salamanca day out

Yesterday, we went out for the day with José, his daughter and Pepe. We had a really good time together. Pepe asked me about Regina’s health and I told him our story of her healing at the conference in Toronto three years ago. I thought I would tell it just the way it was. He was very enthusiastic, and José was too. They began telling their own stories of how they experienced God in their lives. We had a good laugh together! Again, we see the confrontation of the institutionalized church with all its different streams and the religiosity that puts people off. We heard it again from them. My Spanish and Portuguese is still not good enough for me to tell you everything they said, but I experienced an openness and freedom that was in itself a real joy. Pepe was a journalist and knows a lot. He takes us to hotels, parks, restaurants and always has a story to tell. It’s very entertaining.

Salamanca is also worth visiting. There is much more than first meets the eye. The farms and estates are very large, hundreds of hectares. Many in Spain and Portugal are neglected and forlorn. It is Regina’s dream to have a big farm, with animals and then take in several children so can live together as one big family. It would be a good place to keep the horses.

José was telling me that he knows someone who trained horses for the bullfights and he’s looking for work. He also wanted to know if I could train 5 horses in any discipline: show, dressage or long distance. I can see that happening in the future. His family has hundreds of hectares of land with cows and the horses would be just fine there. It could be fun!

Oma has decided to foster another child so that Jeffrey will have a companion who speaks Flemish. Learning Portuguese is proving to be difficult for him. He feels left out in school.

That’s all for this now. Enjoy the peace that God brings when you let life come to you and enjoy every day. God makes it a great adventure that we could never create ourselves!
Lots of love,Yves & Regina