I think the biggest news from this week (that has nothing to do with me being in Spain) is that I finished reading the Hunger Games!! I won't talk about it too much because I don't want to spoil it for anyone.. but I loved them! Now I need to get a new book to read... it gives me something to do while I am sitting in my room at night with no internet.
Last night instead of going to the normal youth service at the Iglesia Bautista in Sevilla Este, we joined with a few other churches in the City Center for an outreach event for the people living in the streets. Everyone brought food and or a coat/gloves, we divided up into groups and went to different areas of the city. My group went along the river and also down the República Argentina which is one of the main streets between two big areas here, the Remedios and Triana (which is where I live). Suprisingly we only found one homeless guy when we were on our way back. We started talking to him and listening to a little bit of his story. He was kind of hard to understand because he spoke mainly in Portuguese, but it was really cool to be able to witness to him through his basic necessities, and also just by listening to him and letting him know that we care. One of the guys in my group, David, had actually been to Costa Rica a few times, and we were able to talk a little about it as we were walking (Salsa Lizano, Gallo pinto, etc) ... which made me realize how much I really miss that place :(
Anyways, in other news... Today we went to church and then at around 4 we played ultimate frisbee with some of the people we met last night. I had never technically played ultimate before, so I wasn't sure how it would go.. but it ended up being a lot of fun! It was so sunny and such a perfect day to play also. I am hoping we will play again soon.
We have a four day weekend coming up, and I am going with a few friends to Granada to see the Alhambra among other things. I am so excited! Well, that's it for now.. love you guys!
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