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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="196dcde1ddualp.gif"> <div> 1997-1998   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CCCC99" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Borgans Heavenly Home Page"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=160 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="196dedc2ddualp.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id319.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20012002"><U>2001-2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id271.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2000 Christmas"><U>2000 Christmas</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="19981999"><U>1998-1999</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1999 Christmas"><U>1999 Christmas</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899cccc00.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1997-1998</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Extremadura for Christ"><U>Extremadura for Christ</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ministry"><U>Ministry</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Borgans Heavenly Home Page"><U>The Borgans' Heavenly Home Page</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=396 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="19764643.gif"> <div> <A HREF="#prison" TITLE="19971998"><U><I>Prison</I></U></A><I>  -  </I><A HREF="#students_" TITLE="19971998"><U><I>Students </I></U></A><I> - </I><A HREF="#furlough_" TITLE="19971998"><U><I>Furlough </I></U></A><I> -  </I><A HREF="#campbells_" TITLE="19971998"><U><I>Campbells </I></U></A><I> -  </I><A HREF="#kids__korner_" TITLE="19971998"><U><I>Kids' Korner </I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="595" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 212 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>The Borgan Family Ministry</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>June 1997 to June 1998</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19c12ce0.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="586" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 980 WIDTH="344"><div> <I><B> <A NAME="prison"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Prison Ministry </B></I></div> <bR> <div> "Breaking the Chains of Addiction," a 3-day workshop led by Jerry & Gini Cadenhead in Cáceres July '97, attracted 100+ new inmates. Many realized they have a problem with drugs and genuinely looked for answers. After each of Jerry's classes, David invited those interested to stay and hear how they could know Jesus personally. Each time he went through the Cuatro Pasos (4 Steps) there were some who prayed to receive Christ -seven in all. What an encouragement to see these men make a commitment to the Lord and attend our regular weekly Bible studies in the prison! </div> <bR> <div> In December 1997 we received special permission to hold a Christmas party. Imagine the scene as we rolled our cart and carried armfuls of cake pans and tupperware through all the heavy iron gates. Every container of Joy's home made cookies and apple cake, pop corn, "polvorones" and peanuts had to be inspected. At last we made it through and prepared fifty plates before the men arrived. They listened most intently as David preached a Christmas message. It was without a doubt the best attended class we've ever had. It also helped the men to know we really care about them. After all you don't get many homemade goodies in prison. We told them how Christians in many churches were praying for them and had given them these gifts to brighten their Christmas. </div> <bR> <div> The spring of 1998, during a series of weekly Bible studies on John's Gospel, several Muslims began attending our class. The United Bible Societies provided Christian tapes and New Testaments in Arabic. In a two-week period we had the joy of seeing eleven inmates pray to receive Christ, including two Muslims. However, it was no coincidence that the following week we witnessed a fight break out as the devil tried to disrupt the work God was doing. (In all the time we have worked at the Cáceres prison and in the four years David was a volunteer chaplain in the Cummins prison in Arkansas, we have never had a fight in one of our</div> <div> meetings.) After the class had already begun, a new guy entered who had never been before. He walked across the room, headed straight for one man sitting by the window and without a moment's hesitation punched him in the face. The seated man immediately got up to defend himself and several others sided with him as blows were exchanged between the two men. Just as the newcomer raised a chair in the air to strike his opponent over the head, three guards appeared in answer to our fervent prayers and the troublemaker was pulled away.  </div> <bR> <div> Because of the high turn-over rate at the prison (many are periodically transferred throughout different parts of Spain), we come into contact with hundreds of inmates in a year, both in our classes and as we meet them in the courtyard. Pray that the Lord will work in their hearts and bring them to himself. </div> <div>   </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="231"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="980" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="231" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 419 WIDTH="344"><div> <I><B> <A NAME="students_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Student Ministry </B></I></div> <bR> <div> In the fall of 1997 the Lord brought into reality a dream we had had since coming to Cáceres, that of starting a ministry among university students. We met three Christian girls from Michigan who had come to Cáceres on a university exchange program. One of them was actively looking for a Christian discussion group so we knew this was the time to start one. We invited them plus three Spanish guys (music and computer students), shared supper together, and began our first in a series of ten weekly studies on myths about Christianity. Each study dispelled the myths and brought up interesting discussions. As the weeks went by, we added new American students and also more Spaniards (including a jeweler, a teacher, a barber, a city hall worker, and a computer programer.) Each week Joy cooked supper for them and David led the study. After the series on the myths we began a new one called "Christianity Explained" which has been a direct study on the Bible, including an explanation of how to receive Christ. Over this year we have had more than twenty different young people in our home studying the Bible (half Spaniards, half Americans). They have all expressed a genuine interest and we plan to continue in the Fall. Pray that they will have the courage to make a personal commitment to the Lord. