Special announcement

for the past 6 yrs i have had the plearsure to work in one of elims most thriving churches in Coventry, i have completely enjoyed my time in Coventry and have grown inmensley in every aspect including waist line.
So yesterday it was with sadness that announced to the Church that i would be leaving.
for around 5 yrs now i have been traveling to spain for ministry and holidays too, i first encountered Spain on a family holiday in 1999 and even then i was facinated by the spanish people and their love for fun and life. Over the last few years i have studied Spain through numerous books and joined the Elim focus group for western europe.
i suppose the first thing that people think of when you say the word Spain is holidays, sunshine etc. this is the case for many of course but it would wrong to give spain that label alone. Spain along with france is a country that has very few evangelical churches and those that are often made up of those from the international community. i have recently been to visit the elim church in benalmadena (family fellowship) and here i found a british family reaching out to expats and Spanish people.

i have been praying about Spain for at least the last 4 yrs now and i believe that God has shown me my next step. that is to be a support to the church in benalmadena (Andalucia region) and to play my part in all that God has for Spain and the church in Spain. the Church in Coventry are backing me 100 percent along with Elim as a whole and i take that as confirmation too.

I'm leaving the UK to live in Spain full time as an Elim missionary in february next year.

Please pray that God will continue to show me mercy and give me his wisdom. please pray that there will be those who catch the vision too and will partner me in prayer and also giving financially. i need to raise around 15.000 pounds for the first year through fund raisers and ongoing sponsership yikes!! Lord help!!
if you would like a copy of Spain and me (the story so far) i can email that and also sponsership forms and newsletters will be available shortly

thanks for your support and friendship.

Rev Dave Hodgson