lL-f8/s320/Copia+de+IMG_2781.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMpOWx6IeQI/AAAAAAAAAbw/8hZh7KBoox4/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_2782.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245090869287614722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMpOWx6IeQI/AAAAAAAAAbw/8hZh7KBoox4/s320/Copia+de+IMG_2782.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMpOd-X7RCI/AAAAAAAAAb4/6UC39ZhKsls/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_2783.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245090992892888098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMpOd-X7RCI/AAAAAAAAAb4/6UC39ZhKsls/s320/Copia+de+IMG_2783.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On August 12th, the cell group recognized, Jose Antonio as the person who distributed the most Evangelistic Packets in La Jota during the June-July Evangelistic Campaign. José Antonio was thankful to receive his new Large Print Bible. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El 12 de agosto, la célula reconoció a José Antonio como la persona que distribuyo mas paquetes evangelisticos en La Jota durante la Campaña Evangelistica de Junio – Julio. José Antonio estuvo agradecido al recibir su nueva Biblia Letra Grande.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8543741283974511816?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8543741283974511816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8543741283974511816&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8543741283974511816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8543741283974511816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/09/thank-you-jos-antonio-gracias.html' title='Thank You José Antonio Gracias'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMpOQX8QZNI/AAAAAAAAAbo/ibZq11lL-f8/s72-c/Copia+de+IMG_2781.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-1551782004298300521</id><published>2008-09-11T06:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T07:21:32.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Josué Israel &amp; Esther</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-519ba93cf23dc456" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D519ba93cf23dc456%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2805A069D30F81B4EFDDE0DF90338947B7D31C49.505B7ED2111641C9645DEC24BAA0CE799910E41F%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D519ba93cf23dc456%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DmYncYWteR5tk8qLdebvvh4nIav4&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D519ba93cf23dc456%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2805A069D30F81B4EFDDE0DF90338947B7D31C49.505B7ED2111641C9645DEC24BAA0CE799910E41F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D519ba93cf23dc456%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DmYncYWteR5tk8qLdebvvh4nIav4&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkgs5sM6II/AAAAAAAAAbA/ZK-SuVVyJpU/s1600-h/IMG_2769.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244759196822202498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkgs5sM6II/AAAAAAAAAbA/ZK-SuVVyJpU/s320/IMG_2769.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josue Israel &amp;amp; Julissa                                             Josue, Julissa &amp;amp; Alex&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkhGsCw9-I/AAAAAAAAAbI/cQNHRPqhEoo/s1600-h/IMG_2777.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244759639835342818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkhGsCw9-I/AAAAAAAAAbI/cQNHRPqhEoo/s320/IMG_2777.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkhVHFf6EI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/ntkox4DEVXs/s1600-h/IMG_2776.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244759887612733506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkhVHFf6EI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/ntkox4DEVXs/s320/IMG_2776.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josue &amp;amp; Pilar                                                           Josue &amp;amp; Mercedes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On the August 7th, as a surprise to all of us, Josué Israel was born. We celebrate along with Julissa and Alex, and welcome this new life. Mercedes spent the day and evening with Julissa since the father, a truck driver, was stuck on the road when she went into labor. The cell group sprang into action once we all knew what was happening. Welcome Josué Israel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El 7 de agosto, como una sorpresa para todos, nació Josué Israel. Celebramos con sus padres Julissa y Alex y le damos la bienvenida a esta nueva vida. Mercedes paso todo el día y la noche con Julissa desde que el padre, un camionero, estuvo de viaje cuando ella estuvo de parto. Los miembros de la célula entraron en acción ya cuando todos nos enteramos lo que sucedía. ¡Bienvenido Josué Israel! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-d374b1791c67e543" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd374b1791c67e543%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5885895341F4932ADCAC23BC32E00523993413A.2B1ABB16B0627F3102429D15616DEF51ADDDDC4D%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd374b1791c67e543%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DGSvExB4oMK9IA3FwUSMcLXdEMtQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd374b1791c67e543%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5885895341F4932ADCAC23BC32E00523993413A.2B1ABB16B0627F3102429D15616DEF51ADDDDC4D%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd374b1791c67e543%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DGSvExB4oMK9IA3FwUSMcLXdEMtQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;         &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMknlY3EHEI/AAAAAAAAAbY/oQpjptZTYoU/s1600-h/IMG_2765.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244766764331703362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMknlY3EHEI/AAAAAAAAAbY/oQpjptZTYoU/s320/IMG_2765.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esther, Damaris &amp;amp; Pilar                                                 Esther&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;On the same day and in the same hospital, Damaris, the pastor’s daughter also gave birth to Esther. Congratulations Damaris and Alberto!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En el mismo día y en el mismo hospital, Damaris, la hija del pastor también estuvo de parto y dio a luz a Esther. ¡Felicidades Damaris y Alberto!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-1551782004298300521?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/1551782004298300521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=1551782004298300521&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1551782004298300521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1551782004298300521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/09/josu-israel-esther.html' title='Josué Israel &amp; Esther'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkgs5sM6II/AAAAAAAAAbA/ZK-SuVVyJpU/s72-c/IMG_2769.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-1339673979819303602</id><published>2008-09-11T05:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T06:05:24.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anna &amp; Zaragoza</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkTGjMqDrI/AAAAAAAAAaw/rvUrN1aEbAk/s1600-h/IMG_2740.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244744244298124978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkTGjMqDrI/AAAAAAAAAaw/rvUrN1aEbAk/s320/IMG_2740.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anna arrived to Zaragoza from Germany. She has been a blessing to us, the cell group, the church. She has been involved with the children, the music, and the cell group. Anna has been working with Yilian on the upcoming La Jota Group Talent Night which will be Saturday, September 20th at 6pm at the Zalmedina Street Church. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkTVv42WcI/AAAAAAAAAa4/GRnFaHAABwY/s1600-h/IMG_2751.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244744505402743234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkTVv42WcI/AAAAAAAAAa4/GRnFaHAABwY/s320/IMG_2751.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Anna vino a Zaragoza de Alemania. Ella ha sido una bendición para nosotros, la célula, y la iglesia. Ella ha estado involucrada con los niños, la música, y la célula. Anna ha estado trabajando con Yilian en la próxima Noche de Talento del Grupo de La Jota que será sábado, 20 de septiembre a las 18:00 en la Iglesia Cristiana de la Calle Zalmedina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f22dccb123261f99" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df22dccb123261f99%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D51E2CE7894F792E28CECFC2C8E88525F2535826C.5973CF09175E1D7FA16AD8FBF42E01A436B31C3D%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df22dccb123261f99%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D56VzMrlzRrMn6rNyHqbF6dKisXU&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df22dccb123261f99%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D51E2CE7894F792E28CECFC2C8E88525F2535826C.5973CF09175E1D7FA16AD8FBF42E01A436B31C3D%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df22dccb123261f99%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D56VzMrlzRrMn6rNyHqbF6dKisXU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is Anna and Yilian in the middle of the street as a street musician played they acted out a Music Box Ballerina.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Aquí vemos a Anna y Yilian mientras que un músico toca en medio de la calle, las chicas actuaron como si fueran unas Bailarinas de una Caja de Música.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-1339673979819303602?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=f22dccb123261f99&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/1339673979819303602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=1339673979819303602&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1339673979819303602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1339673979819303602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/09/anna-zaragoza.html' title='Anna &amp; Zaragoza'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SMkTGjMqDrI/AAAAAAAAAaw/rvUrN1aEbAk/s72-c/IMG_2740.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8039076326179868857</id><published>2008-08-07T06:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T06:23:54.362-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ivan &amp; Jesus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJryhDbIL9I/AAAAAAAAAag/xsGihEmuW5A/s1600-h/IMG_2246.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231760566812946386" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJryhDbIL9I/AAAAAAAAAag/xsGihEmuW5A/s320/IMG_2246.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ivan was exposed to the Gospel early in his adolescent years when he attended the youth group Bible studies given at the Zalmedina Church when it was in another part of town.  When he got older he turned to the party scene and all that it had to offer.  Nearly a year ago he started looking for the church but it had moved from where it was when he was young. When he found it he began to attend, but he was still missing something in his life...Jesus in his heart. A brother from Africa invited Ivan to attend the Bible study in our home. As we got to know Ivan better, Marlan started to read the Bible with him and was able to point him to Scripture which led him to make a decision to surrender his life to the Lord. We praise the Lord that Ivan is growing in the knowledge and grace of the Lord and that he is not ashamed to share the Gospel with those he meets. Keep praying for Ivan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Ivan fue expuesto al evangelio cuando era un adolescente al asistir a los estudios biblicos para jovenes dadas en la iglesia Zalmedina cuando estaba ubicada en otra parte de la ciudad. Cuando el crecio fue atraido por las fiestas y los vicios. Hace algunos meses Ivan empezo a buscar la iglesia donde el asistia cuando era joven pero se habia mudado de lugar. Cuando finalmente lo encontro, empezo a asistir a los cultos, pero algo todavia le faltaba en su vida...Jesucristo en su corazon. Un hermano del Africa invito a Ivan para acompanarle a la reunion de estudio biblico en nuestra casa. Al conocer a Ivan mejor, Marlan empezo a leer con el la Biblia y pudo mostrarle por medio de las escrituras que necesitaba un Salvador, y al verlo y entenderlo se rindio a los pies del Senor y le entrego su vida. Alabamos al Senor que Ivan esta creciendo en el conocimiento de la gracia de Dios y que no teme compartir el evangelio con aquellos que encuentra. Sigan orando por Ivan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8039076326179868857?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8039076326179868857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8039076326179868857&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8039076326179868857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8039076326179868857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/08/ivan-jesus.html' title='Ivan &amp; Jesus'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJryhDbIL9I/AAAAAAAAAag/xsGihEmuW5A/s72-c/IMG_2246.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-6050109096778415715</id><published>2008-08-04T06:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T06:58:21.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Faces in July - Caras Nuevas en Julio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;During the month of July we were blessed by the visits of several families to our home and to the Zalmedina Church. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Durante el mes de julio fuimos bendecidos por las visitas de varias familias a nuestra casa y a la Iglesia de Zalmedina. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJcJbcuJK1I/AAAAAAAAAaI/joFVoSK1Usw/s1600-h/IMG_2589.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230659859384970066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJcJbcuJK1I/AAAAAAAAAaI/joFVoSK1Usw/s320/IMG_2589.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The newlyweds Oscar &amp;amp; Fanny - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Los recien casados Oscar &amp;amp; Fanny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJcGDTo7RbI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/I5_1wiPKY8E/s1600-h/IMG_2700.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230656146095424946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJcGDTo7RbI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/I5_1wiPKY8E/s320/IMG_2700.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Amelia's husband Miguel and her son Gerardo - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Miguel, el esposo de Amelia y su hijo Gerardo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJcFXBjd4BI/AAAAAAAAAZo/8pP74g7PZtg/s1600-h/IMG_2598.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230655385326444562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJcFXBjd4BI/AAAAAAAAAZo/8pP74g7PZtg/s320/IMG_2598.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Dr. Douglas &amp;amp; Belen and their family - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El doctor Douglas &amp;amp; Belen y su familia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-6050109096778415715?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/6050109096778415715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=6050109096778415715&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/6050109096778415715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/6050109096778415715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-faces-in-july-caras-nuevas-en-julio.html' title='New Faces in July - Caras Nuevas en Julio'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SJcJbcuJK1I/AAAAAAAAAaI/joFVoSK1Usw/s72-c/IMG_2589.