Spain: First Impressions

So basically, SPAIN IS AWESOME! I'm still a little jet-lagged, but feeling much better than yesterday. Everyone here is so incredibly nice and I can't wait to see what the days ahead will bring. Here are some pictures!

This is my room, aka the Lohrenzes' office :)



This is the view from our window:



This is a shot of the grocery store, which I believe was called Mercanton? or something like that:



And yes, this is me. EATING A SNAIL.



So basically we rested today, then in the evening drove over to Ubeda (about 15 min.) for a church meeting. We sang some songs and read a few verses, and I shared my testimony (in Spanish--I hope I was understood!) Afterwards we had a meeting about VBS, which I believe is happening our last week here. We're doing 5 different Bible stories with the theme of what it means to be a hero. Tonight we practiced acting out the story of Namaan, which we're going to do for the kids. I'm so excited about VBS--I think it's going to be awesome!

The pastor here is from Guatemala, and his wife is from Honduras. I found their Spanish much easier to understand than the Spain-Spanish. Hopefully I'll get the hang of it though! Oh, and everybody here greets with two "air kisses" on both cheeks. Thankfully the Lohrenzes told me about this.

After church we went with the Lohrenzes, the pastor & his wife, and two other people from the church to a cafe-bar for tapas (drinks & snacks). And no, there is really is nothing incongruous about that statement--bars are very different places in Spain than in the US! And as you saw above, France is not the only place they eat snails, and I did work up the courage to try one! They were actually so small that they didn't really have a taste or texture, but it's not something I would order again.

Tomorrow we're going to be cooking in preparation for a ladies' retreat on Saturday, and having Bible study. I can't wait for the rest of this journey to unfold!