Our time in Spain has been everything that we hoped it would be and more. The Albrights have allowed us to talk with them for hours about their ministry; we have been shown the vast field that Spain is for independent Baptists; we are slowly beginning to understand a people as diverse as any nation in the world.

While in the U.S., one thinks of Europe as a quaint and lovely place to live. When you speak of ministry in Europe, romantic thoughts flood an American's mind. Yet, in the midst of century-old palaces and court-yard cafes, w have been astounded not by the culture of the people but by the people of this culture. Everywhere you turn, there are faces of hopelessness and despair. Faces that reflect a people who live in the glamour and glory of the present and fail to consider the reality and importance of the future. Faces that have indulged in a lifestyle of self-gratification and that mock a life of God-glorification.

The landscape is beautiful. The buildings are monumental. The culture is distinct. Yet, it is the Spanish people that particularly fasten themselves in our minds during this trip. They are a people in desperate need of Christ and of a new life transformed by Him.