Last Day...

These last few days have been really great but quite sad...saying goodbyes isn't really my thing haha. Yesterday evening was cool, had a nice meal with Richard, Riekje, Rob and Hilary and then said goodbye to Hilary (boo). But it was a cool evening. Also, Hilary's family got a me a New Zealand beanie :) Winner. So no cold head for me!

This morning we all trekked to Martin and Mati's house to say farewell to Christy (boo) And I got all emotional because of some exciting news and saying goodbye etc. Haha. Anyway, I then stayed behind and looked after 9 children...madness....while the staff had a meeting. So that was fun. And I've just got back from Sarah's house. She invited me and Caleb round for lunch with her boys and we played Sardines. We had an awesome chat and a good pray :) Ya.

So I'm leaving tomorrow morning...my plane sets off at 11.35 It's weird how quickly this month has gone, I've had the most amazing time and I'm excited about the future of this church and the people who come and go through it. I'm sad to be leaving but I have a funny feeling that I'll be back. Until then, this will be my last post on here. Hasta luego xxx

Fun with Kiwis

Yesterday was Hilary's baptism! Woop woop! She got dunked in Jesus' sweat. Lol. And so did Georgia, David and Cheryl...It was really good fun, we ate paella and pavlova! And there were people from NZ and Austrailia watching on skype which was quite funny :) Hilary and Josh taught us the New Zealand Haka which is the war dance thing that they do before rugby games. It should be on youtube soon...
Then I went into town with Team Edmonds to do some "Late Night Shopping"...I bought some earrings and a cool-ass watch which doesn't actually work but it looks awesome. So it stays.

Then today, Hilary led worship at church (and we kicked ass). We did some choons such as "Take, take, take it all" and "Jesus I believe in you, Jesus I beloooong to you" Good times. And then we had a goodbye bbq at the Anderson's house for David and Daphne. That was awesome fun as we did some more Haka and ate meat (YAA) and learned words in dutch! And then we all sat down and said formal goodbyes to David and Daphne and loads of people said thanks and goodbye to me and the other girls who are leaving...yay for lovely people!

So now my voice hurts from being an angry white girl trying to be Maori. LOL

El Encierro

Today I did the coolest Spanishiest thing and went, with some others from the church, to see the men running with bulls (encierro...nice work Francis). Our good friend, Martin, was one of the many crazy people who ran...and pestered the bulls so they ran at him. It was majorly cool, some awesome people started jumping over the bull when they were in the ring. It was averagely amazing. And we were all cheering for Martin...cause we're cool!

And then I went for lunch with Christy, Martin, Rob and some others...we had gazpacho, ensalada, escalope y cerveza. Go us. It was fun times.

So it turns out, Hilary's brother, Josh, unplugged the freezer on sunday and we found out yesterday...so we had a bbq to eat up all the defrosted meat.

So that's all the news for now. God is good, God is great, I thank him for my dinner plate.
And well done to all those lovely people who got good GCSE results today! LOVE

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Yesterday I had an ever-so-fab day with my family and the lovely Luis and Naomi :) We did the cool tour...had ice-cream, held angry turtles and visited el hogar del futuro! And then I ate dinner at the hotel my fam are staying at. Woop. Riekje's sister arrived yesterday, armed with Stroopwaffels :p so I've been moved to Jordan's room which has a cool pink canopy thing over the bed...means I'm a princess right?

Today has been nice too, hung out with the kids...saw "Beverly Hills Chiuaua" lol. But I've just had to say goodbye to Leah :( Boo. I hate saying goodbye at the best of times but Leah is Super Duper...not rubbish but she is going home on friday and I won't be here when she's back...so I'm sad now. But I've got tea...so life isn't too bad!

Paella tonight :D Love.

God wants my shoes :)

Church was really cool today. Hilary's Dad, Rick gave a talk on how God doesn't want ability but availability. The main message was "God wants your shoes"...he focused on Moses and Joshua and how God wanted to work through them, in their shoes and their success was because they made themselves available to God. And then how Jesus lived on earth for 33 years, in our human shoes. It was a really awesome message that challenged us to be an essence of Jesus for the people we have daily contact with. Super Duper.

After church we had a BBQ with my family, Hilary's family, Rob and Chris, another couple (Jason and...?) and the Wallaces. It was really lovely and filling! But sad because I'm not going to see Chris again as she's going to Brazil *sniff, weep, sniff* ...unless I come back...!!!

Anyway, I'm currently drinking cold water, thinking how I've enjoyed today a lot. Even though I enjoyed my tranquil week, it's really fab to have the Wallaces back :) I missed them! And it's been great to see my family! Tomorrow...Luis and Naomi time! SpDp!

xxx

Sun, Fun and Franco

Just a quick little catch up: On Thursday, after getting my AS results (AABBB) I went to the Piano's house for lunch. We went shopping before hand and I bought a nice top in the H&M sales :) Eliza, Georgia and I had a fun conversation about hot actors and period dramas! I love being English l0l. Eliza and I also climbed the huge hill near her house and saw General Franco's summer house!

Yesterday I woke up early (for once) and got the train (and metro - woop woop!) to el Aeropuerto to collect my darling family. They put their bags in the hotel and then came round for a nice salad made by Leah and I :) Then we all hung at the pool. After this, I left the family at the Wallaces and I got all dolled up in my new H&M top and we went to Leah's for dinner and then to a jazz club where we met up with Leah's room mate and her spanish friends. It was a fun fun night. The Jazz was fab, we had nice drinks and I practiced my Spanish...mainly trying to listen to what the others were talking about lol!
So then I slept round Leah's and didn't really wake up properly until 11.00 haha. So at like 12.30 Leah gave me a lift back to la casa de Wallace and we hung by the pool (of course) and then I met Hilary and her lovely brother and Dad. They are from NZ and are staying for a while at the Wallaces. So all in all, I'm having a Super Duper time. Family went for a tour of Madrid today...Woop!

Tomorrow is church, I'm singing again...Hilary and her brother are writing a song for the offertory (winner) aannd then the family are coming round for a BBQ at the Wallace's. Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Love xxx

To the east, to the east, the road beneath my feet.

Hello beauties,

Luis and Naomi came over today, we went swimming, had a lovely salad lunch, played with etcher-sketches (for a very long time), went to the shops with Chilli (the sausage dog) and ate ice-cream.

Super Duper. I suggest you all listen to "The Road" by Frank Turner. I've been rather enjoying it today and I will listen to it again now before I go to the pool before dinner. Thank you for all the lovely comments in my "Cbox"...I miss you all and hope you are well xxx