Ephesians 3:20

The family that I am living with had encouraged me to take a Spanish language class so that I can learn as much Spanish as I can while I am here. Because my au pair job would be starting in the first week of June, I would only be free to take classes at night. Also, I looked up information about some of the language schools here, and most of them cost 250-300 euros per week.

-Last week, my host family found a class that meets every weekday in the morning for the next 4 weeks, ending on June 23.
-This weekend, the family that I will be an au pair for said that they don't need me to start working until June 24th.
-The whole class costs 20 euro.
God is awesome.

new energy

Things I'm looking forward to:
Visiting a new church tomorrow
Going to a Spanish class on Monday
A holiday in June where people light and then jump over fires all over the city
Getting really strong legs from riding a bike up huge hills many times a day and running at high speeds while carrying a 5-year-old.
Can't wait!

the beginning...

San Sebastian is an amazingly beautiful city. Yesterday, I learned that it is about 10 times as awesome when explored by bike.

I arrived here on May 16th to meet up with 9 others from VT. We spent last week in a whirlwind of working with students at a local school, playing fútbol, and practicing English with people of all ages. The rest of the team left at 4am this past Saturday to return to Blacksburg, so my solo adventure in Spain has begun. For the next 2 months plus a few days, I will be spending time with and getting to know Spanish and Basque people, teaching/practicing English with people here, climbing mountains, riding bikes, taking care of kids, swimming in the ocean, taking longs walks on the beach, and learning a little more about this culture every day.

This blog is going to be short and sweet, but will hopefully keep you updated on what God is doing in Spain this summer. Thank you so so much for all your prayers.