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-2177579024317954886</id><published>2008-07-04T07:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T08:00:45.594-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Day to Celebrate - Un Dia para Celebrar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SG43yO1NcpI/AAAAAAAAAZY/dVRze5G_kic/s1600-h/Everywhere+059.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219170354283246226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SG43yO1NcpI/AAAAAAAAAZY/dVRze5G_kic/s320/Everywhere+059.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A picture taken during our first month in Spain 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Una foto tomada durante nuestro primer mes en España 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;We are celebrating as a family year number two in Spain. As a church we are celebrating that 10,000 envelopes with Gospel literature have been distributed in Arrabal and La Jota. As soccer fans in Spain, the winning of the European Cup. As citizens of the United States of America, &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Happy 4th of July&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;Estamos celebrando, como familia, el segundo año en España. Como iglesia estamos celebrando que 10,000 sobres con literatura envangelistica han sido distribuidas en Arrabal y La Jota. Como fanáticos del fútbol en España, celebramos la victoria de la Euro Copa. Como ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos de América, &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Feliz 4 de Julio&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SG4zMc0C7jI/AAAAAAAAAZA/wSIXczI2_lU/s1600-h/espana-dest.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219165307154918962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SG4zMc0C7jI/AAAAAAAAAZA/wSIXczI2_lU/s320/espana-dest.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Spain National Soccer Team Euro Cup Champions. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Selección Nacional de Fútbol España Campeones de la Euro Copa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-2177579024317954886?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/2177579024317954886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=2177579024317954886&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2177579024317954886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2177579024317954886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/07/day-to-celebrate-un-dia-para-celebrar.html' title='A Day to Celebrate - Un Dia para Celebrar'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SG43yO1NcpI/AAAAAAAAAZY/dVRze5G_kic/s72-c/Everywhere+059.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-1305655903836897603</id><published>2008-07-02T03:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T04:30:31.915-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Daughter Baptized - Otra Hija Bautizada</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-98541ed9059f1d97" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D98541ed9059f1d97%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4CA6D14D6F72E1CB0C0EACFB111E3F55F78747E.B7F7C668FFF924E039918B4B5C739EAF47F679F%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D98541ed9059f1d97%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DPVKik-X-C0KNl6tNO7tl0ich8IA&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D98541ed9059f1d97%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330361293%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4CA6D14D6F72E1CB0C0EACFB111E3F55F78747E.B7F7C668FFF924E039918B4B5C739EAF47F679F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D98541ed9059f1d97%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DPVKik-X-C0KNl6tNO7tl0ich8IA&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last weekend we had the privelege of traveling to another city to visit Oscar and Fanny and witness Fanny being baptized. Mercedes had led her to the Lord last year. That evening we celebrated the occasion the same way we celebrated after she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior, we ate ice cream. We were able to stay overnight and attend the Sunday morning service the following day. We even spent time getting to know the pastors Antonio and Encarnación, their family and several members of the congregation Rey de Reyes where Oscar and Fanny attend. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El fin de semana pasado tuvimos el privilegio de viajar a otra ciudad y visitar a Oscar y a Fanny y ser testigos del bautismo de Fanny. Mercedes la llevo a los caminos del Señor el año pasado. Aquella noche celebramos el evento de la misma forma que celebramos su nuevo nacimiento comiendo helado. Pudimos quedarnos la noche y asistir al culto de adoración del domingo siguiente. También tuvimos el placer de conocer a los pastores Antonio y Encarnación, su familia y varios miembros de la congregacion de Rey de Reyes donde asisten Oscar y Fanny.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGtjzzJ_MzI/AAAAAAAAAYM/Ivxlcbc2-Gg/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_2477.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218374334795428658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGtjzzJ_MzI/AAAAAAAAAYM/Ivxlcbc2-Gg/s320/Copia+de+IMG_2477.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oscar &amp;amp; Fanny&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGtkBmZcqzI/AAAAAAAAAYU/6gBxlHucFNQ/s1600-h/IMG_2485.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218374571888782130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGtkBmZcqzI/AAAAAAAAAYU/6gBxlHucFNQ/s320/IMG_2485.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pastor Antonio, Mercedes, Encarnacion &amp;amp; Marlan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-1305655903836897603?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=98541ed9059f1d97&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/1305655903836897603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=1305655903836897603&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1305655903836897603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1305655903836897603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/07/another-daughter-baptized-otra-hija.html' title='Another Daughter Baptized - Otra Hija Bautizada'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGtjzzJ_MzI/AAAAAAAAAYM/Ivxlcbc2-Gg/s72-c/Copia+de+IMG_2477.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-4951160371724791543</id><published>2008-06-27T17:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T17:33:41.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Week 2 of Campaign - 2da Semana de Campana</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWAvQ7NE-I/AAAAAAAAAXE/mnhpWKQ1EVs/s1600-h/IMG_2391.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216717292864082914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWAvQ7NE-I/AAAAAAAAAXE/mnhpWKQ1EVs/s320/IMG_2391.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Tuesday, more literature preparation for distribution in La Jota. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El Martes, mas preparación de literatura para ser distribuida en La Jota.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWA60KPmoI/AAAAAAAAAXM/D5GVgCaK3f4/s1600-h/IMG_2397.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216717491300964994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWA60KPmoI/AAAAAAAAAXM/D5GVgCaK3f4/s320/IMG_2397.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Wednesday, more literature preparation for distribution in Arrabal. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El Miércoles, mas preparación de literatura para ser distribuida en Arrabal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWBkggXp9I/AAAAAAAAAXc/sEmmhtlLFhU/s1600-h/IMG_2421.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216718207579563986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWBkggXp9I/AAAAAAAAAXc/sEmmhtlLFhU/s320/IMG_2421.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Friday, blood drive at the Zalmedina Church. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El Viernes, donación de sangre en la Iglesia de la calle Zalmedina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWBUMYLzUI/AAAAAAAAAXU/U9EqzmYL69o/s1600-h/IMG_2420.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216717927298616642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWBUMYLzUI/AAAAAAAAAXU/U9EqzmYL69o/s320/IMG_2420.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Donate till you drop - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Done hasta la locura&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWF4PDyCcI/AAAAAAAAAX8/r2dw7kMRPD0/s1600-h/Dejado_Atras_El_Mundo_En_Guerra-Caratula.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216722944540150210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWF4PDyCcI/AAAAAAAAAX8/r2dw7kMRPD0/s320/Dejado_Atras_El_Mundo_En_Guerra-Caratula.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Saturday, movie night at Zalmedina. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El Sábado, noche de película en Zalmedina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWBzvIPSsI/AAAAAAAAAXk/7EJ3Y1H4dnA/s1600-h/IMG_2428.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216718469202922178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWBzvIPSsI/AAAAAAAAAXk/7EJ3Y1H4dnA/s320/IMG_2428.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Discussion and refreshments after showing of the film.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Dialogo y degustacion luego de la película.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-4951160371724791543?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/4951160371724791543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=4951160371724791543&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4951160371724791543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4951160371724791543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/06/week-2-of-campaign-2da-semana-de.html' title='Week 2 of Campaign - 2da Semana de Campana'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGWAvQ7NE-I/AAAAAAAAAXE/mnhpWKQ1EVs/s72-c/IMG_2391.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-860838682482161672</id><published>2008-06-27T16:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T16:52:41.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Help from Puerto Rico - Ayuda de Puerto Rico</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGV7qYGz_GI/AAAAAAAAAW8/z5EgimBC-og/s1600-h/IMG_2459.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216711711334333538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGV7qYGz_GI/AAAAAAAAAW8/z5EgimBC-og/s320/IMG_2459.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We want to thank Myriam, Rosemary and Danny from Puerto Rico for helping us during the evangelistic campaign. The trio are in Spain traveling to different parts and helping out churches throughout the country.  They were a big help in literature preparation and distribution. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Queremos agradecerles a Myriam, Rosemary y a Danny de Puerto Rico por ayudarnos durante la campana evangelistica. El trio están en España viajando a distintas partes del país y ayudando a las iglesias donde van. Fueron una gran ayuda en la preparación y la distribución de literatura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-860838682482161672?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/860838682482161672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=860838682482161672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/860838682482161672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/860838682482161672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/06/help-from-puerto-rico-ayuda-de-puerto.html' title='Help from Puerto Rico - Ayuda de Puerto Rico'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGV7qYGz_GI/AAAAAAAAAW8/z5EgimBC-og/s72-c/IMG_2459.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-2082057436392301389</id><published>2008-06-27T15:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T16:02:56.701-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jose is with Jesus - Jose esta con Jesus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGVsHW1OQoI/AAAAAAAAAWc/bWqEj0aMA6E/s1600-h/Jose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216694617022284418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGVsHW1OQoI/AAAAAAAAAWc/bWqEj0aMA6E/s320/Jose.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Two Sundays ago we received a phone call that, Jose, one of our dear brothers, is enjoying eternity with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We had the privelege of getting to know and love Jose just a few months after we arrived in Spain. Shortly after meeting him, he accepted the Lord as his Saviour. Some of you have seen his picture recently in the blog and that happened to be one of the last times we saw him before he went to Paradise. His family allowed me to say a few words before they placed his remains in the vault. Please pray for his family members that need to trust in Jesus, just as he had done...and is getting a head start on us all of being before the Lord. Jose, we will see you soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Hace dos domingos recibimos una llamada telefonica que, Jose, uno de nuestros hermanos queridos, esta disfrutando la eternidad en la presencia de nuestro Senor y Salvador Jesucristo. Tuvimos el privilegio de conocer y querer a Jose a solo meses despues de nuestra llegada a Espana. A muy poco tiempo despues de conocerlo, el recibio al Senor Jesus en su corazon como su Senor y Salvador. Algunos de ustedes han visto su fotografia recientemente en nuestra pagina web, esa fue una de las ultimas veces que lo vimos antes de que el fuera al Paraiso. En el entierro, su familia me permitio decir algunas palabras antes de sepultar sus restos en el nicho. Por favor oren por sus familiares que necesitan poner su confianza en Jesus, asi como lo hizo Jose...y el ha llegado antes que nosotros a disfrutar estar en la presencia del Senor. Jose, te veremos pronto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-2082057436392301389?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/2082057436392301389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=2082057436392301389&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2082057436392301389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2082057436392301389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/06/jose-is-with-jesus-jose-esta-con-jesus.html' title='Jose is with Jesus - Jose esta con Jesus'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SGVsHW1OQoI/AAAAAAAAAWc/bWqEj0aMA6E/s72-c/Jose.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8696876475657424938</id><published>2008-06-11T23:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T23:51:49.407-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Evangelism Campaign 2008 Campana Evangelistica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDD09bJAII/AAAAAAAAAV8/upyJ8DV-RfM/s1600-h/IMG_2354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210880083476676738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDD09bJAII/AAAAAAAAAV8/upyJ8DV-RfM/s320/IMG_2354.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Zalmedina Street Church is getting ready for its big Evangelism Campaign from June 14 through July 12.  As you can see the literature to be distributed must be counted and be prepared for distribution.  The areas which will be covered by the church is Arrabal and La Jota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDEEh-buoI/AAAAAAAAAWE/U9TS0O11E9w/s1600-h/IMG_2384.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210880350986418818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDEEh-buoI/AAAAAAAAAWE/U9TS0O11E9w/s320/IMG_2384.