The pastors of the church in Barakaldo, Spain, David and Gemma, as well as the whole church congregation are very brave evangelists. They go out on the street every week and preach the Word and witness. But recently, when a team from San Jose, California came to join in evangelism, they were blown away. They had not seen people in their town, who evidently react strongly against the Gospel, stay to listen when the name of Jesus or even the word, "God" is spoken. When the preaching began, the people stayed and listened attentively. A miracle was in the making. People raised their hands in the street for salvation. Again, with only one or two exceptions, every time an altar call was given, right in the street, people raised their hands and waved them to signal that they would give their lives to God. Gemma compiled a list of about 50 of their names and just under half of those people gave her their cell phone numbers. Another miracle.
About 11 new people showed up for church the following Sunday. To actually enter an evangelical church is a huge step for them. A miracle! When the altar call was given, 8 of the 11 people that were in the church for the first time, stood up in front of everyone to give their lives to Jesus. Obviously, they had come to the service with that intention and this was after a day or more of thinking about it. They got up Sunday morning, decided to find the church and attend the service and it seemed they had already decided to give their lives to Christ. A miracle. The presence of God, His Holy Spirit giving people faith and courage, the conviction of sin…all were a miracle.
Information provided by Scott Smith AGWM Personnel in Spain
The pastors of the church in Barakaldo, Spain, David and Gemma, as well as the whole church congregation are very brave evangelists. They go out on the street every week and preach the Word and witness. But recently, when a team from San Jose, California came to join in evangelism, they were blown away. They had not seen people in their town, who evidently react strongly against the Gospel, stay to listen when the name of Jesus or even the word, "God" is spoken. When the preaching began, the people stayed and listened attentively. A miracle was in the making.
People raised their hands in the street for salvation. Again, with only one or two exceptions, every time an altar call was given, right in the street, people raised their hands and waved them to signal that they would give their lives to God. Gemma compiled a list of about 50 of their names and just under half of those people gave her their cell phone numbers. Another miracle.
About 11 new people showed up for church the following Sunday. To actually enter an evangelical church is a huge step for them. A miracle! When the altar call was given, 8 of the 11 people that were in the church for the first time, stood up in front of everyone to give their lives to Jesus. Obviously, they had come to the service with that intention and this was after a day or more of thinking about it. They got up Sunday morning, decided to find the church and attend the service and it seemed they had already decided to give their lives to Christ. A miracle.
The presence of God, His Holy Spirit giving people faith and courage, the conviction of sin…all were a miracle.
Information provided by Scott Smith
AGWM Personnel in Spain
A team from Norway came to Avila, Spain to evangelize on the streets along with AGWM personnel, Scott and Marisa Smith. There are some amazing testimonies of what God did there. An example was when three of the team were sharing Jesus with a young man. Right there as he experienced God’s presence, he started to cry. Moments later two teenaged girls came up and asked them if they could tell them what they had been sharing with the young man as they wanted to hear it, too. People coming up and asking to hear the Gospel…a new thing happening in Spain.
Scott goes on to tell that along with AGWM personnel, Kevin and Karen Prevost, they were in line for lunch when a man heard them talking in English to the Norwegian team. “He spoke to us in English and after conversing for a while asked if we could have lunch with him in a couple of days which we did. Turns out he has a PhD in economics and is the dean of the law and social science departments at the University in Avila. We had a two hour lunch with him and talked only about the Lord. There is no doubt that he believes in God but he now sees that he needs to make an commitment and make Jesus the Lord of his whole life. An amazing conversation.”
Twenty evangelists took to the streets of the cities of Zamora and Toro on Good Friday. Since it is a holiday in Spain, the streets were packed. Thousands received Gospel tracts, heard Matthew chapters 26, 27 and 28 read aloud, heard singing and the preaching of the Gospel. 
Bill goes on to say, “Cesar’s story was a confirmation of what I told a man, a friend of mine, who came up to me and told me that we were giving a very bad impression by being out there on the street. I told him that without a doubt some would think that we were fanatics. I told him others would be convinced of the truth of our message because we were willing to be out there proclaiming it. I don’t think that man was convinced that I was right.
It was a cold, windy, miserable, winter day and the wind was blowing through the plaza with such a force that people looked for cover. And there we were, as usual, lifting up our voices in testimony, song and illustrated sermons. Then it happened: in the middle of the cold wind the presence of God came down and people came into the area from several directions, stopped and listened.
It was an instant crowd and God arrested them; they could not leave. Maritza and I were singing (Maritza had tears as she sang one of her songs about how Jesus had taken away her fear of death). I was glad we had a large team that night because everyone began to do personal one-on-one evangelism afterward. Unless you have seen the spearhead of God’s presence penetrate into the kingdom of darkness, it is hard to explain. I love seeing it first hand; I wish everyone could see what happens when the Glory comes down.