I MADE IT!!!

Hey everyone...so this is my first "official" blog in Spain!! GAH. I'm so excited to be here!! Lara and I flew into the Alicante airport on Friday night at about 8 pm. We had to switch airlines everytime we had a layover ( 4 times), so that made it kind of ahem..interesting =), but we made it without too many problems. Both of my bags got lost in all of the transitions, which wasn't a surprise, but I only had to spend one night without them so it could have been worse. Um...let's see...what should I tell you about...

Our apartment...is actually a duplex. VERY nice. Amazing actually. It has three floors, three bedrooms, and three full baths. My bedroom is on the third floor, has its own bathroom, and connects to a huge patio on the roof. The beach is about a five minute walk from my complex...rough.;)I'll get pictures up as soon as I can. Our internet hasn't been connected yet so I have to go somewhere else to get a connection.

San Javier, the town where Lara and I live, is about thirty minutes from Murcia, and thirty minutes from Torre Vieja, the two towns where we will be working. This morning we drove (by ourselves in our new five speed car might I add) to Murcia to go to the Spanish church that Mary and Rafael are involved with. We will be helping with various activities at this church, one of them being a purity class with the high school girls on Friday nights. I'm really excited to get involved, and can't wait to use my Spanish on them. They might not be excited to listen to me however...lol. Tonight we will go to our first service in Torre Vieja. It is mostly made up of retired British people and is all in English, so it will be a completely different atmosphere.  We are so excited to get started, and can't wait to kind of get into the swing of things. 

The jet lag hasn't completely gone away yet, but it's getting better. A couple more nights of sleep and we'll be good to go. 

I'll write on here again soon. I miss all of you and I hope everything is going okay back home. God bless

One month and counting!!

Hi Everyone!

So...I'm not good at this...lol. But I figure that it's the best way to keep all of you up to date on my Spain adventures. =) I'm making it my New Year's resolution to update this at least once a month for the time that I'm overseas..so it WILL happen. =)

I am SO SO SO excited to be leaving for Spain in ONE MONTH. Lara and I fly out on January 29th, and will be interning as short term missionaries for six months in Murcia, on the southern coast of Spain. I feel like I have been preparing for this trip for a ridiculously long time, and am so ready to just go! God has blessed me beyond belief, and I cant wait to see how He works during our time there. We will be working with Mary and Rafael Restrepo, starting a new church in the coastal town of San Javier. I can't wait to meet new people, practice my Spanish, and share the hope that Christ has given me with others.

One of my greatest blessings has been getting to know my fellow missionary, and 'travel buddy', Lara. It's so awesome to have someone to share this experience with! She's pretty cool i guess. ;)

Thanks so much for your prayers and support! Please continue to pray that everything would go smoothly as we finish the last leg of preparation for our trip. God is good, and He is in complete control. Viva Espana! =)