First Week

What a week it has been! From no luggage, to a broken suitcase wheel, to a lost sim card, to just feeling so lonely and out of place. Satan has definitely been at work.
This week was basically a set up week for the kid's English camp next week. We have conversation with the adult classes, and that has been fun. Basically we play games with them for an hour or just talk about random stuff, in English of course. Sometimes it is hard to come up with stuff to talk about but I think its been going pretty well. So we have a morning conversation from 12-1 and then night conversations 630-730 and 745-845. We will get nights off but since there weren't enough people(Americans) this week we had to go every night, which wasn't bad.
I haven't really been able to go and see Alcoy, because we have a siesta from 3-5 and everything is closed and by the time it opens back up its time for me to walk to church, which takes half an hour. Then the stores close and its dinner and bed. I hope to get out soon and explore.
It is absolutely beautiful here! And there are so many differences from back home. I tell everyone Fleetwood only has two traffic lights and their eyes get big and are like your city is small, well yes because its not a city. :)
It has been fun getting to know my host family and today we went into Valencia, such a beautiful city. I cant wait to see more of Spain.  Tomorrow the kids come!

 

 

 

Espana welcomes you!

Spain welcomes me and two other team members with no luggage! But no worries, I know I  wasn't upset about it. Sure, I want my bag, but it'll get here in time. :)

The flight from Philly to Paris was quite an interesting one. I got to switch seats with someone which let Julianna and I sit next to each other, and since I was in the middle I also got to sit next to someone else, Phil.. He was nice, I felt bad for him because I keep moving around and asking him dumb questions, but he was pretty cool about it. I really didn't sleep on that flight because we could watch movies, and listen to music, it was super awesome!

We met up with three other team members in Paris and from there we had a flight to Valencia, that one I fell asleep on right away. Then Mark and Carla picked us up and we headed to Alcoy! Oh, and I didn't get my passport stamped because no one was at customs, I was a little sad about that.

From there I met my host family, Jose and Mari, they are so sweet! :) They showed me around their apartment, and then they showed me my bedroom. They had a poster and balloons! It was the nicest thing! I wish I would have gotten a picture of it before we took it down, but I have the memories of it!

We had dinner, at 9pm! Then we went for a walk around the city, the culture over here is really different. At home, you wouldn't see a ton of people outside walking around that late. There was also a band playing music, and people were dancing. So different from Fleetwood!

Today I slept until 3pm, Spain time. I had a little bit of trouble falling and staying asleep, but maybe once my pillow gets here it will be better! Or maybe as soon as I get used to Spain time. Jetlag is no joke. ;)

Today we have a meeting at the church, so its pretty much just a relax day..

That's all for now! Keep praying please!

What an amazing God i serve!

As of Thursday June 5th, I have all my funds needed for the Spain trip! I want to thank everyone who donated money, or helped in any other way. Without you and God this would not have been possible! I am truly blessed  by all the love and support yall have shown in various ways! I could not be more grateful to you. So again, THANK YOU!

Today I had a Skype meeting with the whole team, and I have to say I'm even more excited now than I was before. We just went over the little things, and we all introduced ourselves. :) Carla and Mark (this missionaries in Spain) even got to join us!

Last night I was given the host family I will be staying with and the parents names are Jose and Mari. They also have a daughter my age, but I'm not sure what her name is. The parents have been in Carla's English classes this past year so they know a little bit. So if I talk slowly they should be able to understand. Which is good, because I don't know that much Spanish.

Keep praying for myself, the team, the trip, and the people will we come in contact with!