Wednesday is 'orange Wednesday' in the world of Ibiza 24-7 so I worked out where the nearest multiplex was and booked two tickets to see 'guardians of the galaxy' the new marvel film epic. No I didn't really... Orange Wednesday for Ibiza 24-7 is an opportunity to go down to the beach and give out free oranges to the sun bathers and provide an opportunity to talk if they what and collect any prayer requests they may have. Last week one team went to the tourist beach the other went to the workers beach. (Basically the full time workers are a bit more knowledgable about Ibiza and know where the best beaches are). Having visited the tourist beach last week we got to go to the workers beach. Me and wbcs own Michelle teamed up and we had quickly got through our bags of oranges (the workers are also more clued up about orange Wednesday ...). Some good conversations were had and I also told a couple of groups about the workers centre that Ibiza 24-7 run however my directions I described were rubbish (I got my Scottish pubs confused) so gods hand will be needed to ensure that they actually get there.... Michelle did very well talking to the groups and collected 2 prayer cards.
Our time in Ibiza however hasn't all been about working however and before heading on to the street for the 2nd to last time, we went to a gig at 'Ibiza rocks' to see rudimental . They were certainly better as a full live act than their DJ set when I last saw them, and I think a good time was had by the team. I was struck however by a line the frontman of the band said, he yelled "do you want to be set free by rudimental?" which considering how much freedom is needed in Ibiza was pertinent however the Ibiza 24-7 team through Gods help are more likely to achieve this than rudimental me thinks...
My night on the street was predominantly about one individual who was sitting on the step of the 24-7 centre after being brought there by one of the PRs. He had arrived that day in Ibiza, dropped of his bags at his hotel, fallen a sleep on the beach, woken up without his friends, couldn't remember where his hotel was, but had a perfect memory of what the hotel looked like. For the next three hours we tried every hotel we could possibly think of. Walking to the ones that were close, driving to the ones a bit further away (one of these hotels which we were sure matched the description perfectly, when we arrived the sign was falling off, the pool was locked up with a massive pad lock, the reception abandoned & trashed, the hotel shop was empty, windows were boarded up, it was obviously that it had been abandoned for a longtime...) and then doing some more walking. Around 3:30ish in the morning we felt defeated, and we decided to give another team a shot at getting him home, they would provide a fresh set of eyes & they had access to the van, which would be needed as we had covered all the hotels in acceptable walking distance. Through this whole time however I was praying very heavily and I really did get a sense that he was going to get back to his hotel. About 10 to 4 in the morning the other team who had been tasked to return the guy to his hotel returned to the prayer room, yep they had found it and he was back (to his temporary holiday) home... A massively relief and a certain answer to prayer.
With that this is Paul signing off.... One more night to go....
Bible verses
Luke 15 1-7
The parable of the lost sheep
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering round to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.’
3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says, “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.” 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who do not need to repent.
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