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Letter from Bryce and Phyllis Little

June 2006

Friends,

We have helped four presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) form partnerships with the Spanish Evangelical Church and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal. Some of the activities involved in the partnerships include:

  1. Training young adults from Spain and Portugal in youth outreach through Presbyterian summer camps here in the United States.
  2. Beginning new church plants in southeastern Spain and in the Lisbon, Portugal, area.
  3. Assisting the Spanish Evangelical Theological Seminary to attract new students to its new campus in El Escorial, Spain. Three Portuguese students have just graduated and will begin service as pastors in Portugal.
  4. Helping to nurture the four partnerships between PC(USA) presbyteries and their sister presbyteries in Portugal and Spain.
    • Northern Waters Presbytery (Lake Superior region) and Cherokee Presbyteries (Atlanta region) with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal.
    • Wabash Valley with Andalucia Presbytery (eastern Spain) and Eastminster Presbytery with Levante Presbytery (southern Spain).
  5. Taking mission teams from these four Presbyteries and local churches to participate with work teams in Spain and Portugal.
    • Assist in beginning an outreach program at the University of Valencia.
    • Lead two four-week youth ministry programs in Cartagena and Tierra Vieja.
    • Assist in summer youth camp programs and street youth ministry in Portugal.
  6. Facilitating the visits of key Spanish and Portuguese leaders so that they may learn from the four presbyteries and vice versa.
  7. Encouraging work among immigrant people in the Spanish, Portuguese, and U.S. churches.

We continue to enjoy living in the Sacramento area and connecting with old friends. We regularly see Andy and Kathy with their four children and Susan with her two. We take regular trips to Los Angeles to visit Bryce III and Raeanne and their two children and Robert and Lynda and their two girls. Our grandchildren, ranging in age from 3 to 14, bring us much joy.

Yours sincerely,

Bryce and Phyllis Little

The 2006 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p. 342

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