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SPAIN:
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Mission
Cost: TBA
Application due: TBA
Date of the Project: TBA
Team Members Needed: TBA
The exuberance
of the Spaniards and the glorious predictability
of the summer weather have been attracting
visitors from northern Europe's damp and clammy
lands for decades, but Spain is much more than
the Costa del Sol. It is drenched in the
historical pageantry of empire and conquistadors,
the artistic legacy of Goya, Velázquez, Picasso
and Dalí, and the romance of Don Quijote, Papa
Hemingway and the International Brigades. More
details to come………
Full country name: Kingdom of Spain
Area: 504,784 sq km
Population: 39.7 million (growth rate 0.1%)
Capital city: Madrid (pop 3.1 million)
People: Spaniards (though Catalans and Basques
display a fierce independent spirit)
Language: Castilian Spanish (also Catalan,
Galician & Basque)
Time Zone: GMT/UTC plus 1 hour in winter, or two
hours in summer (from the last Sunday in March to
the last Sunday in September)
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic
Government: Parliamentary monarchy
Prime Minister: José María Aznar
GDP: $646 billion
GDP per head: $16,500
Annual growth: 4%
Inflation: 2%
Major industries: textiles & apparel, food
& beverages, metals, chemicals, shipbuilding,
tourism
Major trading partners: EU (esp. France, Germany,
Italy, Portugal, UK, Benelux), US
Member of EU: yes
Euro zone participant: yes
• Basic Spanish language will be taught by
our spanish teacher, the course will be included
in the total 20 hours of missions training
• You may have a tour of Spain or other
European countries after the project, and
reschedule your airline ticket with the carrier
from Madrid/Paris to Los Angeles/Seattle/San
Francisco/Dallas/New York; the International
Travel Insurance will cover three more weeks of
your traveling time. Our sponsoring churches and
affiliated missionaries would be happy to assist
you for information or any special needs.
Source: Lonely Planet & Spain
Would
you spend two years to serve the Lord in Spain?
If you are
ready to serve our Lord Jesus Christ, and
dedicate your talents and energy toward His plan
for you. Overseas Summer Missions is an uniquely
organized, worldwide network ministry; you can be
a part of this community and join our strategic
planning and visions to bring people to the
Kingdom of God. It will not only be an exciting
and rewarding experience, about all, its fruits
last for eternity.
We are seeking full-time staff who have a love
for God and sincere desire to serve Him, to be
assigned to Spain, with a minimum of 2 years
commitment. If you have an available heart,
please pray for God’s will for you to take
these challenges and opportunities to serve
overseas, and because of your effort, thousands
of lives will be changed.
"For
the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord" Romans 6:23.
We are currently accepting applications for
full-time staff. If you are considering joining
our ministry, please contact Frank Holiday at frank@OSMusa.org for more information
regarding qualifications, missions and fund
raisings.
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