First off, I’m sorry that I haven’t been blogging as much as I planned. We’ve been getting used to how everything works here and now it will be much easier to get away for an hour or two since we’re in more of a flow. So I apologize and I’ll try and be better about updating!

But anyway, Spain is amazing so far! I have been completely in awe of the Lord every day just looking around me. Every morning when I wake up see the Mediterranean right out my window and it’s absolutely breathtaking. We’re staying on top of a hill that overlooks the whole city and of course the ocean and it's sooooo beautiful. The streets are made of cobblestone all of the apartments by us are white with clotheslines hanging from the upper stories. The Spanish people do everything outside so their living spaces are much smaller here since homes are not commonly used for entertainment purposes like they are back home. The culture here is to go to the bars and restaurants and be among people at all times, which I happen to love this since I usually enjoy being out more than being home. We do have group meeting times in La Terazza which is basically our program’s headquarters, but we’re encouraged to go out and be in the culture as much as possible so we can meet the people here and get involved as much as we can.

Last night we went to a festival in Alicante where they display gigantic handmade floats and then burn them at midnight. Yes, they light them completely on fire and everyone gathers around and watches. There were tons of firemen all around spraying the people with water and containing the fire as much as possible. It was seriously so crazy seeing huge floats up to five stories high completely on fire. Things are definitely very different here, but I am loving every second of it!

There is so much to say and I feel scatter brained writing this but I’ll definitely be updating more frequently now that I’m more used to being here. I came to Spain with great expectancy but I think I was still expecting too little. In 5 days I’ve already changed and I can’t wait to see how God continues to mold and shape me while I’m here. I’ll tell you all about it J

Love and miss everyone!