Brief overview...

Hello, all! Thanks for joining me for another year of Missions with Trish! This year's destination? Spain with VISION XXI! (For info on past trips, please see my Swaziland trip, my Israel trip, and my Brasil trip.) Many special thanks to those who supported us financially and through your prayers! We couldn't have done it without you! Here's the team roster for this year:

Laurie Alcaraz (first year on VISION)
Mark-Anthony Beltran (second year on VISION)
Donny Bueno (second year on VISION)
Lizzy Byrd (team drama trainer, fourth year on VISION)
Jake Coffin (first year on VISION)
Trisha Guinn (third year on VISION)
Naomi Klockmann (first year on VISION)
Heather Lawton (team prop girl, fourth year on VISION)
Emilie McDonald (second year as student leader, fourth year on VISION)
Ryan McDonald (first year on VISION)
Priscilla Norman (team tech girl, third year on VISION)
Brad Thuerbach (first year on VISION)
Luke VanNortwick (first year on VISION)
Mr. Larry Wilson (team leader/dad, music professor, twenty-first year on VISION)

Unlike my other mission trip blogs, you will find that this year has a lot more tourism and a lot less ministry. This was not up to us as a team; we only chose what missionaries to work with. They decided when and where we would minister. However, although we didn't perform nearly as much as we usually do, our mere presence in the cities we lived in was an outreach of sorts to the people of Spain. It is a highly unreached area, comprised mostly of Roman Catholics and very few believers in Christ. The missionaries we stayed with have been working for years to win over the people, so the majority of our task in Spain was to draw attention to these missionaries and to evangelical churches so that they might still be looked to after we leave their area. With that disclaimer out there, enjoy our days in Spain!

PICTURES:
Sevilla
Pamplona
Madrid