Last weekend I went to Barcelona. It was a different kind of trip in that I actually didn't get to see very much of the actual city of Barcelona. Allow me to explain... I think I have mentioned in an earlier post that a group of Germans from a Bible College in Germany have been travelling across Spain doing mission work and evangelizing. Anyways, we met them at the very beginning of the semester and again the second time they came to Sevilla. They are really sweet people and the love of Christ just shines right through them, you just can't help but feel super happy when you're with them. So, they kind of let us join their group for the week, which was really awesome! We stayed with them at the church, bought some sleeping bags and hit the floor for a few nights, and they also let us join in on their meals as well.
I learned a lot about God during the course of the weekend. Especially how much he loves me. One of the Germans gave a talk one night about the love of God being like a fire. It consumes us, and as it does the Holy Spirit removes all things that are getting in the way of us fully loving God. All we have to do is ask for the Holy Spirit to come, and Jesus promises that he will see it through. He also said at one point, 'God isn't boring, we are!' I liked that a lot because lately I have been reading my Bible and going through the motions as if being a Christian is boring. It is not at all! At least it shouldn't be! God desires us, he wants to have a communion with us that is out of this world. And I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with Him!
Suprisingly I didn't take one picture the whole weekend. Every time we went out, I forgot my camera and while we were just hanging out at the church I never thought about it. Strange I know but it's the truth. Sorry! There will be plenty of pictures in my next post about Ronda and Marbella! Till then, see ya!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
I am truly sorry that I haven't posted a blog in so long. And since it has been so long, I have a lot to fill you in on. I have been on two big trips since I posted last, Granada and Toledo.
There were eight of us that went to Granada (Amanda, Heather, Lane, Aubrey, Ben, Abi, and Cameron). It was so much fun!! We went up on Friday night and got a little lost on our way to the hostel. After about an hour and a half of wandering the streets, we finally found it! What we didn't realize when booking it, is that it was situated on the top of a mountain, basically. So we had to hike up the narrow cobblestone streets up to the hostel, which was quite the work-out. We visited the Alhambra the next day which was the main reason why we had gone to Granada. The Alhambra is the Nazari Palace that was built in the 14th Century which most of us had studied in our art class. It was really neat to be able to walk in all of the rooms that we had learned so much about.. we were definitely able to appreciate it more that way. Our hostel was situated at a very touristy place where there is a beautiful view of the Alhambra, as you can see in the picture below
So after the Alhambra we walked around the beautiful town and side streets of Granada. One really cool thing that only happens in Granada is that they have a deal at every bar/restaurant, that if you buy a drink you get a free tapa with it. Tapas are typical dishes that they have here that range from Croquetas (which are basically just balls of ham and cheese) to jamón cerrano (ham). We took advantage of this deal and enjoyed some free food at the expense of a Coke, which I thought was great! Well, those are the main highlights from the Granada trip, it was a whole lot of fun times spent with some awesome people!
Next trip was to Toledo (yes, Glenn... I said Toledo). This was with the whole program, so all 42 of us were in attendance. It was a long trip, about 7 hour bus ride (wasn't expecting it to be that long..) but we left super early, so most of us slept the whole way there. We did stop to see the legendary windmills from Don Quijote, which were very cool. It was cold, but we were able to get some fun pictures there.
We visited the Cathedral in Toledo among other things. We stayed at a really nice hotel that served an amazing complimentary breakfast Saturday morning of which we were told about five times that we couldn't take food from. Although, I think some people did take some fruit :) What can we say? We are hungry Americans that will probably never be used to the meal schedule here.
Anyways, I know this is a very general overview of both these trips but I felt like I should send you guys at least something since it had been so long. I miss everyone so much! I hope your semesters are going well and that they aren't too stressful. We head out for Barcelona today and we will be there until Sunday, more info on that soon! :)
There were eight of us that went to Granada (Amanda, Heather, Lane, Aubrey, Ben, Abi, and Cameron). It was so much fun!! We went up on Friday night and got a little lost on our way to the hostel. After about an hour and a half of wandering the streets, we finally found it! What we didn't realize when booking it, is that it was situated on the top of a mountain, basically. So we had to hike up the narrow cobblestone streets up to the hostel, which was quite the work-out. We visited the Alhambra the next day which was the main reason why we had gone to Granada. The Alhambra is the Nazari Palace that was built in the 14th Century which most of us had studied in our art class. It was really neat to be able to walk in all of the rooms that we had learned so much about.. we were definitely able to appreciate it more that way. Our hostel was situated at a very touristy place where there is a beautiful view of the Alhambra, as you can see in the picture below
I am holding my backpack strangely because they told me I couldn't wear it on my back... still not sure why it mattered...
Next trip was to Toledo (yes, Glenn... I said Toledo). This was with the whole program, so all 42 of us were in attendance. It was a long trip, about 7 hour bus ride (wasn't expecting it to be that long..) but we left super early, so most of us slept the whole way there. We did stop to see the legendary windmills from Don Quijote, which were very cool. It was cold, but we were able to get some fun pictures there.
Anyways, I know this is a very general overview of both these trips but I felt like I should send you guys at least something since it had been so long. I miss everyone so much! I hope your semesters are going well and that they aren't too stressful. We head out for Barcelona today and we will be there until Sunday, more info on that soon! :)
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