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La Iglesia de Zalmedina se esta preparando para una campana evangelistica que durara desde el 14 de junio hasta el 12 de julio.  Como se puede apreciar, la literatura que se va a distribuir se tiene que contar y también preparar para la distribución.  Las zonas que se va a encargar la iglesia son Arrabal y La Jota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDERpKgvJI/AAAAAAAAAWM/V9eUthD43M0/s1600-h/IMG_2385.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210880576254426258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDERpKgvJI/AAAAAAAAAWM/V9eUthD43M0/s320/IMG_2385.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The list of activities set during this campaign will be literature distribution, a blood drive and the showing of Christian films at the church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La lista de actividades programadas para la campana incluye la distribución de literatura, donación de sangre y la proyección de películas cristianas en el local de la iglesia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8696876475657424938?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8696876475657424938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8696876475657424938&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8696876475657424938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8696876475657424938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/06/evangelism-campaign-2008-campana.html' title='Evangelism Campaign 2008 Campana Evangelistica'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDD09bJAII/AAAAAAAAAV8/upyJ8DV-RfM/s72-c/IMG_2354.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-141450178328599983</id><published>2008-06-11T23:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T23:33:04.568-07:00</updated><title type='text'>El Frago</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_1K4NmNI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Tp4d4L7WyRs/s1600-h/IMG_2337.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210875689041762514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_1K4NmNI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Tp4d4L7WyRs/s320/IMG_2337.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;During Labor Day in Spain (May 1st) several families of the Zalmedina Street Church took the day off and we all went to a park near the village of El Frago.  It was a beautiful day and we just want to show you a little bit of what we all enjoyed. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_uapr1lI/AAAAAAAAAVc/tVm7Z5PTxt8/s1600-h/IMG_2341.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210875573016712786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_uapr1lI/AAAAAAAAAVc/tVm7Z5PTxt8/s320/IMG_2341.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Para el Día del Trabajador en España (1ra de mayo) varias familias de la Iglesia de Zalmedina nos fuimos de día de campo cerca del pueblo de El Frago.  Fue un día precioso y queremos mostrarles un poco de lo que disfrutamos ese día. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_ju8NlGI/AAAAAAAAAVU/uo7q5I0sjhg/s1600-h/IMG_2344.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210875389484569698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_ju8NlGI/AAAAAAAAAVU/uo7q5I0sjhg/s320/IMG_2344.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Park - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El Parque&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_-_ftABI/AAAAAAAAAVs/ENpVeVebsYc/s1600-h/IMG_2346.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210875857784864786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_-_ftABI/AAAAAAAAAVs/ENpVeVebsYc/s320/IMG_2346.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The best part of the day - &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La mejor parte del día&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDAK3P_FII/AAAAAAAAAV0/3eoy-8e3m5c/s1600-h/IMG_2342.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210876061729887362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFDAK3P_FII/AAAAAAAAAV0/3eoy-8e3m5c/s320/IMG_2342.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Marlan &amp;amp; José &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-141450178328599983?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/141450178328599983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=141450178328599983&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/141450178328599983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/141450178328599983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/06/el-frago.html' title='El Frago'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SFC_1K4NmNI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Tp4d4L7WyRs/s72-c/IMG_2337.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5136143365040777022</id><published>2008-05-23T04:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-29T05:55:48.005-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M &amp; M 1998-2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDatxz3pyPI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Fb2Jpjm9yT4/s1600-h/IMG_2277.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203537490722015474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDatxz3pyPI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Fb2Jpjm9yT4/s320/IMG_2277.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In April we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. We did something very special...we had a picnic in the park. We want to share some pictures of what we saw that day in the park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDauYD3pyRI/AAAAAAAAAVM/IFEQnpohZ6w/s1600-h/IMG_2284.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203538147852011794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDauYD3pyRI/AAAAAAAAAVM/IFEQnpohZ6w/s320/IMG_2284.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En abril celebramos nuestro décimo aniversario de bodas. Hicimos algo muy especial...un picnic en el parque. Queremos compartir con ustedes algunas fotos de lo que vimos ese día en el parque.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDas9T3pyMI/AAAAAAAAAUk/rNt2Uif6ooU/s1600-h/IMG_2263.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203536588778883266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDas9T3pyMI/AAAAAAAAAUk/rNt2Uif6ooU/s320/IMG_2263.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDatKT3pyNI/AAAAAAAAAUs/g6ME3hefDVw/s1600-h/IMG_2266.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203536812117182674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDatKT3pyNI/AAAAAAAAAUs/g6ME3hefDVw/s320/IMG_2266.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDatiT3pyOI/AAAAAAAAAU0/H1wnNgj1WQs/s1600-h/IMG_2274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203537224434043106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDatiT3pyOI/AAAAAAAAAU0/H1wnNgj1WQs/s320/IMG_2274.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDauGj3pyQI/AAAAAAAAAVE/yGpxs7XvjFE/s1600-h/IMG_2280.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203537847204301058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDauGj3pyQI/AAAAAAAAAVE/yGpxs7XvjFE/s320/IMG_2280.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5136143365040777022?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5136143365040777022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5136143365040777022&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5136143365040777022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5136143365040777022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/05/m-m-1998-2008.html' title='M &amp; M 1998-2008'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/SDatxz3pyPI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Fb2Jpjm9yT4/s72-c/IMG_2277.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-4906503594700848309</id><published>2008-04-02T14:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T15:18:25.137-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Talent Night - Noche de Talentos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P8dr64fWI/AAAAAAAAASI/vd7v1jTU-N8/s1600-h/IMG_2243.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184765182969675106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P8dr64fWI/AAAAAAAAASI/vd7v1jTU-N8/s320/IMG_2243.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QF1r64fiI/AAAAAAAAATo/gq7ddSO_twU/s1600-h/IMG_2241.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184775490891185698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QF1r64fiI/AAAAAAAAATo/gq7ddSO_twU/s320/IMG_2241.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P-G764feI/AAAAAAAAATI/7-ZqFx1ZmMQ/s1600-h/IMG_2244.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184766991150906850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P-G764feI/AAAAAAAAATI/7-ZqFx1ZmMQ/s320/IMG_2244.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;God has given everyone of us gifts and talents for us to put to good use and for His glory. Last Saturday at the Zalmedina Church many were given the opportunity to express their talents to the Lord Jesus Christ. After the singing was done, it was time to enjoy some cappucinos and expresos from the Koinonia Kafe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P85b64fZI/AAAAAAAAASg/Ae57zUq4nss/s1600-h/IMG_2252.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184765659711045010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P85b64fZI/AAAAAAAAASg/Ae57zUq4nss/s320/IMG_2252.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P8rL64fXI/AAAAAAAAASQ/YVbHCrsS2rY/s1600-h/IMG_2249.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184765414897909106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P8rL64fXI/AAAAAAAAASQ/YVbHCrsS2rY/s320/IMG_2249.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QAGL64ffI/AAAAAAAAATQ/zka4hZ-tlpg/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_2248_edited.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184769177289260530" style="CURSOR: hand" height="320" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QAGL64ffI/AAAAAAAAATQ/zka4hZ-tlpg/s320/Copia+de+IMG_2248_edited.JPG" width="232" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QALr64fgI/AAAAAAAAATY/XYyuyATk3Vw/s1600-h/COPIAD~3_edited.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184769271778541058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QALr64fgI/AAAAAAAAATY/XYyuyATk3Vw/s320/COPIAD~3_edited.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P9ZL64fbI/AAAAAAAAASw/uSnAmfcF8SM/s1600-h/IMG_2256.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184766205171891634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P9ZL64fbI/AAAAAAAAASw/uSnAmfcF8SM/s320/IMG_2256.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P9H764faI/AAAAAAAAASo/KpS48CESsEc/s1600-h/Pajama+Jamma.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184765908819148194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P9H764faI/AAAAAAAAASo/KpS48CESsEc/s320/Pajama+Jamma.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Dios nos ha dado a todos dones y talentos para usarlos para el bien y para la gloria de EL. El sábado pasado en la Iglesia Zalmedina a muchos se les dio la oportunidad de expresar sus talentos al Señor Jesucristo. Después que se termino las canciones, era hora de disfrutar algunos capuchinos y expresos de la Koinonia Kafé. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QAYL64fhI/AAAAAAAAATg/sYpTIxUaISc/s1600-h/IMG_2262.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184769486526905874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_QAYL64fhI/AAAAAAAAATg/sYpTIxUaISc/s320/IMG_2262.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Free Coffee at the Koinonia Kafe&lt;/span&gt;...Cafe Gratis en la Koinonia Kafe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P9yr64fdI/AAAAAAAAATA/Mzh33C4rWRs/s1600-h/IMG_2260.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184766643258555858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P9yr64fdI/AAAAAAAAATA/Mzh33C4rWRs/s320/IMG_2260.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-4906503594700848309?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/4906503594700848309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=4906503594700848309&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4906503594700848309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/4906503594700848309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/04/talent-night-noche-de-talentos.html' title='Talent Night - Noche de Talentos'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_P8dr64fWI/AAAAAAAAASI/vd7v1jTU-N8/s72-c/IMG_2243.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-1277563189788280711</id><published>2008-04-02T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T13:55:05.803-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Couples' Retreat 2008 Retiro de Parejas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_Pwx764fQI/AAAAAAAAARY/dz8PkR5OEhI/s1600-h/Retiro+Parejas+-+Santa+Ana+2008+-+Foto+de+grupo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184752336722492674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_Pwx764fQI/AAAAAAAAARY/dz8PkR5OEhI/s320/Retiro+Parejas+-+Santa+Ana+2008+-+Foto+de+grupo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We were blessed by ministering to the couples at the 2008 Zalmedina Church Couple’s retreat in late February. The theme for this year was 1st Corinthians 3:11, “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” We emphasized the importance of developing a solid foundation for the family which is achieved through prayer and learning God’s Word individually and as a family. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_Pxab64fSI/AAAAAAAAARo/q-SIKagIPNY/s1600-h/IMG_2161.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184753032507194658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_Pxab64fSI/AAAAAAAAARo/q-SIKagIPNY/s320/IMG_2161.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;A finales de febrero fuimos bendecidos al ministrar en el Retiro de Parejas de la Iglesia Zalmedina del 2008. El tema de este año fue 1ra de Corintios 3:11, “Porque nadie puede poner otro fundamento que el que está puesto, el cual es Jesucristo.” Enfatizamos la importancia de desarrollar un fundamento solido lo cual se logra por medio de la oración y aprendiendo la Biblia individualmente y como familia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_PxIr64fRI/AAAAAAAAARg/p-h93qS49Ys/s1600-h/IMG_2156.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184752727564516626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_PxIr64fRI/AAAAAAAAARg/p-h93qS49Ys/s320/IMG_2156.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-1277563189788280711?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/1277563189788280711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=1277563189788280711&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1277563189788280711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1277563189788280711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/04/couples-retreat-2008-retiro-de-parejas.html' title='Couples&apos; Retreat 2008 Retiro de Parejas'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R_Pwx764fQI/AAAAAAAAARY/dz8PkR5OEhI/s72-c/Retiro+Parejas+-+Santa+Ana+2008+-+Foto+de+grupo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-2375160904993114375</id><published>2008-02-27T15:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:15:52.924-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dr. Douglas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8Xtwy2azDI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/I2_m2B_hPUI/s1600-h/IMG_2137.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171801169644407858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8Xtwy2azDI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/I2_m2B_hPUI/s320/IMG_2137.