You Are A Good Good Father

I've been in Spain for over a week...what??? That can't be true! I feel like I've been here for so long already and yet not long enough! But no worries, I still got just a few more weeks before I come back home. Just a few.

I have loved practically every moment I have been here. And I say 'practically every moment' because there have been times when I wish I wasn't in a country that only speaks Spanish. Like when I get lost (it's only happened like once. Ok maybe twice.)

The first week of school went really well. Yes, all of my classes are in Spanish. No, I don't understand every word they're saying. But I get the gist of it and I'm learning a lot! However, this whole thinking, speaking, reading, writing, even dreaming in Spanish thing is pretty exhausting. By the end of the school day I have a huge headache; either because my brain has been running on all cylinders for 6+ hours or because it's so hot here my brain is actually expanding. But it is cooling down, so that's a plus! (It's still an average of like 95 degrees.)

My host mom is great! We cry laughing about twice a day; either at something we said horribly wrong in Spanish or her trying to attempt English. It's great and I love her.

This city of Sevilla is incredible! This past week I had the opportunity to go to the top of a very popular, tall, modern art piece called "Las Setas"           (The Mushrooms--pictured here>)
When we got to the top, you could see the entire city and more. It was incredible (more pictures on Facebook.) I didn't realize how big Sevilla was. Before I arrived here I imagined a small city with a bunch of little homes on the outskirts. Not at all what Sevilla is.

Although I am not much of a city girl and would much rather be put out in the woods in the middle of nowhere with nothing but the sound of leaves rustling in the trees and squirrels scampering by, this city has grown on me. Although it is not normal to smile at every one you pass on the street here, the people are kind, friendly, and very helpful to us gringas.

Alright, now I want to tell you all about how awesome God is. Or at least attempt to tell you, because there really aren't even words invented to describe how incredible He is.

If you read my blog a couple weeks ago, right before I left, you'll know that I was boasting about how faithful God has been through the little things in life, like spare change. Well the other day I found my first of many coins here in Spain laying on the ground. It was only .05 euros, but I picked it up anyways, stuck it in my pocket, and thanked God.

How awesome is He?! Even thousands of miles away from my home, God continues to be so faithful! Ahh, it just makes me so excited!

Here I am in another country, with total strangers, a different language, and a completely different culture. Like, we're not even supposed to take our shoes off in the house. But yet God blesses, God knows, and God loves.

The other night I had the opportunity to go to a 3 hour long worship service, but you know what? I'm not even complaining, because it was so badly needed and I loved every moment. Yes, there's a language barrier, the music was in Spanish, songs I didn't know, the little messages were in Spanish and I probably understood about .02% of what was said. But during the middle of singing a song I stopped and realized that in two different languages, with people from at least two different countries thousands of miles apart, with many different aged people, we were all praising the same God.

WOW!
                                                                           
That's all my mind can come up with. WOW. To be able to experience God in different parts of the world, in so many different ways, let me tell you, it's incredible. In the midst of all the chaos in the world and in our lives, moving across the world, studying a completely different language, being without my family and friends, God remains the same, steady, and constant. He does not change. He does not move. He does not abandon us. He loves. He is faithful.

You are a good good father, it's who you are. And WE are loved by you.
Check out this song. It's good :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqybaIesbuA