Quick Hola!

Wow, it's been 3 weeks since I've updated. That's good...it means blogging isn't taking over my life. Although I have taken pictures recently that I have been meaning to post on here, so maybe this weekend I'll get around to it. Or tonight, I tend to stay up late Friday nights. Usually because I know I can sleep in super late (or into earlier afternoon) and I don't feel too guilty about it, like I once did. I know, I'm 26, I shouldn't have to sleep in late, but I LOVE IT! I love being in my bed, more than anywhere else in this mansion I live in. Speaking of the mansion, the pictures I've taken are around the pueblocito (little town) I live in. I want you all to see what I see when I take walks up and down the steep roads around my house. One of the streets,calle Goya, is really really good for the buttox! Until then...please remember to say a prayer for my hearing and ears. The doctor says I have Otosclerosis. :( The ear pain and lack of sound waves operating correctly in my right ear, is very annoying. And surgery (with a 3 month recovery period) does not sound fun, actually is scares me.

6 Months!

Does time go by just as fast for all of my blog readers out there?! I have been in Spain for 6 months and 3 days today! That means, if I  was only here for a 1 year commitment, that I would be half way done! Good thing they ask production peeps for a 2 year commitment. So, my time here is only 1/4 done, but still, that means I only have 18 months left! I hope to make the best out of the next year and half. I feel like I've had a good first 6 months, but I know there is so much more I could and should be doing to make the most of my time here. For example, it's pretty pathetic on my part, that I am still so non-confident in my Spanish speaking abilities. I really need to just get over myself and speak when I'm around my friends who are speaking Spanish. *Please pray for this, mostly just having confidence and not being shy! But, on the brighter side of things...I am able to comprehend and get the main concept of what people are talking about, or what the pastor says in church (if I go to a service that is not translated into English, when there is translation, I usually don't pay as much attention to the Spanish as I should). Other exciting things: had 2 friends visit and have been able to travel to various places in Spain and Europe! I've made some friends here, I pray for more close friends, although it's not easy for various reasons. I've been cooking and baking more. I made a yummy potato soup 2 weeks ago. I've been making my mom's recipes of some of my favorites that I've never had to make myself, because I lived with her for so long!

I've also done a lot of thinking and contemplating various things in life. I knew my 2 years here would impact or change my life somehow, and that has begun. I hope I continue to learn things about myself and grow to be the woman of God that he has called me to be! I also hope to somehow impact lives (for the good) here. Since the ministry of IMM isn't really "personal," (but I know it does make a huge difference and impact for the Kingdom) I desire to make personal connections with friends here.