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Toward the end of January we had an encouraging visit from a Venezuelan brother that had worked with Marlan’s parents, church planting in Venezuela. Dr. Douglas was passing through Spain on his way from Venezuela to his home in Asia. We had a whirlwind of activity while he was here, but it was a joy to see him and catch up on things that the Lord is doing in Venezuela and in Asia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;A finales de Enero tuvimos una visita muy especial de un hermano venezolano quien trabajo con los padres de Marlan, sembrando iglesias en Venezuela. El Dr. Douglas paso unos días por España en ruta de Venezuela a su hogar en el Asia. Tuvimos que hacer mucho "corre-corre" mientras que estuvo aquí, pero fue un gozo verle y compartir las cosas que el Señor esta haciendo en Venezuela y en el Asia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-2375160904993114375?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/2375160904993114375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=2375160904993114375&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2375160904993114375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2375160904993114375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/02/dr-douglas.html' title='Dr. Douglas'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8Xtwy2azDI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/I2_m2B_hPUI/s72-c/IMG_2137.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3880403468247111108</id><published>2008-02-27T14:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:01:16.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Amelia &amp; Jesus</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171795075085814818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XoOC2azCI/AAAAAAAAAQI/D5mRzrG0eHw/s320/IMG_1531.JPG" border="0" /&gt;We are praising the Lord because He has written another name in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Amelia has been studying the Bible with Mercedes for a year and during the month of January she publicly recognized her need for Jesus to become her Lord and Saviour. It is not us; it is God’s Word that convicts the hearts of men and women of sin and our need to recognize Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives. Scripture makes it clear, “For ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!’” Romans 10:13-15.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Estamos alabando a Dios porque El ha escrito otro nombre en el Libro de la Vida del Cordero. Amelia ha estado estudiando la Biblia con Mercedes durante un año y en Enero ella reconocio publicamente su necesidad de que Jesus viniese a ser su Señor y Salvador. No somos nosotros; es la Palabra de Dios que convence a los corazones de hombres y mujeres que somos pecadores y la necesidad de reconocer a Jesucristo como Señor de sus vidas. La Palabra es clara, "porque todo aquel que invocare el nombre del Señor, será salvo. ¿Cómo, pues, invocarán a aquel en el cual no han creído? ¿Y cómo creerán en aquel de quien no han oído? ¿Y cómo oirán sin haber quien les predique? ¿Y cómo predicarán si no fueren enviados? Como está escrito: ¡Cuán hermosos son los pies de los que anuncian la paz, de los que anuncian buenas nuevas!" Romanos 10:13-15.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3880403468247111108?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3880403468247111108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3880403468247111108&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3880403468247111108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3880403468247111108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/02/amelia-jesus.html' title='Amelia &amp; Jesus'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XoOC2azCI/AAAAAAAAAQI/D5mRzrG0eHw/s72-c/IMG_1531.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-1273620064487715632</id><published>2008-02-27T14:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:03:46.267-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Barcelona Meeting - Reunion en Barcelona</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XgQS2azAI/AAAAAAAAAP4/1FWHCCZw4JU/s1600-h/IMG_2116.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171786317647498242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XgQS2azAI/AAAAAAAAAP4/1FWHCCZw4JU/s320/IMG_2116.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Francisco Portillo (Gen.Sec. of Spanish Free Church), Jonathan Nelson (Academic Dean), Jonathan Haley (Communications Dean) &amp;amp; Heriberto Poganatz (Director of the EET).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In January, we met with the governing body of the Spanish Free Church Theological School (EET) in Barcelona. We were asked to present Crown Financial Ministry materials and practical tools to find out how to incorporate Biblical Financial Stewardship into their curriculum. Please pray for these leaders as they make the tough decisions on how to better equip the Saints in Spain in fulfilling the Great Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XgeC2azBI/AAAAAAAAAQA/sjTdPjPqfBA/s1600-h/IMG_2115.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171786553870699538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XgeC2azBI/AAAAAAAAAQA/sjTdPjPqfBA/s320/IMG_2115.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heriberto, Erika &amp;amp; Mercedes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En enero, viajamos a Barcelona para reunirnos con los miembros de Junta Directiva de la Escuela Evangélica de Teología (EET) de la Federación de Iglesias Evangélicas Independientes de España. Fuimos invitados a presentar los libros y materiales de Conceptos Financieros Crown para generar ideas en como incorporar la Administracion Financiera Biblica dentro del pensum de estudios de la EET. Pedimos que oren por estos lideres que tienen que tomar decisiones dificiles en cuanto a como mejor preparar a los santos en Espana para cumplir la Gran Comision.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XgIy2ay_I/AAAAAAAAAPw/moduWa5gcDc/s1600-h/IMG_2118.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171786188798479346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XgIy2ay_I/AAAAAAAAAPw/moduWa5gcDc/s320/IMG_2118.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Francisco Portillo (Secretario-Coordinador de la FIEIDE), Heriberto Poganatz (Director de la EET), Marlan, Jonatán Haley (Coordinador de Medios) &amp;amp; Jonathan Nelson (Coordinador Académico).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-1273620064487715632?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/1273620064487715632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=1273620064487715632&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1273620064487715632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1273620064487715632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/02/barcelona-meeting-reunion-en-barcelona.html' title='Barcelona Meeting - Reunion en Barcelona'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R8XgQS2azAI/AAAAAAAAAP4/1FWHCCZw4JU/s72-c/IMG_2116.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5729961267297592061</id><published>2008-01-17T05:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T06:46:51.238-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Program 2007 - Programa Navidad 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49moqiT_FI/AAAAAAAAAPA/HhTQNv7fZrE/s1600-h/IMG_2013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156452947161513042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49moqiT_FI/AAAAAAAAAPA/HhTQNv7fZrE/s320/IMG_2013.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Zalmedina Street Evangelical Church held their Christmas program with the participation of children singing and reciting Scripture. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica de la calle Zalmedina celebro su Programa de Navidad con la participación de los niños cantando y recitación de versículos bíblicos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49k9aiT--I/AAAAAAAAAOI/hzCv9ks0WwU/s1600-h/IMG_1996.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There was a play which brought a contemporary look on the birth of Jesus from the perspective of John the Baptist. This was quite a production because it included acting, singing and a little impromptu choreography (which Marlan was also a participant). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;También hubo una obra que trajo una visión contemporánea del nacimiento de Jesús desde la perspectiva de Juan el Bautista. Esta fue una producción porque incluía actuación, canciones y un poco de coreografía libre (del cual Marlan también participo). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49k9aiT--I/AAAAAAAAAOI/hzCv9ks0WwU/s1600-h/IMG_1996.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156451104620542946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49k9aiT--I/AAAAAAAAAOI/hzCv9ks0WwU/s320/IMG_1996.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The children...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Los niños&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49lKaiT-_I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/scR-glY61NA/s1600-h/IMG_2000.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156451327958842354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49lKaiT-_I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/scR-glY61NA/s320/IMG_2000.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;John the Baptist...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Juan el Bautista&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49mOaiT_EI/AAAAAAAAAO4/VTee5s3XtrY/s1600-h/IMG_2001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156452496189946946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49mOaiT_EI/AAAAAAAAAO4/VTee5s3XtrY/s320/IMG_2001.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth &amp;amp; Mary...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Elizabet y Maria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49lfaiT_AI/AAAAAAAAAOY/JM6wnLGyTRc/s1600-h/IMG_2002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156451688736095234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49lfaiT_AI/AAAAAAAAAOY/JM6wnLGyTRc/s320/IMG_2002.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wisemen...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Los reyes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49lpqiT_BI/AAAAAAAAAOg/oZa5AqCSk2Y/s1600-h/IMG_2005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156451864829754386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49lpqiT_BI/AAAAAAAAAOg/oZa5AqCSk2Y/s320/IMG_2005.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The shepherds...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Los pastores&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49l1aiT_CI/AAAAAAAAAOo/cV6mE5tRy-E/s1600-h/IMG_2008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156452066693217314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49l1aiT_CI/AAAAAAAAAOo/cV6mE5tRy-E/s320/IMG_2008.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joseph, James and John the Baptist...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;José, Santiago y Juan el Bautis&lt;/span&gt;ta &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49mEaiT_DI/AAAAAAAAAOw/RBocdshaaoc/s1600-h/IMG_2010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156452324391255090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49mEaiT_DI/AAAAAAAAAOw/RBocdshaaoc/s320/IMG_2010.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Manger Scene...&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La Escena del Pesebre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5729961267297592061?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5729961267297592061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5729961267297592061&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5729961267297592061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5729961267297592061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/01/christmas-program-2007-programa-navidad.html' title='Christmas Program 2007 - Programa Navidad 2007'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49moqiT_FI/AAAAAAAAAPA/HhTQNv7fZrE/s72-c/IMG_2013.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-51105216296253957</id><published>2008-01-17T05:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T05:37:34.380-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanksgiving 2007 - Accion de Gracias 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49Ut6iT-8I/AAAAAAAAAN4/CPxEvTkb3Wg/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_1983.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156433246146526146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49Ut6iT-8I/AAAAAAAAAN4/CPxEvTkb3Wg/s320/Copia+de+IMG_1983.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We are thankful to the Lord for His goodness during 2007.  One of the events we held in our home was a Thanksgiving dinner in late November.  We had over 20 people attend from different points of the Globe.  At least half of those in attendance have not committed their lives to Christ, we were able to convey the significance of giving thanks to God for his many blessings.  Of course the biggest blessing of all is the new life we experience through the sacrifice of God's Son, Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Le damos gracias al Señor por su bondad durante el 2007.  Uno de los eventos que tuvimos en nuestro apartamento fue una cena de Acción de Gracias a finales de Noviembre.  Asistieron mas de 20 personas de distintos puntos de la Tierra.  Por lo menos la mitad de los que asistieron no le han entregado sus vidas a Cristo, tuvimos la oportunidad de compartir la importancia de darle gracias a Dios por sus muchas bendiciones.  Por supuesto la mas grande de todas las bendiciones es la vida nueva que experimentamos por medio del sacrificio de Jesucristo, el Hijo de Dios. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-51105216296253957?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/51105216296253957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=51105216296253957&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/51105216296253957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/51105216296253957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2008/01/thanksgiving-2007-accion-de-gracias.html' title='Thanksgiving 2007 - Accion de Gracias 2007'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R49Ut6iT-8I/AAAAAAAAAN4/CPxEvTkb3Wg/s72-c/Copia+de+IMG_1983.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-8992143673166269364</id><published>2007-11-28T15:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-28T15:29:34.735-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Francis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R032PjF_bKI/AAAAAAAAANw/x6fXKi8vI7s/s1600-h/IMG_1969.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138033496878443682" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R032PjF_bKI/AAAAAAAAANw/x6fXKi8vI7s/s320/IMG_1969.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;W&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;e are thankful to the Lord for His Word, the Bible. Especially everytime we are able to place it into the hands of someone who will not only appreciate it but will also read and obey it. This is the case with Francis. He is a believer from Africa. When we were able to find him a Spanish / English Bible he was overjoyed, because now he had the Word of God in a language he can understand. Please pray for Francis, he has not seen his family in nearly seven years and his father passed away over the summer. Hopefully in 2008 he will be able to travel back to his country and see his family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Le damos gracias al Senor por Su Palabra, la Biblia. Nos llena de gozo cada vez que podemos hacer llegar la Biblia a personas que no solo lo aprecian pero tambien lo lean y lo obedezcan. Este es el caso de Francis. El es un creyente que viene del Africa. Cuando pudimos encontrarle una Biblia en Ingles y en Espanol el estaba gozoso porque ahora poseia la Palabra de Dios en un idioma que el puede comprender. Por favor oren por Francis, el no ha visto a su familia en casi siete anios y su padre fallecio durante el verano. Esperamos que en el 2008 el pueda viajar a su pais y ver a sus seres queridos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-8992143673166269364?