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  View in browser   Fueling a Jesus Movement  Together, we’re creating a Jesus movement to transform lives in the Basque region. Your support helps build community centered around following Jesus and doing what he would do. Language & Cultural Engagement: Workers learning Euskara and embracing Basque traditions have opened doors for authentic dialogue and […]

Nire Aitaren Etxea — The House of My Father Olabe · Bedarona The Poem I II III IV V VI Conclusion Gabriel Aresti · Harri eta Herri · 1964 Nire Aitaren Etxea The House of My Father The Restoration of Olabe, Bedarona — A Story Told in Six Stanzas Nire aitaren etxea defendituko dut. I […]

Olabe, Julen Iturraspe, and the Urtza Herri Kirol Kluba I first crossed paths with Joseba Attard in 2003, though briefly. He had travelled to Washington State as a translator for a group of Basque students taking part in a month-long English immersion home stay program. During that July, the students attended a Young Life Camp, […]

Joseba Attard — The Man Who Brought the Ikurrina to the Shearing Floor Euskal Herria · Seven Provinces · One Story A Story of Identity & Perseverance Joseba Attard The Man Who Brought the Ikurrina to the Shearing Floor Competing under the ikurrina for the first time — Masterton, New Zealand, 2026 Scroll “If this […]

The Man Who Stayed — Johnny Wong & Native Zarautz Native Zarautz · Basque Country · Coffee & Community The ManWho Stayed Johnny Wong, Native Zarautz, and the quiet art of putting down roots in the Basque Country Zarautz, Gipuzkoa Coffee · English · Community nativezarautz.com Read Introduction Most people who visit Zarautz do not […]

Coffee & the Basque Soul Coffee · Basque Country · Community Where Every CupIs Communal On coffee, culture, and the Basque soul — and a competition coming to Zarautz A Drink That Crossed Continents Coffee did not originate in the Basque Country. But then again, neither did the restless, communal spirit that turned it into […]

The Miracle of Ortzi A story of faith · Basque Country & Texas The Miracle of Ortzi Thirty years of seeds, served in love — and a toast that changed everything ✦   ✦   ✦ There’s a toast I’ll never forget. We were gathered around a long table at Xabi and Garazi’s vineyard in […]

Walking Together to Fulfill Both Commissions JUL 21, 2026 Walking Together to Fulfill Both Commissions For the Basque believer and the outside catalyst, walking the same five-stage road as co-laborers — making disciples of Jesus, and tending the culture he has given to flourish in him. Matthew 28:18–20 · The Great Commission | Genesis 1:28 […]

A word for anyone who wonders whether they still belong Everyone who has ever sat in a txoko knows that the locked door is not the point. The locked door is just what makes the opening of it mean something. You know the feeling. The key turns. The smell of the wood and the wine […]

Every two years, something extraordinary sweeps across the Basque Country. Day and night, without pause, a wooden baton passes from hand to hand across more than two thousand kilometres of roads, mountains, villages, and city streets. Children wait at roadsides in the early hours of the morning. Bands play in town squares. Hundreds of thousands […]

Discernment: Recognizing God’s Fingerprints Missionary Formation Spiritual Discernment Recognizing God at Work Discernment:Recognizing God’s Fingerprints— and Avoiding Our Own A guide for followers of Jesus entering Basque culture Every fingerprint is unique — and so is every culture’s trace of the divine If the world is full of God’s fingerprints, then a natural question follows. […]