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<title><![CDATA[Pastor Appreciation Dinner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Missionaries in Spain hosted an appreciation dinner for the 3 pastors that are here.  It was held on December 11, 2010 and the three pastors and their families attended.  There were 17 present in all.  The area was decorated and the meal was cooked by the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2011/02-03/pastor-appreciation-dinner</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Alcalá church in new facility]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Esperanza church in Alcalá is now meeting in a new facility.  The congregation had been praying for quite some time for larger facilities, and the Lord has answered their prayers.  After painting, cleaning, and some remodeling, they began meeting there...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2011/01-10/alcal-church-in-new-facility</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Cell Group Bible Study in our Town]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We&apos;re excited to tell you about a Bible Study that is going on in our town.  There isn&apos;t an evangelical church here, so these people have been meeting for a few years in a cell group on Friday nights, and are praying for a church to begin here on...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2010/11-27/cell-group-bible-study-in-our-town</link>
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<title><![CDATA[BBQ and Movie Night]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Villalba church recently hosted a BBQ and Movie Night for the believers and friends.  Felician and Gabriel cooked all the meat, and there was pork steak, chicken legs and wings, sausage (chorizo), and more.  It was delicious!  The families brought dess...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2010/09-06/bbq-and-movie-night</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Returned to Spain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to everyone know that we returned to Spain a few days ago.  We had been in the States for six months on a &quot;special assignment&quot; of visiting churches in Tennessee (and a few in Florida).  We enjoyed seeing so many friends and even had s...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2010/07-28/returned-to-spain</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Pastor&apos;s Appreciation Dinner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Missionaries here got together last night with all of our pastors and their families for an evening of food and fellowship....and we had lot of fun, too!  We presented them with an ornament that reminded us of them...a heart, a bell, and a star...and gave ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/12-08/pastors-appreciation-dinner</link>
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<title><![CDATA[5th Anniversary Celebration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The church in Colmenar Viejo celebrated it&apos;s 5th Anniversary last night with a full house attending the service.  More than 55 people filled the small meeting place and enjoyed singing, skits, and an anniversary message by Pastor Juan Carlos.  His wif...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/09-21/5th-anniversary-celebration</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Meetings Held]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Spain missionaries and Regional Director, Clint Morgan, spent 3 days together this week in Field Council Meetings.  A lot of business was discussed, and a revision of the Spain Field Strategy was worked on, which should be completed in the next couple of w...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/09-12/meetings-held</link>
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<title><![CDATA[VBS in Alpedrete - A Success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sam was the designated photographer for the annual summer VBS in Alpedrete this year.  Held the last week of July, they averaged 30 per night who attended the special &quot;Crocodile Dock&quot; themed lessons.  Pharaoh even visited one night!  There were 4...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/08-06/vbs-in-alpedrete---a-success</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Visit from Tennessee pastor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We enjoyed a visit from long-time friends and Tennessee pastor, Wayne and Teresa Bess.  Wayne pastors the Ashland City Free Will Baptist Church in Ashland City, Tennessee.  He was a member of our youth group at Cofer&apos;s Chapel when we were on staff the...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/08-04/visit-from-tennessee-pastor</link>
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<title><![CDATA[E-TEAM has cultural experiences]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It is an important part of a missions trip to take groups on excursions (sight-seeing) to experience and understand the culture of Spain.  E-TEAM has had some of these cultural experiences.  First, they went to a bullfight in downtown Madrid at the famous ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/06-24/e-team-has-cultural-experiences</link>
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<title><![CDATA[E-TEAM in Spain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[E-TEAM Spain 2009 arrived in Spain a day late, on Thursday, June 18, due to weather conditions that caused them to miss their connection in Chicago.  Because of that, they arrived with NO luggage, and had to wait almost 2 days before it arrived...except fo...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/06-21/e-team-in-spain</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Florida&apos;s &quot;Project Villalba&quot;]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Florida FWB churches came together last year and adopted and raised over $70,000 to help the Villalba Church here in Villalba, Spain build their new church building.  This video is a compilation of &quot;thank you&quot; messages from people in the church. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/05-23/floridas-project-villalba</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Youth English Afternoon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five of the young people from the Villalba church came to our house to meet our visitor, Sarah Malone, and practice their English.  Since she is an English teacher, we thought it would be good for them to meet and talk together.  We had a delicious lunch t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/05-15/youth-english-afternoon</link>
