Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International in Spain

Mojacar Breakfasts and Dinners

Breakfast 19th May 2012.

Dave Bargh

Breakfast 21st April 2012.

Derek hated school and left at 15, in 1966, to begin work as an apprentice electrician. Initially work was great, but at 19, he began to feel discontented. He was in a relationship that was going nowhere, and his friends were experimenting with drugs. He wondered what his life was all about? 

Derek and Sue

Breakfast 17th March 2012.

Breakfast 18th February 2012.

The speaker at the next breakfast for Mojacar FGBMFI was Roger Broomfield.

Roger spent his working life in various avenues of the road and passenger transport industry. His career has taken him to 26 countries and over some one and a half million miles. Although a tough industry to be in Roger has always enjoyed and perfected his art of driving and all things transport. Roger and his wife  of 45 years, Janet,  were both born in Bournemouth, Dorset, as were their two sons. They moved to Poole in the early 70's, and then Roger and Janet moved to permanently live in Spain in 2004.

Roger was sent to Sunday School as a child and always believed in God, but it took many years of people praying and several dramatic events in his life, before he finally let the The Lord Jesus into his life.

One such notable event was the capsize of the cross channel ferry "The Herald of Free Enterprise" in 1987. Roger was returning with his truck from delivering a load in Germany and was directed on to this ferry. After the capsize he was trapped in the ship for six hours; he and two others were the last people taken alive from the ship.

After his miraculous escape, he would have been expected to turn to the Lord, but no, life returned to some sort of normality and the Lord was pushed aside again.

Roger and Janet Broomfield

In the end it was a very simple situation that opened his heart. The Lord used a message from a speaker, whom Roger could relate to. SInce this the Lord has worked in Roger and Janet's lives and done amazing things.

We may well give up on God, but He never gives up on us.

Breakfast 26th November 2011.

The speaker at the November breakfast for Mojacar FGBMFI was be Terry Jacobs.

Terry is now retired from his activity as an Elim minister, spending his time between Spain, where he has a caravan, and living in North Wales, UK.
 
He was struck down with kidney cancer, diagnosed in 2008, but during surgery the doctor´s found the cancer had spread to his lungs.
 
Terry and his wife Barbara sought God continually in fervent prayer, and so did many people in different parts of the world on Terry´s behalf, and Terry chose to be positive and not give in to despair.  He believed God for healing, and quoted healing Scriptures from the Bible out loud. Doing so gave him great hope.

 
Terry and Barbara Jacobs

Every night before going to bed his wife anointed his chest with oil and fervently prayed a prayer of faith and God miraculously healed him.
 
Come along  to the Torre Bahia restaurant at 10.00 a.m. on 25th November to find out more and hear Terry´s heart-warming story. Full cooked breakfast will cost you 5 euros. Click here to find out how to get there.

Breakfast 22nd October 2011.

The speaker at the next breakfast for Mojacar  was Bert Lundgren.

Father of four Bert, married to Anita for almost 45 years,  is a member of the Swedish National Executive of FGBMFI.  Born in a Christian family he grew tired of rules, regulations and religiosity and rebelled against it at 14. He trained as an engineer and built a successful career in finance which took him around the world, but also lived a wild life of restaurants, booze and so on. He had a good life but knew something was missing.

Breakfast 24th September 2011.

The speaker for our September breakfast was Robin Hawkins.  Robin maintains that he did not want to become a Christian, and had no inclination that way; he wanted to be a pilot but God kept after him. He had a major encounter with God at 18 when he was baptised in the Holy Spirit. He trained as an electrical engineer, and spent 22 years in industry. In 1991, he was made redundant at the same time as his then church asked him to go full-time as an elder. In 1995, the Lord called him to plant and lead King's Church Ilford, South East England. In 2010, he handed over the leadership to pursue a call to Spain. Robin and Julie had a music ministry together in the early years of their married life. 32 years on,  they are still singing and ministering together. These days he makes guitars as well as plays them, and plays golf when he can.

Robin and Julie Hawkins

Breakfast 23rd May 2011

 
Charles and Gloria Daniels

Breakfast 16th April 2011

James was born and grew up in Belfast,  the youngest of three  boys from a working class background. Although he attended church services, Sunday School and Boys Brigade he failed to see any evidence of God there and joined the British Army at 17,  serving Queen and country until he hit 40.

In December 1989 at 23 years of age he had an encounter with God that changed his life.  He began to seek God earnestly and remarkable  life-shaping experiences resulted.

