Learning God's Language

I just realized it's been almost a month since I have written on here. Time has been flying by! But more than that, time has been hard. This past month has been a hard month of learning, adjusting and growing. I have been learning lots about Spain, lots of language and most of all lots about myself. These last couple of weeks, I have been just trying to survive as I had put huge expectations on myself of where I should be and what I should be doing. However, this has now changed. This past week I decided to make a BIG change in my life. I decided to drop a class. At first I was embarrassed about this because I should be able to handle the workload I have been given, but after some consolation with other missionaries and my team leaders, we believe that doing less things, but doing them well, is far better than doing more things at a lower standard (while also running myself dry). At this point I already am feeling much better. The stress level is down and I'm beginning t...

Well the last couple of weeks have been a bit crazy and life has definitely ramped up for me! Here's what's happened... - I got my official residency acceptance (for the next 6 months) - I got a Spanish Bank Account - I've had driving lessons from Adam - I've continued to set up my house - Countless meetings - I attended my first Pueblo (kind of like a town) Festival - We've begun to harvest from our trees in our orchard! - I had my VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! A lot of these things I would've assumed would be pretty standard and straightforward until I came to Spain. But, I have been learning lots about flexibility and letting go of expectations. My residency actually went quite well and although there was lots of online things to do and forms to gather we only had to go to the office once for 1 hr! It was a record set for our organization and I was so thankful for that. The stamp that officially says I can live here!!! My Spanish bank account an...