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/8992143673166269364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=8992143673166269364&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8992143673166269364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/8992143673166269364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/11/francis.html' title='Francis'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/R032PjF_bKI/AAAAAAAAANw/x6fXKi8vI7s/s72-c/IMG_1969.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-72853379643283161</id><published>2007-10-19T07:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-19T08:01:44.854-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday in La Jota - El Martes en La Jota</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxi_Ln8Od0I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/kmpsZ8gWreY/s1600-h/IMG_1838.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123054782554994498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxi_Ln8Od0I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/kmpsZ8gWreY/s320/IMG_1838.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to last Tuesday evening in our home in La Jota. We open our Bible Study with prayer and singing...for some people in the group this is their only time in the week to fellowship with other believers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Bienvenidos a la reunion del pasado martes en nuestro apartamento en La Jota. Comenzamos nuestro estudio biblico con oracion y con alabanzas...para algunos del grupo este es el unico momento en toda la semana que puedan reunirse con otros creyentes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxjBJH8Od5I/AAAAAAAAAM4/hKB-cMf4AFM/s1600-h/IMG_1839.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123056938628577170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxjBJH8Od5I/AAAAAAAAAM4/hKB-cMf4AFM/s320/IMG_1839.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had special music. &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Tuvimos musica especial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxi_g38Od1I/AAAAAAAAAMY/1aGiWlQhFT0/s1600-h/IMG_1844.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123055147627214674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxi_g38Od1I/AAAAAAAAAMY/1aGiWlQhFT0/s320/IMG_1844.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We welcomed two new friends, Esther and Jackie. They came with a short term missions team from Casper, Wyoming, USA.  They took care of the kids in the kitchen while we studied the Word in the living room. (Usually Marlan is in charge of the kids class.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Le dimos la bienvenida a dos nuevas amigas, Esther y Jackie. Ellos vinieron con un equipo de misiones a corto plazo de Casper, Wyoming, EEUU. Ellas se ocuparon de las niñas en la cocina mientras que estudiabamos la Palabra en la sala. (Usualmente Marlan se encarga de la clase de niños.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxjA0n8Od4I/AAAAAAAAAMw/ypxiddnxh6o/s1600-h/IMG_1847.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123056586441258882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxjA0n8Od4I/AAAAAAAAAMw/ypxiddnxh6o/s320/IMG_1847.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were finishing a section of studies dedicated to the importance of regularly reading and studying God's Word. Now we will begin another section of studies concerning the importance and power of Prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Finalizamos una seccion de estudios dedicado a la importancia de leer y estudiar diariamente la Palabra de Dios. Ahora comenzaremos una nueva seccion de estudios referente a la importancia y el poder de la Oracion. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxjAZH8Od3I/AAAAAAAAAMo/9ZsKSZLQzUw/s1600-h/IMG_1846.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123056113994856306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxjAZH8Od3I/AAAAAAAAAMo/9ZsKSZLQzUw/s320/IMG_1846.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your prayers concerning La Jota Bible Study group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Gracias por sus oraciones referente al grupo de estudio biblico de La Jota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-72853379643283161?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/72853379643283161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=72853379643283161&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/72853379643283161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/72853379643283161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/10/tuesday-in-la-jota-el-martes-en-la-jota.html' title='Tuesday in La Jota - El Martes en La Jota'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxi_Ln8Od0I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/kmpsZ8gWreY/s72-c/IMG_1838.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3586458781396071344</id><published>2007-10-19T05:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-19T08:04:22.641-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pilar Oct. 12, 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxiiqn8OdnI/AAAAAAAAAKs/wU0TEZTGio4/s1600-h/IMG_1809.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123023429293733490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxiiqn8OdnI/AAAAAAAAAKs/wU0TEZTGio4/s320/IMG_1809.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Pilar Festival is celebrated every year on the 12th of October. During the week leading up to this official date, Zaragoza becomes active with music, parades, flowers, and theatre in honour of the Virgin of Pilar. Trails of roses, lillies, orchids, and gladiolus wind their way to the Plaza de Pilar as an offering to this idol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Las Fiestas del Pilar son celebradas el 12 de octubre cada año. Durante la semana previo a la fecha oficial, la ciudad de Zaragoza se llena de actividades con musica, paradas, flores y obras de teatro en honor a la Virgen del Pilar. Personas trayendo rosas, lirios, orquideas, y gladiolas para ofrendarle a este idolo llenan las calles hasta llegar a la Plaza del Pilar.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxihon8OdiI/AAAAAAAAAKE/Su0CAncoLPk/s1600-h/IMG_1817.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123022295422367266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxihon8OdiI/AAAAAAAAAKE/Su0CAncoLPk/s320/IMG_1817.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;According to Spanish tradition&lt;/strong&gt;, James the Apostle came to this area in 40 AD. On his journey in Aragonese territory, the Virgin Mary is supposed to have appeared to him on a marble pillar and asked him to build a church on the land upon which he was standing. (Needless to say this fable is not found in the Bible.) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxi3238OdxI/AAAAAAAAAL8/EsJwn-_oJpc/s1600-h/IMG_1561.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123046729491314450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxi3238OdxI/AAAAAAAAAL8/EsJwn-_oJpc/s320/IMG_1561.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Segun la tradicion espanola&lt;/strong&gt;, el Apostol Santiago llego a esta parte del mundo en el año 40 DC. En su viaje en el territorio aragones, se dice que la Virgen Maria se le aparecio montada sobre un pilar de marmol y le pidio que le construyese una capilla en la tierra donde el estaba parado. (Por supuesto esta fabula no se encuentra en la Biblia.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxiic38OdmI/AAAAAAAAAKk/U4XkfftjLxU/s1600-h/IMG_1830.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123023193070532194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxiic38OdmI/AAAAAAAAAKk/U4XkfftjLxU/s320/IMG_1830.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today the Basilica del Pilar which was designed in 1681 stands on the spot where this supposedly happened. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La Basilica del Pilar fue disenada en 1681 y se localiza hoy en el lugar donde supuestamente ocurrio este encuentro. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxiiH38OdkI/AAAAAAAAAKU/heScmA_-CRI/s1600-h/IMG_1829.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123022832293279298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxiiH38OdkI/AAAAAAAAAKU/heScmA_-CRI/s320/IMG_1829.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The line to kiss the pillar. &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;La fila para besar la columna.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The pillar or column on which Mary supposedly descended is displayed inside the Chapel of the Basilica. This attracts hundereds of pilgrims every day who arrive to kiss a small piece of the pillar which isn't protected.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El pilar, o columna, sobre el cual supuestamente descendio Maria se encuentra dentro de la capilla de la basilica. Esto atrae cientos de peregrinos cada dia que llegan y besan una parte del pilar que esta al descubierto. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxiiQH8OdlI/AAAAAAAAAKc/-DTO4vIfUdQ/s1600-h/IMG_1828.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123022974027200082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxiiQH8OdlI/AAAAAAAAAKc/-DTO4vIfUdQ/s320/IMG_1828.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A little boy kissing the pillar. &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Un niño besando la columna.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When people are asked in Zaragoza, "Do you believe in God?" They immediately respond, "NO!" The surprising thing is not the answer, but where and when they give the answer...just as they are filing out of this Roman Catholic Church after attending mass. Of course the followup question is, "Why do you attend mass, if you do not believe in God?" Then they respond, "I do not believe in God, but don't you dare take away my Virgin of the Pillar." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxii6X8OdoI/AAAAAAAAAK0/_pSHxcR6q0w/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_1825.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123023699876673154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxii6X8OdoI/AAAAAAAAAK0/_pSHxcR6q0w/s320/Copia+de+IMG_1825.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Cuando le preguntamos a las personas de Zaragoza, "Usted cree en Dios?" Inmediatamente nos responden, "NO!" Lo sorprendente no es la respuesta que nos dan, sino donde y cuando nos dan esta respuesta...mientras que estan saliendo de esta capilla catolica romana justo despues de asistir a la misa. Claro nuestra proxima pregunta suele ser, "Y porque asiste a la misa, si no crees en Dios?" Entonces viene la respuesta, "Yo no creo en Dios, pero ni te atrevas a quitarme la Virgen del Pilar." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxih238OdjI/AAAAAAAAAKM/8spIe1sFf_g/s1600-h/IMG_1803.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123022540235503154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxih238OdjI/AAAAAAAAAKM/8spIe1sFf_g/s320/IMG_1803.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Typical Aragonese dress. &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Trajes tipicos Aragon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxix7H8OdsI/AAAAAAAAALU/ysoOemp1iFI/s1600-h/IMG_1821.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123040205435991746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxix7H8OdsI/AAAAAAAAALU/ysoOemp1iFI/s320/IMG_1821.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please pray that the Lord will bring sight to the spiritually blind in Spain. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Orad para que el Señor le devuelva la vista a los que estan ciegos espiritualmente en España.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3586458781396071344?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3586458781396071344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3586458781396071344&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3586458781396071344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3586458781396071344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/10/pilar-oct-12-2007.html' title='Pilar Oct. 12, 2007'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rxiiqn8OdnI/AAAAAAAAAKs/wU0TEZTGio4/s72-c/IMG_1809.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-2112399844431361958</id><published>2007-10-17T13:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-17T13:21:33.236-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calatayud</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxZsC38OddI/AAAAAAAAAJc/dnt__ye8n3k/s1600-h/IMG_1747.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122400422812612050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxZsC38OddI/AAAAAAAAAJc/dnt__ye8n3k/s320/IMG_1747.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In September, Marlan had the priviledge and opportunity to go and minister in the Calatayud Evangelical Church. Pastor Juan Carlos and his wife Tere and their family have been serving the Lord in the city of Calatayud for over 10 years. Please pray that the gospel of Christ will blanket this city of 30,000 people. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En Septiembre, Marlan tuvo el privilegio y la oportunidad de compartir la Palabra en la Iglesia Evangélica de Calatayud. El Pastor Juan Carlos y su esposa Tere y su familia han estado sirviendo al Señor en la ciudad de Calatayud por mas de 10 años. Oren para que el evangelio de Cristo arrope a esta ciudad de 30,000 habitantes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-2112399844431361958?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/2112399844431361958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=2112399844431361958&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2112399844431361958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2112399844431361958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/10/calatayud.html' title='Calatayud'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RxZsC38OddI/AAAAAAAAAJc/dnt__ye8n3k/s72-c/IMG_1747.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-1950184332566089512</id><published>2007-10-04T18:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-05T02:45:03.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Modern Math - Matematica Moderna</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117665977283015970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWaF38OdSI/AAAAAAAAAIE/76qIavWfaJw/s320/usd10.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWbZX8OdXI/AAAAAAAAAIs/m0ZOyQWwiCo/s1600-h/usd5.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117667411802092914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWbZX8OdXI/AAAAAAAAAIs/m0ZOyQWwiCo/s320/usd5.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWbon8OdYI/AAAAAAAAAI0/0pDECLyLV_c/s1600-h/usd1.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117667673795097986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWbon8OdYI/AAAAAAAAAI0/0pDECLyLV_c/s320/usd1.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWcb38OdaI/AAAAAAAAAJE/SiE9VJ8xVUo/s1600-h/eur10.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117668554263393698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWcb38OdaI/AAAAAAAAAJE/SiE9VJ8xVUo/s320/eur10.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is what real exchange rate math looks like on a small scale in Spain today. However, &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; Euros has less buying power in Europe than &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; Dollars in the United States of America. