Catch up!

Wow, So I have LOTS of catching up to do!

Yesterday was the first friday of Capernwray! Everyone was soo excited for the weekend =]. My friday started with waking up at 6:30 am to go for a run...Heidi and I looked out our window to see the weather and it was raining (or so we thought =P)! So we decided not to run that morning haha and Heidi ran outside to get her clothes so they wouldn't get drenched. She comes back in laughing her head off saying how there was a sprinkler up against our window...so we could have went for a run! Oh well =]
It was still a typical day, we finished off our topics in the lectures this week (it was sad to say Bye to Mark!! He is from england and his accent made me feel kind of at home since I was in London before hand!). After dinner we headed out to Joe's brothers place for a Bonfire! It was a 20 min walk in the dark..kind of scary! Once we got there I went straight towards their puppy dog and played with it for a bit then we all sat down around the fire and started to play the game "white elephant" or something ( you have presents under 1 euro wrapped and you go one by one to pick one out or you can steal the gift from someone else). I ended up with a HUGE choclate bar haha So I was happy =]. After the game we sang some worship songs which was amazing..just looking into the fire, everyone singing together, and thinking about how we are probably the only Christians in this neighbourhood! It was awesome. We also had some legit Spanish hot chocolate which turns out to be chocolate fondue in a cup! It was so thick! Apparently you are suppose to dip stuff in it instead of drinking it =P. Oh well, it was more chocolate for me! (I have been eating 2 kit kat bars a day! oh my =/ )
A group of us walked back and went straight to bed cause we were freezing! And that concluded my first week here!! What an amazing week =]

OH! My roommate, Rachel, got some tough news. Her grandma died and she was struggling with it since shes not home with her family! I spent some time with her and talked for a bit which was great bonding time but at dinner, when everyone else found out, it was neat to see how everyone stopped eating and all took turns to pray for her around the table. Best atmosphere here ever! Pray for Rachel!

TODAY! Heidi and I got up and went for a run IN THE SAND right along the water at 7:30 (we got to sleep in a bit today =] ). We ended up running into one of the other students, John, and watched the sun rise at 8:15. SO BEAUTIFUL! The sun was so bright and on fire...we couldn't even look straight at it. It reminded me what we talked about in the lectures yesterday, how we are unable to see God's face because of all his glory...it just shines so bright! haha GREAT way to start the weekend, for sure. After breakfast and packing up lunch we headed on the tram into Alicante for a trip to the Castle! It is amazing! I didn't really know too much history behind it but it was soo beautiful. It was awesome thinking ...I am eating lunch, in a castle, in Spain! soo cool =]. Took tons of pictures (on facebook!) and then a group of us..heidi,rachel,rachel,linnea,and steffi .. went into old town and went shopping!! GREATdeals! We walked into a little cafe and I used my phrase book to speak in all spanish to order...the lady at the cash said I did very well! haha Go me =] Then we went into a place called 'Central Market' which turned out to be a huge meat/ veggies market and the animals still had their eyeballs in them. GROSS...I wanted to cry haha. We ended up running into a meat lady who lived in Florida for 4 years so she spoke a bit of english. We got out of there very quickly and just walked around into little shops. We came across a shoe store (got fashion boots for 7 euros!..on sale) and ended up talking with one of the workers and invited him to church tomorrow! It will be neat to see if he comes or not. Heidi and I got tired so we left the others to their adventure and headed home! We met a girl named Sophie at the tram stop while waiting and she was born in belgium, is studying in Spain for 6 months and has lived in Ohio so she knew english too! I LOVE MEETING PEOPLE!
I really enjoy being forced into a different culture and having to adapt to it. Gives you such a rush and a huge sense of confidence! I hope that there will be many more trips into town very soon =] but no more spending money for a while! haha