I am thankful every day for the men that God has given us in our church. While God loves every one, male and female alike, it is always encouraging to see men with an interest in spiritual things. Why do we get excited about seeing men? In the majority of churches today it is mainly women and children that fill the pews. Somehow we fail to reach men. No matter how our society has inverted the roles of men and women we still believe that God has ordained the man to be the head of the home. Men have been created to lead and to be innovative.No wonder many churches lack leadership and creative ideas; we don’t have any men! I can’t say that we have discovered the key to reaching the male gender but we certainly pray and work towards impacting that sector of our city. In our new church in Parla we have seen men take the initial interest in seeking after God. It’s so amazing to us because we are used to witnessing quite the opposite. These men that have been saved and are growing in the Lord have been able to reach their wives and we are little by little seeing families come together. It’s funny because the men are the most faithful to the church services. 

Not too long ago Carlos (he came as a result of the DVD project) suggested, almost jokingly, that we should start a futbol sala (indoor soccer) team. Immediately, we looked at each other and we said, “why not?” Since then every thursday we have been playing soccer. I must say I really look forward to this time every week. Not only do we get great physical exercise but we are growing as a band of brothers seeking together to be better husbands and fathers. The trip back and forth from the game, fellowshipping at Mcdonalds afterwards, etc… have all be wonderful oportunities for discipleship. Not only that we are meeting new men and building relationships with them. Eduardo, Julio, Stefan, Carlos, Jeffrey, Paco, Rufino, David, we believe that God can and will use these men to capture this city and beyond with the gospel.