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few years ago in Spain a  few  weeks,  200  people  were  his  family,  and  these  natives  Jesus. This amazing movement
                  man  named  Antonio  born again.                                   went out and shared with their  is entirely organic!
          A(name  withheld  to  pro-                                                 friends  and  neighbours,  thou-     -  Brittany  Tedesco,  Joel  News
          tect his work) cried out to God:  That's  not  all.  Antonio  began  sands  of  people  have  come  to  International, 970, 13 Nov. 2015.
          “If you're real, speak to me!” He  preaching in the prisons of two
          was in an elevator on his way to  districts  in  Spain,  and  many
          a hotel room.                        inmates  gave  their  lives  to
                                               Christ.  He  gradually  expanded
          Highly educated at 27 years old,  his outreach to other prisons in
          he  had  taught  chemistry  and  Spain, and today there are more
          maths  at  a  Catholic  school  in  than 100 home group churches
          Spain.  He  knew  of  God,  but  inside those prisons. Antonio is
          didn't  know  Him  personally.  still  seeing  between  10  and  15
          The  porter  helped  him  to  his  people come to the Lord every
          room where he found a Gideon  week.
          Bible  on  his  bed.  When  he
          asked why the Bible was on the  The revival is also spilling over               The city of Ceuta became a beachhead for the Gospel into Morocco
          bed, the porter told him it was  the  border  into  Morocco,  as  a
          for those who wanted “to hear  result  of  women  in  the  city  of
          God speak to them.”                  Ceuta (Spanish territory in North
                                               Africa)  coming  to  know  Jesus
          The  same  day Antonio  accep-       and spreading it to other women
          ted  Jesus  as  his  Lord  and  in Morocco. Through Antonio's
          Saviour  and  he  preached  the  work,  more  than  100  house
          Gospel  to  his  entire  family.  In  churches  exist  in  Morocco
          one  week,  35  of  his  family  today, and he shows no signs of
          members  became  believers.  slowing down.
          Along with Antonio, his family
          began to share the Good News  Because a man who is native to
          with others. Within the span of a  the land shared the Gospel with
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