For our March breakfast on 26th March our speaker was Rafael Restrepo.

Born in Colombia South America,  Rafael emigrated to the USA at the age of 9 with his mother, settling in Long Island in 1969.

From a Roman Catholic family his grandmother instilled in him a knowledge of God. Although an altar boy for about three years  at the age of fifteen he stopped going to church and began to live a life very far from God.  At around age seventeen he left home and was soon living recklessly.

At a low point in his life In December of 1979,  he cried out to God for Him to change his life but it became worse and he stooped to even greater depths of misery. During this time he got a new job at an engineering factory where he met Christians who shared their faith with him, and it was after someone shared John Chapter 3 at a work-place Bible Study that Rafael asked God to come into his life. From that point on his life change drastically, and before long he was preparing for ministry.

Rafael and his wife Mary have worked in Montevideo, Uruguay and in Barcelona, Spain, more recently Murcia and are now in Torrevieja.

Breakfast Saturday 26th February 2011.

For our breakfast on 26th February our speaker was Patrick Vine from Cox.  Patrick, a married father of three, is known for his wacky sense of humour. He was an estate agent and property developer here in Spain but then the crisis came and almost stopped that. He is now developing a consultancy service focused on helping people with legal problems related to their properties etc. He also has a group of contacts that deal with a whole range of services and building work. "It’s a bit difficult to specify or put in a box" says Patrick. In a given week he can be translating at the hospital, arranging number plate changes for British cars, legalizing the situation of illegal houses and pools, registering properties with the rates office, helping with residencias & N.I.E. numbers ...........

At the moment he tries to limit himself to work in the mornings and make life as fun as possible for his children in the afternoon. About his faith he says:   Raised in a Catholic home, I had awareness that something was missing in my life and started a search in which I explored the occult and drug world. At the age of 17 I was stopped in my tracks by having an experience with the risen Jesus that dramatically changed the direction of my life.

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Breakfast  Saturday 13th November 2010.

For our final breakfast of the season we had softly-spoken Lou Knight from Manchester.  Lou and childhood sweetheart Pat have a holiday home in Camposol,  Mazarròn, where they spend in total about 6 months a year. Lou is a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was an alcoholic for getting on for 40 years,  but it never stopped him providing for his family. He met his wife Pat when they were both just 15, and she stayed faithful to him through the many years of alcohol abuse, and he would come home every night to a lovingly prepared meal, which by the time he got home would have gravy set like concrete.  He finally got saved after someone at work witnessed to him. A little while ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but apart from twice-yearly check-ups at the hospital he is refusing treatment as he believes the Lord has healed him. A quiet, normally shy man,  his is a powerful testimony of the Lord's ability to change broken lives.

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Pat and Lew Knight - "we were on death row. One Word from the King and we were saved"

Breakfast  Saturday 16th October 2010.

The speakers for the October Mojacar breakfast were changed at the last minute and we had two speakers. 

The first, James McEwan, was born in Sauchie, Clackmananshire, Scotland and upon finishing his education he commenced working for a Whisky Distillery, following which he entered the Scots Guards and later married his wife Margaret in Liverpool in 1961.  They lived in the Wirral for 1 year and then returned to Scotland where he worked for United Glass.

He then decided to start his own business in removals, storage, general transport and long distance deliveries, and he also opened an Auction Room being his own auctioneer.

James and Margaret later moved down to Stafford, to be near Margaret´s mother, who had become a widow, and there he earned a living selling conservatories and insurance.

Later they moved on again down to Brighton, East Sussex, where James continued to sell Insurance and also conservatories and windows.

In 1997 he had a major heart attack and died, but was resuscitated, following which it took 3 years to fully recuperate after surgery, and then James and Margaret managed Mobile Home sites in 3 different areas, E.Sussex, Rutland and the Isle of Sheppey.
 
James went with other members of his Church, Christ the King Church, to Goa, India, travelling by local trains and singing hymns where they went and generally talking with people, and subsequent to this a Church has been planted there.

 Like so many James has come through a varied Church background, doing the Alpha Course twice and subsequently had a true-life born again experience.

In February 2007 James and Margaret retired and came to live in Spain , settling in Palomares, Almeria, worshipping in the Turre Church, and are regular attendees of the Mojacar Chapter of the FGBMFI.

James McEwan in his younger days.

We were also blessed to have Leslie and Jean Turner share with us. They were itinerate teachers in Youth With A Mission (YWAM) ministering in Discipleship and Counselling Schools for many years teaching on "The power of the gifts of the Holy Spirit" and  "The power of the Cross." In the last year they went back to their roots, so to speak, and have spent several months out in Australia working with YWAM.

