Mi vida en Valladolid...

God is GOOD...all the time....

how true that is in my life and how much more I have seen it since coming to Spain,
I just feel like God is blessing everything I do, and just shower the blessings on me...I am so undeserving, and He is still so giving. Thats the thing about God though, or one of the most amazing things, is that no matter what I do, where I'm at, how much I mess up...or already am messed up, He loves me UNCONDITIONALLY and desires to bless me and show me His love in various ways....and being here is one of the biggest ways He's shown me His love. Simply through the girls I've met so far! Each one of them have taught me something different and challenge me to think and see life in a different way. to ask tough questions, to think about life, as well as push me to be a better person. and I know already that I will be and am a better person for knowing them.

Today was super awesome. a couple of us girls decided that we wanted to get together and do a Bible Study...and today we met for the first time! BUT the coolest thing is that it had grown before we even had a first meeting! Girls heard about what we were doing and wanted to come, so we had about 8 girls there today and it was so SWEET! We talked about what's been on our hearts lately, and for a lot of girls its love...what does that look like, how does that play out in our Relationship with God and with others, with boyfriends, with each other, just unpacking that a little more, and we're all on different journey's in that, but our journey's cross as well...then we talked about the Fruits of the Spirit...Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, and Self-Control...and my friend Aubrea, has this theory that every person has a Fruit of the Spirit that corresponds with them, and a way that brings out the other fruits and connects them all together...hers for example is JOY, when she feels joyful, she feels the others pour out as well...its a way for her to Connect with God and something she feels she receives from God and can in turn share with the people around her, which is so true, because she's an incredible JOYFUL person. Then we discussed the ones which we don't do so well in or express well...
so for me...I think the fruit that I most connect with, is gentleness...I just feel like that is a way I care about others, and I really receive and see God's gentleness..I like to care for others...but on the contrary the one that I most need to work on is probably self-control and that plays out in various forms....

It was just so awesome to be able to be real with the girls and hear everyone's heart. My biggest prayer for this group is that God truly would work in and through us, with the girls that we come in contact with in our group especially...but also our group as a whole, as well as the people we meet here, our familias....we were all excited about just being here, in a place away from our normal comfort systems, most of us away from family, friends, boyfriends...but stoked about the family God has given us here and the way that we can learn away from all of that...together in a new country among a different culture...its amazing....so today was good...
thank you for your prayers...God is answering them above and beyond all expectation...
much love to each person reading this...you don't know how much you mean to me, and how important you are in this journey that I'm on...