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="231"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="419" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="231" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 522 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="19d5cff0.jpg" border=0 width="348" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="231"><div> <I><B> <A NAME="furlough_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Furlough </B></I></div> <bR> <div> We enjoyed a brief furlough in Mineral Wells, Texas in August 1997and half of September when we had the privilege of sharing in countless churches about what God is doing in Spain. We took with us Raimundo Holgado, our friend (a Cáceres bank executive) who helped the Mineral Wells choir so much when they came here in 1996. Raimundo was overwhelmed by the love and generosity of the Christians there as they invited him out to eat the best steak, catfish, and barbecue in town. Some took him to a Texas rodeo, others invited him to their homes. He was truly amazed to see the huge Baptist churches and he listened attentively to the messages as we translated them for him. He addressed the church on Sunday morning in Mineral Wells and expressed his gratitude for the Mineral Wells team who came to Cáceres and freely shared their faith in Jesus Christ. It was also a great blessing to us to meet some of the countless thousands of people who are praying for us in our ministry here in Spain. </div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1a039290.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="297" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="231"><div> <I><B>Visit of the </B></I><I><B> <A NAME="campbells_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Campbells </B></I></div> <div>   </div> <div> Out of the scores of people we visited with on furlough and encouraged to come to Cáceres, one special couple have already come: John & Lillie Campbell. No strangers to Spain or to our mission, they came on the personal invitation of our mayor, José María Saponi Mendo, who paid for them both to stay in the best hotel in town for a week (at a cost of more than $1,000). As part of a cultural exchange between Abilene,  Texas and Cáceres, the Campbells were officially received by the mayor, the bishop and the president of the "diputación" (regional government). </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 148 WIDTH="344"><div> To the mayor of Cáceres the Campbells gave a framed letter from the mayor of Abilene and an engraved plaque from the Hardin Simmons Cowboy Band, complete with a mounted horseshoe from one of their six white horses. John, himself a former band member, enlisted local business sponsors for parades in 2001 with horses! (This Christmas the band will march in London.) The mayor received the Campbells most cordially and gave us all copies of the latest hard-bound, full-color book on Cáceres. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="231"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="148" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="231" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 798 WIDTH="344"><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1a14ee90.jpg" border=0 width="334" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> The first program John presented was entitled "Meditations on the Life of Christ". Scripture readings introduced each piece of classical Christian music. David was given full charge of the services in the two cathedrals of Cáceres and Coria and in the main church of Trujillo. In Cáceres cathedral there was standing room only. In Coria about 250 people came. Local evangelical Christians read Bible passages which included the entire plan of salvation. </div> <bR> <div> Dr. Campbell's second program, "Modern American Music" was performed at the San Francisco auditorium in Cáceres. The audience was enthralled as John played his final selection, Leo Sowerby's "Pageant. Only three organists in the world have fully mastered the intricate foot pedal work of this virtuoso piece. The concert received a standing ovation and encore. We renewed old friendships with many we have known since the Mineral Wells campaign. We also made many new friends in Cáceres, including a banker and several music teachers who ate supper in our home and participated in John's colloquium at the conservatory of music. </div> <bR> <div> In the concert at Coria we made two close friends. Both of them have invited us back and treated our whole family to dinners in restaurants! Alberto, whose wife is a nurse the Hurdes mountains, took us all on a day trip through remote alpine villages. The priest at the cathedral, D. Lucas invited us back for a local "running of the bulls" town festival. We also shared a wonderful family time of Scripture reading and spontaneous prayer together, which he said was a real joy for him. It certainly was for us also. What a blessing it is to see God at work!. </div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="231"><div> Since John is an outstanding organist, we had also arranged for him to give four concerts in the nine days he was in Cáceres. The bishop, D. Ciriaco Benavente Mateos voiced his appreciation for Dr. Campbell's musical gifts but even more for his personal faith. "As believers we have more in common than those without faith in Christ," he explained.  They graciously exchanged gifts. Representatives from both local  newspapers were present for this visit and printed a full-page article with photos in the newspaper which proved to be great publicity for the concerts. </div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 663 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1a35fc70.jpg" border=0 width="351" height="455" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="231"><div> <I><B> <A NAME="kids__korner_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Kids' Korner </B></I></div> <bR> <div> Hope is studying for university in August 1999. She loves the student Bible studies. The American girls have been great friends for her. </div> <bR> <div> Grace studies flute at the music conservatory. She's made several friends there. Playing the flute and  taking care of her dog "Charity" fill most of her spare time. Hope and Grace were thrilled to attend the MK retreat in Salzburg in the winter and are going to Euroventure in Interlaken the summer of 1998. </div> <bR> <div> Joshua has joined the home schooling team this year and has made progress studying with Joy. In his spare time he plays the keyboard. Faith and Joshua swam twice a week this Spring. Faith hopes to study at the music conservatory in the Fall. She's eager to learn.  We all miss Julie Bird who taught the children last Fall. Now we are looking forward to the arrival of our new journeygirl, Sarah Malpass, who plans to arrive in August 1998. </div> <bR> <div> All the children are a great asset to our ministry and always make people welcome in our home. Hope and Grace are good cooks and one of them usually bakes the dessert for our weekly suppers for guests. In the spring of 1998 their Grandma from Texas and their Grandma and Grandad from England visited us in Cáceres. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=34 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="196dcde1ddualp.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1999 Christmas"><U><B><IMG SRC="13b16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Extremadura for Christ"><U><B><IMG SRC="13a16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History"><U><B><IMG SRC="13916180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="22"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>