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Esto es matemática aplicada en el cambio de moneda a pequeña escala hoy en España. Sin embargo, &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; Euros en Europa tiene menos "peso" adquisitivo que &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; Dolares en los Estados Unidos de América.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-1950184332566089512?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/1950184332566089512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=1950184332566089512&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1950184332566089512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/1950184332566089512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/10/modern-math-matematica-moderna.html' title='Modern Math - Matematica Moderna'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RwWaF38OdSI/AAAAAAAAAIE/76qIavWfaJw/s72-c/usd10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3292581114981385446</id><published>2007-09-27T10:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-27T10:33:15.839-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Valencia Family in Zaragoza - Familia Valencia en Zaragoza</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvpJn8OdRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/FCG9oIBk7po/s1600-h/IMG_1732.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114938153359013138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvpJn8OdRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/FCG9oIBk7po/s320/IMG_1732.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;After several years of praying to be reunited with his family, Alex, went to the Madrid airport one evening in late August with a van to pick up his wife and five of his children. The next afternoon we were eating chicken and rice with them at our dining room table. Please pray that the family will be able to adjust to a new country and new schools. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Después de varios años orandole al Señor para reunirse con su familia, una tarde a finales de agosto, Alex, se fue al aeropuerto de Madrid con una furgoneta para recibir a su esposa y cinco de sus hijos. A la tarde siguiente estuvimos comiendo pollo guisado y arroz junto con ellos en nuestra mesa del comedor. Por favor oren para que su familia pueda ajustarse al nuevo país y a nuevos colegios. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3292581114981385446?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3292581114981385446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3292581114981385446&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3292581114981385446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3292581114981385446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/09/valencia-family-in-zaragoza-familia.html' title='Valencia Family in Zaragoza - Familia Valencia en Zaragoza'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvpJn8OdRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/FCG9oIBk7po/s72-c/IMG_1732.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-7060593311407123614</id><published>2007-09-27T07:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-27T10:16:33.495-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Olson Savignon &amp; Orleans</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvEEn8OdHI/AAAAAAAAAGs/FEaJiSjxTDM/s1600-h/IMG_1702.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114897385529439346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvEEn8OdHI/AAAAAAAAAGs/FEaJiSjxTDM/s320/IMG_1702.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After our 12 hour bus ride from Zaragoza, Spain to Orleans, France we had a few hours to wait before we had to catch a train to the village where the ReachGlobal Europe Missionary Conference was being held. So we decided to walk around the city of Orleans to stay awake. Here are a few pictures we took we want to share them with you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Despues de nuestro viaje en autobus desde Zaragoza, Espana a Orleans, Francia, tuvimos que esperar algunas horas antes de montarnos en el tren que nos llevaria al pueblo donde ibamos a asistir la conferencia misionera de la organizacion de ReachGlobal. Para mantenernos despiertos, decidimos caminar por la ciudad de Orleans. Aqui tenemos algunas fotos que tomamos para compartir con ustedes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvEY38OdII/AAAAAAAAAG0/z0uybuHY_LI/s1600-h/IMG_1682.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114897733421790338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvEY38OdII/AAAAAAAAAG0/z0uybuHY_LI/s320/IMG_1682.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvfGn8OdMI/AAAAAAAAAHU/9gHvOOhpfpY/s1600-h/IMG_1685.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114927106703127746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvfGn8OdMI/AAAAAAAAAHU/9gHvOOhpfpY/s320/IMG_1685.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Orleans is famous for one of its historic daghters, Joan of Arc. The city of New Orleans, USA donated this statue of Joan of Arc to Orleans, France. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Orleans es famosa por una de sus hijas historicas, Juana de Arco. La ciudad de Nueava Orleans, EEUU dono esta estatua de Juana de Arco a la ciudad de Orleans, Francia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvFR38OdJI/AAAAAAAAAG8/oOcRozjyDro/s1600-h/IMG_1708.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114898712674333842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvFR38OdJI/AAAAAAAAAG8/oOcRozjyDro/s320/IMG_1708.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Marlan in front of Joan of Arc's home. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Marlan al frente de la casa de Juana de Arco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvGEn8OdLI/AAAAAAAAAHM/KEmSWJ0h2O8/s1600-h/Copia+de+IMG_1693.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114899584552694962" style="WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px" height="272" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvGEn8OdLI/AAAAAAAAAHM/KEmSWJ0h2O8/s320/Copia+de+IMG_1693.JPG" width="205" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mercedes of Arc. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Mercedes de Arco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-7060593311407123614?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/7060593311407123614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=7060593311407123614&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7060593311407123614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7060593311407123614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/09/olson-savignon-orleans.html' title='Olson Savignon &amp; Orleans'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvvEEn8OdHI/AAAAAAAAAGs/FEaJiSjxTDM/s72-c/IMG_1702.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-3332216301061825321</id><published>2007-09-27T05:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-27T06:35:18.582-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bautismo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baptism'/><title type='text'>Baptism Celebration - Celebracion de Bautismo</title><content type='html'>On August 11, 2007 four ladies were baptized in the Sotonera Lake.  They were welcomed as members into the body of the Zalmedina Street Evangelical Christian Church of Zaragoza, Spain. We want to share with you some of the pictures we took of the event and ask that you continune to pray for these ladies as they continue to grow in faith and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El 11 de agosto de 2007, cuatro senoras fueron bautizadas en el pantano de la Sotonera.  Fueron bienvenidas a ser miembras del cuerpo de la Iglesia Cristiana Evangelica de la calle Zalmedina de Zaragoza, Espana.  Queremos compartir algunas fotos que tomamos del evento y pedirles que continuen orando por estas senoras mientras que sigan creciendo en la fe y el conocimiento de nuestro Senor Jesucristo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvurLX8OdAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/JycHgMLjeOA/s1600-h/IMG_1617.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114870013702861826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvurLX8OdAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/JycHgMLjeOA/s320/IMG_1617.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvurDX8Oc_I/AAAAAAAAAFs/FFRoo7RCq1U/s1600-h/IMG_1635.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114869876263908338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvurDX8Oc_I/AAAAAAAAAFs/FFRoo7RCq1U/s320/IMG_1635.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Susana, Elda, Xiomara, Pas. Juan, Yolanda, Damaris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvupAH8Oc6I/AAAAAAAAAFE/MtfVoxcGZKQ/s1600-h/IMG_1641.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114867621406077858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvupAH8Oc6I/AAAAAAAAAFE/MtfVoxcGZKQ/s320/IMG_1641.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas. Juan, Xiomara, Mercedes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvupNX8Oc7I/AAAAAAAAAFM/rOb7cmfxVqI/s1600-h/IMG_1646.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114867849039344562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvupNX8Oc7I/AAAAAAAAAFM/rOb7cmfxVqI/s320/IMG_1646.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pas. Juan, Elda, Mercedes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvupYH8Oc8I/AAAAAAAAAFU/wybal5pLt-E/s1600-h/IMG_1656.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114868033722938306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvupYH8Oc8I/AAAAAAAAAFU/wybal5pLt-E/s320/IMG_1656.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas. Juan, Yolanda, Mercedes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rvupv38Oc9I/AAAAAAAAAFc/tdutwJyIcWw/s1600-h/IMG_1668.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114868441744831442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rvupv38Oc9I/AAAAAAAAAFc/tdutwJyIcWw/s320/IMG_1668.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas. Juan, Susana, Mercedes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvuqeX8Oc-I/AAAAAAAAAFk/fthGUWl_GyQ/s1600-h/IMG_1676.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114869240608748514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvuqeX8Oc-I/AAAAAAAAAFk/fthGUWl_GyQ/s320/IMG_1676.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A celebration without food is not a celebration...and there was a lot to go around. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Una celebracion sin comida no es una celebracion...y habia mucha comida para todos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-3332216301061825321?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/3332216301061825321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=3332216301061825321&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3332216301061825321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/3332216301061825321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/09/baptism-celebration-celebracion-de.html' title='Baptism Celebration - Celebracion de Bautismo'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RvurLX8OdAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/JycHgMLjeOA/s72-c/IMG_1617.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-2753785402077169350</id><published>2007-08-08T11:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-08T12:16:06.143-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Estudios Biblicos'/><title type='text'>Bible Study Award - Completan Estudios Biblicos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroI0TEHoKI/AAAAAAAAAE0/xmFJ4r6I3x8/s1600-h/IMG_1534.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096395622886908066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroI0TEHoKI/AAAAAAAAAE0/xmFJ4r6I3x8/s320/IMG_1534.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; On Sunday, July 8th, three of the ladies who are studying the Bible through the Bible League's Proyecto Felipe, received an Award of Completion for finishing the first section of a three part study. Mercedes has been leading these ladies through this course of study and all three of them will be baptized come August 11th. (Pictured from left to right: Yolanda, Xiomara, Elda, Pastor Juan, and Mercedes.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El pasado domingo, 8 de julio, tres de las mujeres quienes están estudiando la Biblia usando el Proyecto Felipe de la Liga Bíblica, recibieron un Reconocimiento por haber completado la primera parte de tres fases. Mercedes les ha estado enseñando estos cursos y las tres se bautizaran el 11 de agosto. (En la foto de izquierda a derecha: Yolanda, Xiomara, Elda, Pastor Juan, y Mercedes.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-2753785402077169350?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/2753785402077169350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=2753785402077169350&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2753785402077169350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/2753785402077169350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/08/bible-study-award-completan-estudios.html' title='Bible Study Award - Completan Estudios Biblicos'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroI0TEHoKI/AAAAAAAAAE0/xmFJ4r6I3x8/s72-c/IMG_1534.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-9033935127623463090</id><published>2007-08-08T10:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-08T11:15:48.310-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='La Jota'/><title type='text'>"La Jota" Bible Study Group - Grupo de Estudio Biblico La Jota</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroBJTEHoHI/AAAAAAAAAEc/gn8Qcudkkwc/s1600-h/IMG_1530.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096387187571138674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroBJTEHoHI/AAAAAAAAAEc/gn8Qcudkkwc/s320/IMG_1530.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are thankful to the Lord for a group of brothers/sisters and guests that have been attending a Bible Study we have been hosting in our home in the area of Zaragoza known as La Jota. Since we started in mid May, we have had steady attendance. We are thankful to the members of the &lt;strong&gt;Christian Community Church of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico&lt;/strong&gt;, which donated and sent several new Bibles in Spanish for the group. Thank you for your continued prayers toward this your ministry in Spain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroC4zEHoII/AAAAAAAAAEk/fOZ3hYxuzuM/s1600-h/IMG_1531.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096389103126552706" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroC4zEHoII/AAAAAAAAAEk/fOZ3hYxuzuM/s320/IMG_1531.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Le damos las gracias al Señor por el grupo de hermanos / hermanas e invitados que han asistido al Grupo de Estudio Bíblico que hemos estado hospedando en nuestro hogar en el sector de Zaragoza conocido como La Jota. Desde que comenzamos el estudio bíblico a mediados de mayo, hemos visto una buena asistencia. Le damos las gracias a los miembros de la &lt;strong&gt;Iglesia Comunidad Cristiana de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico&lt;/strong&gt; quienes nos donaron y nos enviaron unas Biblias nuevas para el grupo. Agradecemos sus oraciones por este su ministerio en España.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroDkzEHoJI/AAAAAAAAAEs/R4M295KWndA/s1600-h/IMG_1359.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096389859040796818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroDkzEHoJI/AAAAAAAAAEs/R4M295KWndA/s320/IMG_1359.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-9033935127623463090?