Spain

I'm new to blogging, but here goes.


My mom and I are headed to Spain on Saturday. We will be helping to teach English with a few missionaries from my church in the States, and we'll be there for the whole month of July. As today is Tuesday, you could expect that I'd be pretty close to packed for my extended out-of-country stay. Well, no. In truth, I've hardly started.

I'm a list person. And right now, it seems as though I have lists coming out of my ears. Lists are my secret procrastination tool. It's like you're getting things accomplished, but you're really just writing future-you a note to do a million things at the last minute.

Also, I've noticed that 50 pounds is simply not enough room for all my stuff. It sounds like a lot, but when you're talking about a month-long stay in a place where you really aren't sure what will be at your disposal, well, space in the suitcase disappears quickly.

While in Spain, I will be staying with a non-Christian host family. My host family is a married couple with two young children, Adriana 8, and Rodrigo 10. The kids were emailing me today, and it was funny to see what they thought it was important that I know: their names, their ages, and the fact that they have two pet turtles. They were curious about how much Spanish I know... I was pretty honest when I said, "My Spanish is limited to numbers 1-10, hello, and bathroom." My family speaks some English, but I foresee a lot of charades & a crash course of Spanish 101 in my near future.

There have been several moments when I have wanted to ask God why he has called me to Spain this summer, a place where I can't even speak the language. He hasn't really explained Himself to me, nor should He have to. What I know is this: my Creator has called me to do His Will. How could I say no?
It's entirely possible that God will call my soon-to-be husband and I into full-time missions when we are both finished with college. If you knew me very well as a kid, you might know that I did not want to marry a pastor or a farmer. Interestingly enough, this summer my fiance is helping with a church plant in Hong Kong....
I ask that you would pray for us. Pray for courage and strength. Pray that my mother's and my new families are open to hear our message. Pray for my fiance's & my future. Pray that I have the faith to trust in God's Plan. I am out of my comfort zone here.

Matthew 28:19-20
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."