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Last Saturday, 10 of us from Extremadura got up at 4:30 am and left at 5 for Madrid. It's about 4 and a half hours away and so at 10 am we arrived. The purpose of the journey was to visit Kilometro Cero. It is an evangelistic center in the heart of Madrid, in perhaps the most famous plaza in the entire country. Everyday thousands upon thousands of people from all over the world pass through. The videos both show and tell you what it is about.

What we were going there for was a Saturday day school they put on every once in a while. For several hours in the morning, in a premises overlooking the plaza they give workshops on everything from how to talk to people about eternity and the law, to how to give your testimony, to how to preach a 5 to 7 minute message, all in the street, all aimed at people who don't know. And then after having spent several hours learning, you go out and do it.

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I must say it was incredible to be in the plaza, surrounded by thousands of people passing by, sharing the reality of Jesus in the open air. In the school that morning there 80 some people. The focus was how to share your testimony. Then we went out and did it. A mixture of nerves, adrenaline and the presence of God is how it is best described. I had to opportunity to be one of people who got up on the box and share my testimony. It was awesome and left me wanting to do it again. There is something freeing about letting it all go and not worrying about anything. Like I mentioned there were about 80 of us but as well there were lots of people who stopped and listened. At various points there were probably 130 people or so within hearing. Some stayed for a while, so moved on quickly, but the message was being shared! After a combination of music, testimonies and a short message, we prayed for people who wanted it, and gave them a copy of one of the gospels. At various points there were probably 20 people in conversations with people from our group!

There is a lot more I could say, but suffice it all to mention that it left me with a desire for more. Wanting to share more, wanting to let it all even more, wanting to be involved with something like that on a regular basis. They work with churches, they are seeing people saved and plugging into churches. While it's not always politically correct, God is there and they are seeing lots of fruit. It's another part of what God is doing here and it's awesome.