It Happened in France: Eteam España~ Day One in España

Day One in España was great and tiring. When we arrived it was in the morning, so that meant we had to fight jet lag and stay awake the whole day, well besides a small nap, so that we would get adjusted to the schedule faster. Maybe I cant remember jet lag from my other trips, or perhaps I’m just getting old, but man the jet lag really kicked my booty this time. When we got to the Hostel (hotel) we stayed at the whole time we were there, we got a little settled. The homes in Spain are very small, so we didn't stay with Spaniards or the Missionaries. The hostel was very nice. Once we were settled in I went up to the church with one of the missionaries to set up for a surprise birthday party for Damaris and Kelsey. I had talked with the missionaries before we went and we planned a time for the girls a birthday party! I made banners with their names on them, and bought a happy birthday banner, made presents and bought birthday girl pins for them to wear. I was very excited for their party. Birthdays are very important to me. Anyways, we got set up for the party, and we got to meet the other missionaries that hadn’t been at the airport and got to try some new foods…one not so new thing, but so much better there and in European countries, the bread! Oh my goodness, if I lived there I would seriously weigh 500 pounds due to the bread and my love for it.

After we ate we had some classes and then went back to the hostel for a short and much needed nap. Once we woke up from our nap we went on a tour of the town we were staying in. We also got to go to a place that made Churro’s, which were delicious. When we went on our tour we were broke up into little groups and learned about some history of the town. The group that I was in got to meet some of the church members that we ran into walking in the town, which was neat. Once we were done with our walk we went to one of the missionaries homes for dinner and to watch a soccer game! It was a great first day!

To catch you up on Matt and I’s life…we recently moved, Matt got a job teaching 9^th grade Physical Science and I will be going to school starting the 20^th. I am excited to see where God leads us on this new Journey. Tomorrow Matt and I are finally going to celebrate our One-year anniversary. On our anniversary we were babysitting and decided to have friends over and to celebrate when we got moved since we moved to the city and had more options to eat. We are going to eat at a steakhouse and go to the lake that we went to on out first date, and then come back to the apartment and go swimming. I love having a pool in our apartment complex. Oh and we are going to eat a bite of our wedding cake, which I’m a little nervous about. Ha. I’ll be sure and post pictures.

Here are some pictures from our journey to España and from our first day in España!