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/9033935127623463090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=9033935127623463090&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/9033935127623463090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/9033935127623463090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/08/la-jota-bible-study-group-grupo-de.html' title='&quot;La Jota&quot; Bible Study Group - Grupo de Estudio Biblico La Jota'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RroBJTEHoHI/AAAAAAAAAEc/gn8Qcudkkwc/s72-c/IMG_1530.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-636538606583177484</id><published>2007-07-06T06:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-06T07:28:31.885-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mercedes'/><title type='text'>Oscar &amp; Fanny</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5GzpuNyUI/AAAAAAAAAD8/gtfEcnDkDpg/s1600-h/IMG_1261.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084078882534836546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5GzpuNyUI/AAAAAAAAAD8/gtfEcnDkDpg/s320/IMG_1261.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oscar &amp; Fanny are from Central America. We met them one Sunday toward the end of Spring when they visited the Zalmedina Church. Oscar had recently accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior during his business travels in the United States. Fanny, however, was still unsure as to what Oscar had done, but she liked what God was doing with the "new" Oscar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Oscar y Fanny son de Centroamerica. Los conocimos un domingo por la mañana cuando visitaban la Iglesia de Zalmedina a finales de la primavera. Oscar había aceptado al Señor Jesucristo como su Salvador personal durante sus viajes de negocios en los Estados Unidos. Pero Fanny todavía no estaba segura de lo que Oscar había hecho, pero le gustaba lo que Dios estaba haciendo con el "nuevo" Oscar. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5Lq5uNyXI/AAAAAAAAAEU/UdAoJAOI-9w/s1600-h/IMG_1263.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084084229769120114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5Lq5uNyXI/AAAAAAAAAEU/UdAoJAOI-9w/s320/IMG_1263.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They attended church a few Sundays and had come to our home several times, one evening at the end of May, Mercedes had a heart to heart talk with Fanny at our dining room table. After their conversation, Fanny admitted she needed a Savior and wanted what Oscar had, Jesus in her heart. They prayed and afterwards while angels were celebrating in Heaven, we celebrated the good news with ice cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Asistieron a la iglesia algunos domingos y vinieron varias veces a nuestra casa, una tarde a finales de mayo, Mercedes comenzo a hablar con Fanny sentadas a la mesa del comedor. Despues de su conversacion, Fanny admitio que ella necesitaba un Salvador y queria lo que Oscar tenia, a Jesus en su corazon. Ellas oraron y luego mientras que los angeles celebraban en el Cielo, nosotros celebramos la buena noticia con un poquito de helado. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5JQJuNyVI/AAAAAAAAAEE/K8anWNsfQH4/s1600-h/IMG_1250.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084081571184363858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5JQJuNyVI/AAAAAAAAAEE/K8anWNsfQH4/s320/IMG_1250.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately for us, they had to move to another city in Spain for work related reasons. Please pray for Oscar &amp;amp; Fanny that the Lord will continue to lead them and strengthen their new life together in Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Lamentablemente para nosotros, ellos se tuvieron que mudar a otra ciudad de Espana por razones relacionados al trabajo. Por favor oren por Oscar y Fanny, que el Senor les continue guiando y fortaleciendo en su nueva vida juntos en EL. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-636538606583177484?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/636538606583177484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=636538606583177484&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/636538606583177484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/636538606583177484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/07/oscar-fanny.html' title='Oscar &amp; Fanny'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5GzpuNyUI/AAAAAAAAAD8/gtfEcnDkDpg/s72-c/IMG_1261.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-7225554876212437266</id><published>2007-07-06T05:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-06T06:31:58.117-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mercedes'/><title type='text'>The Girls of the Vine - Las Chicas de la Vid</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro44_5uNyQI/AAAAAAAAADc/O2RuK71n1DM/s1600-h/IMG_1324.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084063699825445122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro44_5uNyQI/AAAAAAAAADc/O2RuK71n1DM/s320/IMG_1324.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;John&lt;/span&gt; 15:5 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Jesus&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;said&lt;/span&gt;, "I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;am&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; vine; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;you&lt;/span&gt; are &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;branches&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Whoever&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;abides&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; me &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;him&lt;/span&gt;, he &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;it&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;bears&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;much&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;fruit&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;apart&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; me &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;you&lt;/span&gt; can do &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;nothing&lt;/span&gt;." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Juan 15:5 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;Jesús&lt;/span&gt; dijo, "Yo soy la vid, vosotros los pámpanos; el que permanece en mí, y yo en él, éste lleva mucho fruto; porque separados de mí nada podéis hacer." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro48RZuNyRI/AAAAAAAAADk/mmvowjC-BL0/s1600-h/IMG_1341.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084067299008039186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro48RZuNyRI/AAAAAAAAADk/mmvowjC-BL0/s320/IMG_1341.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;In&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;mid&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;June&lt;/span&gt;, Mercedes &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"&gt;few&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"&gt;ladies&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"&gt;she&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"&gt;meeting&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; a regular &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"&gt;basis&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"&gt;Bible&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"&gt;Study&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45"&gt;encouragement&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46"&gt;went&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48"&gt;town&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51"&gt;outskirts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Zaragoza &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54"&gt;mini&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55"&gt;retreat&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;A mediados de junio, Mercedes y algunas de las mujeres con quien ella se reune para darles estudios &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56"&gt;bíblicos&lt;/span&gt; y animo, fueron a un pueblo en las afueras de Zaragoza para un &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57"&gt;mini&lt;/span&gt; retiro. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro4_R5uNySI/AAAAAAAAADs/hcYhVcgcBpo/s1600-h/IMG_1302.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084070606132857122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro4_R5uNySI/AAAAAAAAADs/hcYhVcgcBpo/s320/IMG_1302.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58"&gt;They&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59"&gt;played&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60"&gt;they&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61"&gt;prayed&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62"&gt;they&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63"&gt;sang&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64"&gt;they&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65"&gt;read&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67"&gt;Word&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69"&gt;they&lt;/span&gt; ate...&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70"&gt;please&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71"&gt;pray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73"&gt;them&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76"&gt;families&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_77"&gt;both&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_78"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_79"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_80"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_81"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_82"&gt;abroad&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Ellas jugaron, oraron, cantaron, leyeron la Palabra y comieron...por favor oren por ellas y sus familias que se encuentran en &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_83"&gt;España&lt;/span&gt; y fuera de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_84"&gt;ella&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5B15uNyTI/AAAAAAAAAD0/AA4tO73Lzdk/s1600-h/Autobright_1338.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084073423631403314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro5B15uNyTI/AAAAAAAAAD0/AA4tO73Lzdk/s320/Autobright_1338.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-7225554876212437266?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/7225554876212437266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=7225554876212437266&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7225554876212437266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7225554876212437266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/07/girls-of-vine-las-chicas-de-la-vid.html' title='The Girls of the Vine - Las Chicas de la Vid'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Ro44_5uNyQI/AAAAAAAAADc/O2RuK71n1DM/s72-c/IMG_1324.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-7712329039527671427</id><published>2007-06-14T15:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T16:15:35.278-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mercedes Goes to Portugal - Mercedes Va a Portugal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RnHIDEof-pI/AAAAAAAAAC0/EPhTL_20kCQ/s1600-h/IMG_1169.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076058210132032146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RnHIDEof-pI/AAAAAAAAAC0/EPhTL_20kCQ/s320/IMG_1169.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mercedes in Cascais, Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Mercedes en Cascais, Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to the generosity of people we do not know or have never met, Mercedes was able to attend the ReachGlobal Women of Western Europe conference.  She was able to meet women from different parts of the globe, she even learned some Chinese words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Gracias a la generosidad de personas los cuales no conocemos ni hemos visto, Mercedes pudo asistir a la conferencia de damas de ReachGlobal de Europa Occidental.  Ella pudo conocer a damas de distintas partes del mundo, y hasta aprendio algunas palabras en chino. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-7712329039527671427?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/7712329039527671427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=7712329039527671427&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7712329039527671427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/7712329039527671427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/06/mercedes-goes-to-portugal-mercedes-va.html' title='Mercedes Goes to Portugal - Mercedes Va a Portugal'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RnHIDEof-pI/AAAAAAAAAC0/EPhTL_20kCQ/s72-c/IMG_1169.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-603761156793309168</id><published>2007-05-25T04:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T08:12:32.552-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jose &amp; Jesus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RlbHAKy-yNI/AAAAAAAAACU/dvSXCCty85E/s1600-h/Hualpa+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068457236364183762" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RlbHAKy-yNI/AAAAAAAAACU/dvSXCCty85E/s320/Hualpa+001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;José&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;family&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;man&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;South&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;America&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;who&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;recently&lt;/span&gt; moved &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;work&lt;/span&gt; as a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;truck&lt;/span&gt; driver. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Little&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;did&lt;/span&gt; he &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;realize&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;God&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;was&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;calling&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;him&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;order&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;meet&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;Him&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"&gt;Jose&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"&gt;gave&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"&gt;his&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"&gt;heart&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; Lord &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"&gt;at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"&gt;our&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"&gt;dining&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"&gt;room&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"&gt;table&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"&gt;Sunday&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"&gt;May&lt;/span&gt; 6&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45"&gt;where&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46"&gt;we&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47"&gt;have&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48"&gt;shared&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49"&gt;several&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50"&gt;physical&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52"&gt;spiritual&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53"&gt;meals&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54"&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55"&gt;him&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56"&gt;Pray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58"&gt;him&lt;/span&gt; as he &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60"&gt;looking&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; Lord &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64"&gt;guidance&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65"&gt;José&lt;/span&gt; es un padre de familia de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66"&gt;Sur America&lt;/span&gt; que recientemente se mudo a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67"&gt;España&lt;/span&gt; para trabajar como camionero. No se dio cuenta que Dios lo estaba llamando a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68"&gt;España&lt;/span&gt; para conocerlo a EL personalmente. