Mis Aventuras en España: God is at work...

Happy Sunday!
Why hello everyone...how are you?! I am doing just great, I have enjoyed a wonderful weekend at home in Valladolid. Yesterday morning I got to sleep in until I woke up around 10:30...it was a beautiful thing. Then I spent some time at home, read my Biblia for a little bit, and headed out for the market with my Mama here in town. IT was an absolutely beautiful day here...I am loving it more and more, all the leaves are falling off, some trees are already bear, and some are still full of such wonderfully colored leaves! :) I love walking down by the river..I"m trying to soak it up before it all changes into winter. I relaxed for the afternoon, and went and saw the new movie 2012 about the prediction that the world will end with my Mama and her Boyfriend. It was all in Spanish, and the exciting thing is that I didn't even think twice about it, it was so normal, and I loved it! I wasn't translating, I was just listening and thinking... :)!!!!! It was good...a very thought provoking movie...I do believe the world is going to end, when I haven't the slightest idea, but it was super interesting to see a picture of what it might look like, and ask myself how that impacts my day to day living...to I look around and see the lost, do I care for the souls of the people around me...a very challenging thought. So I told you I went with my Mama...Auxi, and her boyfriend Rafa...well a little background on them...they're amazing. Rafa is over a lot and so we've got to know him and its just so fun having both of them around, they are so sweet and take good good care of me and Hanna. Rafa (Rafael) is actually a doctor, and he worked on my toe a little bit (I have problems with ingrowns, gross I know, but just in case you were wondering my toe has been really swollen and infected again...and if you know what I've gone through with them before, you know how bad it really is.) anyway that's not the point of the story...but I have been praying for awhile for an opportunity to share my faith with Auxi, in fact again yesterday I was praying about it, Hanna is in Barcelona this weekend, so I was thinking about the 1-on-1 opportunity I would have with her, so I was just asking God yesterday morning for courage and the words to say, along with a cool opportunity to share my faith with her...and God is faithful, and He answers prayer...
The opportunity arose last night after the movie, it was the kind of thing where I knew it was good timing, but was nervous because Rafa was there..but God opened up the doors and we began to talk...Auxi asked me if I was going to Church in the morning, (yes) and if it were the Evangelical one, (also yes) then she asked me what was different between the Evangelicals and Catholics...wow. And thus began an amazing conversation, I wasn't sure off the top of my head but we just began talking and sharing the beliefs of each. I told them I didn't know all the answers but I could tell them what I believe and what Christ has done in my life...so then I had the amazing opportunity to share my testimony with them in Spanish! I was nervous...but its my story, and it was so exciting to share that with them...from there came a really neat, but really challenging and hard conversation for me...Rafa has very different beliefs and is very intelligent in what he knows and has studied different things, so I felt overwhelmed by his lack of faith and arguments, and all of it coming at me in Spanish...but it was good. I just listened a lot...and prayed for him. Auxi is somewhere in the middle I think...but over all it was really cool how God answered my prayer of wanting to talk to them and then just openly being able to tell them my story, about Christ and salvation...I don't know if I said the right things, or if anything will change in their lives...but I know I'm called to continue to share, to love them and to be an example of Christ here...so I would ask for you prayers for him. Both for Rafa and Auxi, that God would be working in their hearts and lives...and that God would use me. One thing I have loved about being here is the really neat conversations I've been able to have, and just being challenged to step up and be real and share Christ with the people around me...

So that was my Saturday...today I went to Church, and relaxed...worked on some homework, went on a walk...its been nice. I have more homework to do, but I just wanted to share my experiences and just ask you to continue to pray. I have a little less than 4 weeks here, until I'll be home. Crazy. So I just ask that you would pray for these last 4 weeks as you have for the ones that already passed...I'm torn about leaving here, because it is wonderful! So I'm excited to experience these last weeks and see where God is going to take me!

Much love to each one of you...enjoy the pictures!