Even though some people would be taking life easy at their time of life, they felt that they wanted to be used of God, even in their latter years, and that certainly happened in Australia.

They have booked flights to return in the not too distant future, to carry on where they left off, and are praying for some "extra leg room" seats to be released to them, due to the length of the journey.

Leslie and Jean have lived in Albox, Almeria Spain for nearly 7 years.

They have also pioneered 3 Churches in the UK and are now a part of Santa Cruz Fellowship in Albox.

Jean and Leslie Turner

In September we had Roy Davies, originally from Wales but now living on the Orihuela Costa.

Born in the town of Glynneath, South Wales, in 1952; he committed his life to Christ when he was 19 years of age, whilst serving an apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering in the automotive component industry.

He used to drink quite a lot in his teens; and got into arguments and fights on a regular basis - quite 'normal' really (for “valley boys” anyway). As a young man Roy`s life revolved around sport - rugby, athletics, cricket, tennis, etc. Roy began his working life as an Engineering Apprentice. He became the company’s (Cam Gears) youngest foreman (at 20yrs) – whilst continuing to serve the 5 year Engineering Apprenticeship. He won the ‘Best HNC Student’ award at Neath Technical College; and was also Cam Gears’ first (BP sponsored) ‘Apprentice of the year’ trophy winner.

After completing his apprenticeship Roy became responsible for Capital planning and justification – for production equipment of individual values in excess of £500,000. He also became the leader of the company Energy Conservation programme. His ‘hands-on’ approach to engineering continued with involvement in new product cost estimating.

From 1979 to 1988 Roy was the pastor of a pentecostal  church at Stourport-on-Severn in the West Midlands. Toward the end of 1988, despite the assembly having seen significant growth in numbers and maturity, God very clearly showed that his time of ministry there was completed.

After returning to Glynneath, Roy attended the local pentecostal church whilst again working in the automotive industry, where he progressed to the Executive position of Product Engineering Manager, then later Design Manager, within a multi-national company. Roy was recognised as a champion of change within the organisation, in the fields of product design, management (people and systems), and customer relations. He was involved in extensive international travel for a number of years to Europe, USA, Canada and Japan.  Although accepting the pastorate of the Glynneath church  in 1992, he also continued with secular employment until 2001, when he entered full-time ministry at Glynneath. After a further 7 years; he and his wife Wendy responded to the call of God to take on the pastorate of Torrevieja Christian Fellowship.

Roy is not only passionate about radical and genuine Christianity, but he also possesses a keen analytical mind, which he uses to create “best condition” outcomes from often difficult situation

Roy has been married to Wendy since 1972. They have 2 children and 5 grandchildren.

Roy and Wendy Davies

I was in the building materials and transportation industry from 1975 to the late 80's, In the late 80's I was in construction Management for 3 years, ran a bookstore in Botswana for 15 months, and finished up with a bakery in South Carolina.  I was in Business in New York for 15 years and In South Carolina from 1996 to 2003..  It was fascinating to see God’s hand on a daily basis in a heathen world.   We have led am exciting life, and we have seen God's hand do marvellous things.

                                                                        Mike and Alice Hamblen

Andy with Miladys and their daughter Andrea.

Andrew Macdonald Jones was born in Urmston, Manchester in 1964. but now resides on the Oriheula Costa with his wife and 18 month old daughter.  Andy went to the United States at the age of 22 to make his mark in the martial arts industry, having been three times British Karate Champion with the Sports Karate and Kick Boxing Federation by the age of 18. After many years of competing, at the age of 33, Andy had won many titles in the disciplines of karate, tae kwon do and kickboxing: US Tae Kwon Do champion in 1995,  World Karate Association (U.S) light heavy weight champion, International Sports Karate Association Inter-Continental Kick Boxing Champion and in 1998 the World Karate Association World Kickboxing Title.  Andy spent 5 years teaching hand to hand combat to U.S. special forces at Fort Campbell Military base in Tennessee. He founded several martial arts schools and taught thousands of students in the U.S. During his 17 year stay in the U.S. Andy Jones also trained several state and national champions and he was also sparring partner for other world ranked boxers and kick boxers.   

 His life was marked by a lot of success and many other business ventures, but things came to a crashing end in 2004, with the closure of all his schools, his construction company and his property rentals, followed by a crippling divorce, but soon after this he gave his life to Christ and things could never have been better ……… until his past caught up with him in 2009!