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<title><![CDATA[McVay Grandson born]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Three weeks ago, on March 4, 2009, our sweet little grandson, Elijah Adam Owen, came into the world.  He had a little bit of a problem breathing at first, but it wasn&apos;t long before we heard that sweet (loud) cry which signaled that he was fine.  This ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/03-20/mcvay-grandson-born</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Back in Spain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, on Tuesday, March 17, we arrived back in Spain for our 4th term of service.  After a few challenges with our return tickets and some family issues, we boarded the plane on Monday and arrived in Spain on Tuesday morning.  We had a good ti...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2009/03-20/back-in-spain</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Church Construction Update]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You won&apos;t believe the changes that have been made and the progress that is evident on the Villalba Church construction project.  You can see all 3 floors &quot;going up&quot;, walls being added, etc.  It&apos;s such an exciting time for our little con...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2008/09-25/church-construction-update</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Walls are coming up!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What an exciting time for us when we were able to finally see walls being put up at the construction site of the new church being built for the Villalba church.  We were hoping to see this evidence of progress before we left Spain to begin our Stateside As...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2008/04-17/walls-are-coming-up</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Construction progress]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Progress has been slow since they began digging on Christmas Eve.  There have been lots of paperwork that still needed to be filed, plans coordinated between the constructor and the architect, and rain has even slowed it down.  However, this past week, som...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2008/02-09/construction-progress</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Construction has begun!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What exciting news we received early Christmas Eve morning when we heard that digging had begun at the construction site of the Villalba church property.  I grabbed my coat and cameras and headed that way.  I was the first to arrive on the &amp;ldquo;scene...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/12-26/construction-has-begun</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Pastor&apos;s Appreciation Dinner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday evening, December 5th, the National Ministries Team (us with Jeff and Susan Turnbough) hosted a special appreciation dinner for the 3 pastors we have in Spain...Jhon Fredy, Jos&amp;eacute; Manuel and wife, Carmen, Juan Carlos and wife, Mar&amp;ia...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/12-12/pastors-appreciation-dinner</link>
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<title><![CDATA[June&apos;s Residency Card]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[At long last...I have FINALLY received my residency card.  After standing in line for almost an hour, I got to the desk to pick up my card.  A lady brought it right over and I couldn&apos;t stop looking at it...on the front, on the back, and over and over....]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/12-12/junes-residency-card</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Villalba Groundbreaking Service]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forty-eight people gathered on the church property on November 1, 2007, for the Villalba Church Groundbreaking Service.  (It was a Spanish holiday, so several more would have come if they had not been out of town.)  Pastor-in-training, Jhon Fredy, led the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/11-01/villalba-groundbreaking-service</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Historic Church Business Meeting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, October 28, 2007, the Villalba church had an historic church business meeting.  At this annual meeting, members voted to approve a bank loan to be able to build their new church building on the property that they have owned for more than ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/10-30/historic-church-business-meeting</link>
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<title><![CDATA[June&apos;s Residency Renewal Approved]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After more than 2 years, and several trips to the residency office...some visits accompanied by Rut, a lawyer from the &quot;Federation of Evangelicals in Spain&quot;, June&apos;s residency was finally approved.  Javier, the head boss in the department of ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/10-30/junes-residency-renewal-approved</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan and Suzanne (McVay) Owen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Just a few days ago on Saturday, July 21, our daughter, Suzanne, married Jonathan Owen, son of FWB Missionaries to Uruguay, Dennis and Trena Owen.  It was a beautiful wedding with a beautiful bride and handsome groom.  Both sets of parents were thrilled wi...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/07-26/jonathan-and-suzanne-mcvay-owen</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Church enjoys picnic lunch in the country]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Our church in Villalba enjoyed the nice weather and the outdoors last Sunday (June 3) when we all went to a park in the country and had a picnic for lunch after the morning service.  In fact, there were close to 60 who took the afternoon to enjoy food and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/06-08/church-enjoys-picnic-lunch-in-the-country</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Weekend Course a Success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Please join us in giving thanks to the Lord for how He worked in the lives of those who attended the first-ever Leadership Matters Mini-Course that was held May 4-6, 2007.  This mini-course was the &quot;Relationship  Matters&quot; module, and it began on ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/05-08/weekend-course-a-success</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Stephanie graduates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We are excited to report that Stephanie did pass all of her comps and graduated on Saturday, May 5, with her Masters in Teaching French.  We were not able to be there for her graduation, but there were several family members who were and took pictures (tha...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/05-08/stephanie-graduates</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Suzanne engaged]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We&apos;d like to announce the engagement of our daughter, Suzanne, to Jonathan Owen, son of FWB Missionaries to Uruguay, Dennis and Trena Owen.  They will be married in Nashville, Tennessee on July 21, 2007, at the Cofer&apos;s Chapel Free Will Baptist Ch...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/missionaries/mcvay/news/2007/05-08/suzanne-engaged</link>
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