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69"&gt;José&lt;/span&gt; le entrego su &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70"&gt;corazón&lt;/span&gt; al &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71"&gt;Señor&lt;/span&gt; en nuestra mesa del comedor el domingo 6 de mayo donde hemos compartido varias comidas &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72"&gt;físicas&lt;/span&gt; y espirituales con el. Oren por el mientras que el busca la &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73"&gt;dirección&lt;/span&gt; de Dios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-603761156793309168?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/603761156793309168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=603761156793309168&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/603761156793309168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/603761156793309168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/05/jose-jesus.html' title='Jose &amp; Jesus'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RlbHAKy-yNI/AAAAAAAAACU/dvSXCCty85E/s72-c/Hualpa+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-773935070956528378</id><published>2007-05-25T03:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T08:13:27.739-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dollar Falls to Euro / Dólar se Desploma Ante el Euro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.newsmax.com/money/archives/articles/2007/4/27/102315.cfm?MN=1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;MoneyNews.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Friday, April 27, 2007&lt;br /&gt;FRANKFURT, Germany -- The euro reached an all-time high against the dollar Friday when weak U.S. growth figures reinforced worries about a widening economic disparity between Europe and the United States.&lt;br /&gt;The surge will not be kind to Americans visiting Europe this summer, &lt;strong&gt;[or those of us who live in Europe]&lt;/strong&gt; will feel the effect in higher prices.&lt;br /&gt;The euro hit $1.3682, shooting past its previous high of $1.3667 from December 2004, after the U.S. Commerce Department reported that economic growth slowed to a 1.3 percent annual rate in the first quarter, its weakest performance in four years.&lt;br /&gt;The 13-nation currency then settled back a bit to $1.3656 in midafternoon European trading, up from its $1.3601 level in late New York trading Thursday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[For the full story hit the link MoneyNews.com above.] &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dinero.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=33536"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Dinero.com&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El euro se comerció en 1,3607 dólares, en alza respecto a 1,3593.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Londres.- El dólar estadounidense llegó en un momento a casi tocar su valor ínfimo respecto al euro y retrocedió también frente a la libra británica en los mercados europeos el miércoles. En cambio, el oro avanzó. En las primeras operaciones, el euro se cotizó hasta en 1,3616 dólares, cerca de los 1,3667 que es la cifra más alta alcanzada por la moneda europea, en diciembre del 2004.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[Para ver reportaje completo oprima Dinero.com arriba.]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-773935070956528378?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/773935070956528378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=773935070956528378&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/773935070956528378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/773935070956528378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/05/moneynewsfriday-april-27-2007-frankfurt.html' title='Dollar Falls to Euro / Dólar se Desploma Ante el Euro'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5107461304609085741</id><published>2007-05-07T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T08:20:07.964-07:00</updated><title type='text'>April 20th Dinner - Cena 20 de Abril</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj9-B1ukeAI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Q_HHODk98SE/s1600-h/Cuisine+030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061903076255102978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj9-B1ukeAI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Q_HHODk98SE/s320/Cuisine+030.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On April 20 we had an evangelistic event which took place at a Chinese restaurant. The idea was to invite our non-believing friends to a dinner at a “non-threatening” environment where they were presented with the Gospel. After the event they received a copy of the book &lt;strong&gt;Surprised by Faith&lt;/strong&gt; by Dr. Don Bierle of Faith Studies. There was a great turn out, exactly the amount of people we prayed for. One quarter of the guests expressed their desire to know more about the Lord. One lady has been attending church since the dinner, we have had two of the families over for dinner at our house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj99qVukd_I/AAAAAAAAAB0/FBEl4gSMmoc/s1600-h/Cuisine+023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061902672528177138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj99qVukd_I/AAAAAAAAAB0/FBEl4gSMmoc/s320/Cuisine+023.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;El 20 de abril tuvimos un evento evangelistico que se llevo a cabo en un restaurante chino. La idea fue de invitar nuestras amistades no creyentes a una cena en un lugar neutral donde fueron presentados con el evangelio de Cristo. Después del evento cada familia recibió una ejemplar del libro &lt;strong&gt;Sorprendido por la Fe&lt;/strong&gt; escrito por el Dr. Don Bierle del ministerio Faith Studies. Se logro una buena asistencia, llegaron exactamente la cantidad de personas por lo cual oramos. Una cuarta parte de los huéspedes que llegaron, expresaron su deseo de conocer mas acerca del Señor Jesucristo. Una señorita ha estado asistiendo a la iglesia desde la actividad y hemos tenido dos de la familias en nuestra casa para cenar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj9-tVukeBI/AAAAAAAAACE/F5Mpj-Hwtzw/s1600-h/Cuisine+028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061903823579412498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj9-tVukeBI/AAAAAAAAACE/F5Mpj-Hwtzw/s320/Cuisine+028.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are the families that have come to our home to eat after the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Estas son las familias que han venido a cenar en nuestro hogar despues del evento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj9_cVukeCI/AAAAAAAAACM/W0Lf9yHEbTQ/s1600-h/Cuisine+038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061904631033264162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj9_cVukeCI/AAAAAAAAACM/W0Lf9yHEbTQ/s320/Cuisine+038.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RlgvQqy-yPI/AAAAAAAAACk/HnjcexsE76s/s1600-h/Standby+070.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068853344018024690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RlgvQqy-yPI/AAAAAAAAACk/HnjcexsE76s/s320/Standby+070.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We want to give a special thanks to Alex and Misael for sponsoring the meals and books for the guests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Queremos agradecerle a Alex y a Misael por haber auspiciado la comida y los libros para los invitados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rlgr3Ky-yOI/AAAAAAAAACc/hWRihEqVwAw/s1600-h/Standby+009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068849607396477154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rlgr3Ky-yOI/AAAAAAAAACc/hWRihEqVwAw/s320/Standby+009.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we see Alex dressed in a "chuyo" a traditional Peruvian Inca head covering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Aqui vemos a Alex vestido en su chuyo peruano, vestimenta tradicional Quechua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5107461304609085741?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5107461304609085741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5107461304609085741&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5107461304609085741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5107461304609085741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/05/april-20th-dinner-cena-20-de-abril.html' title='April 20th Dinner - Cena 20 de Abril'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rj9-B1ukeAI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Q_HHODk98SE/s72-c/Cuisine+030.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-5396814616194539537</id><published>2007-05-05T11:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T08:18:54.721-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Couples Retreat Pics - Retiro de Parejas Fotos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzQU1ukd2I/AAAAAAAAAAs/L17LVZox0jI/s1600-h/Retiro+paisaje+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061149137695962978" style="WIDTH: 392px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px" height="240" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzQU1ukd2I/AAAAAAAAAAs/L17LVZox0jI/s320/Retiro+paisaje+5.jpg" width="466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vadiello Dam- &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Embalse de Vadiello&lt;br /&gt;El Retiro se realizo cerca de este embalse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The retreat took place close to this dam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzOoVukd0I/AAAAAAAAAAc/aFEWJTNM11w/s1600-h/Excursion+Vadiello+2007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061147273680156482" style="WIDTH: 343px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px" height="179" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzOoVukd0I/AAAAAAAAAAc/aFEWJTNM11w/s320/Excursion+Vadiello+2007.jpg" width="267" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Foto de alguna de las parejas que asistieron al Retiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Picture of some of the couples that attended the Retreat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzPTlukd1I/AAAAAAAAAAk/44cqKEuQsoY/s1600-h/Retiro+M%26M+closeup+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061148016709498706" style="WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px" height="136" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzPTlukd1I/AAAAAAAAAAk/44cqKEuQsoY/s320/Retiro+M%26M+closeup+2.jpg" width="226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzcaFukd5I/AAAAAAAAABE/GDjLpvISn80/s1600-h/David,+Daniel+%26+Abel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061162422029809554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzcaFukd5I/AAAAAAAAABE/GDjLpvISn80/s320/David,+Daniel+%26+Abel.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Horneando patatas en el fuego.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Baking potatoes in the fire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rjzbulukd4I/AAAAAAAAAA8/tN7m4f--mrc/s1600-h/Alabanzas+Retiro+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061161674705500034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/Rjzbulukd4I/AAAAAAAAAA8/tN7m4f--mrc/s320/Alabanzas+Retiro+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Tiempo de alabanza y adoración.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Praise and worship time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzbYlukd3I/AAAAAAAAAA0/B_1cmU8nFf0/s1600-h/Comida+Retiro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061161296748377970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzbYlukd3I/AAAAAAAAAA0/B_1cmU8nFf0/s320/Comida+Retiro.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;A comer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Time to eat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-5396814616194539537?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/5396814616194539537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=5396814616194539537&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5396814616194539537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/5396814616194539537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title='Couples Retreat Pics - Retiro de Parejas Fotos'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzQU1ukd2I/AAAAAAAAAAs/L17LVZox0jI/s72-c/Retiro+paisaje+5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6077232062153188910.post-366649140890546193</id><published>2007-05-05T10:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T08:21:23.651-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mercedes y Marlan'/><title type='text'>Couples Retreat - Retiro de Parejas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzImFukdzI/AAAAAAAAAAU/kzngy5sB9s0/s1600-h/Retiro+M%26M+8+.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061140637955684146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzImFukdzI/AAAAAAAAAAU/kzngy5sB9s0/s320/Retiro+M%26M+8+.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In February 2007 we were invited to speak at the Zalmedina Church First Couples' Retreat which took place near the Vadiello Dam in the pre-Pyrinees Mountains. We spoke on the importance of developing good communication skills with our spouse and children. This also kicked off the first in several sessions of seminars to the couples of the church. We ask that you continue to pray for these upcoming sessions, that the Lord will work in the lives of these young families so that they will also impact others for Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;En febrero de 2007 fuimos invitados a presentar una serie de charlas en el Primer Retiro de Parejas de la Iglesia Zalmedina, que se llevo a cabo cerca del Embalse de Vadiello en las montanas pre-pirineos. Hablamos sobre la importancia de desarrollar buenos habitos de comunicacion con nuestro conyuge y nuestro hijos. Esto tambien nos abrio la puerta para mas talleres sobre el matrimonio con las parejas de la iglesia. Les pedimos que continuen orando por las proximas sesiones, y que el Senor obre en las vidas de estas familias jovenes y que ellos tambien impacten a otros para Cristo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6077232062153188910-366649140890546193?l=marlanmercedes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/feeds/366649140890546193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6077232062153188910&amp;postID=366649140890546193&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/366649140890546193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6077232062153188910/posts/default/366649140890546193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marlanmercedes.blogspot.com/2007/05/couples-retreat-retiro-de-parejas.html' title='Couples Retreat - Retiro de Parejas'/><author><name>Marlan &amp;amp; Mercedes Blog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_JOrVI3-UnT8/RjzImFukdzI/AAAAAAAAAAU/kzngy5sB9s0/s72-c/Retiro+M%26M+8+.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
