English lecture at Spanish university

Just having this particular lecture was a healing and demonstration of prayer and the power of God. Cristina tried for several months to arrange a lecture at the University. There is a separation of church and state here and the university refused a lecture on that basis. Cristina continued praying and talking with different people, with the same negative response. Recently she was talking with a women involved in the English department and the woman was receptive to Christian Science. Actually she asked for prayer. Cristina had the inspiration to ask her if the evening English classes ie those preparing to teach English might be interested in having a lecture in English. The answer was yes! So they publicized the lecture among all the English professors and invited them and their students. The lecture took place on a Friday, when only two classes are held, and it was the beginning of a long weekend so not many people were at the university. This actually was a plus. It was possible to park and move around when otherwise this university is incredibly congested. Anyway, 29 people attended the lecture including several people from the community who speak some English and were interested in the topic. All 29 were entirely new to Christian Science. The niece was in one of the classes and actually helped that class to attend. The professor wasn’t going to allow her students to come, but the niece and another student said it was only an hour and they wanted to go. The rest of the class agreed and they all came. That professor however did not attend.

The original professor arranging for the lecture ended up not coming due to an illness. So her assistant came, introduced me and acted as the university host. This was most certainly God’s unfoldment. The assistant told me that she had overheard Cristina talking about lecture and had decided at the time that she would like to come. She has a family member for whom she wants to pray. She eagerly took Science and Health before the lecture. In total 3 Science and Healths were sold and lots of free literature was taken. This professor talked with me quite a bit before the lecture and then with Cristina and myself afterward. She was very engaged in the ideas and was full of receptivity to the Christ spirit.

Since it was a university class situation I invited questions and answers after the talk. There were 3 or 4 good questions, which enabled me to clarify some ideas. They all liked the answers and it helped me as well to see how they were thinking.

This was a remarkable experience and think of the effect this introduction to Christian Science will have on these future educators! It will certainly extend the awareness and understanding of Christian Science far beyond these 29 people. Each of these students is going to be a teacher of English somewhere in Mexico or in other parts of the world. They now have a basic understanding of how to pray effectively for healing and understand that this is Christian Science. What a blessing for their students and for their families!