School's out for the weekend!

I have been away from home for almost 3 weeks now!
I cannot believe that haha I am very proud of myself =P So! I have officially figured out my plans for after Capernwray. I am planning on training it to Italy with my new found friend Heidi and her cousin! We will be there for 7 ish days and are planning on visiting Rome,Venice and Florence. I REALLY want to see the Trevi Fountain and the Colosseo . I also want to go on a Gondola! After Italy I will be heading to Toronto for a week to see my beloved family whom I have missed for years!! Then back to Cow town!! It seems soo far away but yet it seems like it will all go by so fast!

So yesterday we finished talking about Nehemiah and Leadership. Nehemiah is a killer leader!!! I admire all his characteristics and how he fully relied on God and let him take control. True role model right there!!
For the last leadership class we took a spiritual gifts test. My top three were 1) Showing Mercy 2) Pastor/shepard 3) Administration. Pretty cool =] Gives me a better idea of what I can do to serve in ministry!

At night we had our family night! Everyone is split up into family groups and we get picked up by different families from a church in Alicante (i think). They host us at their house and provide desserts and different activities.  My "parents" are Joe and Cindy...so they speak english which is good but bad at the same time since I won't be forced to learn haha...and so we headed over to their place after dinner last night. They have 8 kids so in total there were 18 of us in one little house! haha The houses in Spain are pretty basic and cold/not too much color but its really neat to see how different they are! Josh, their oldest son, has his room up in a little tower. You have to climb up a ladder through a hole to get to his room haha. And all the girls (5 of them) stay in one room!! They have a kingsized bunk bed. I greatly appreciate having my single bed to myself now haha. They have 4 dogs (which made me soooo happy!), 3 cats, a bunny named Stephen, and a few birds. Their place is literally a zoo! =P. After a tour of the house we sat down and had some Tapas (finger food). Cindy prepared 2 different types of sausage, popcorn, chocolate (I ate most of it =]), cookies, peanuts, tomatoes,cheese, and cookies that they freshly baked. It was like a second supper! We all sat around a large table and shared the most embarrasing story of our lives and fellowshipped for a bit. Then we moved to the bigger room and played a number game. It is where you sit in a circle and you are given a number (in our case it was 1-18) in spanish and you are suppose to keep a beat (pat your lap, clap your hands, snap twice) and say your number on the first snap and someone else's number on the second snap. Sounds confusing but it is the easiest game ever!! I really suck at spanish though and so I always ended up losing and then I would have to move to #18 (your goal was to be #1 by the end of the game). We played that for 30 min and had a ton of fun! Then we prayed and went back to school.It was really fun to be in a group of people I don't normally hang with. Good opportunity to bond and now I feel like everyone is a lot closer...everyone hangs out with everyone!

Today has been a random day. There aren't any planned activities so I slept in a bit. When I woke up I got ready and just lazed around...I attempted to do some drawing of a palm tree but it was way too windy out..wouldn't stay still! haha Later tonight a group of us are heading into Alicante for dinner and shopping while the rest of the group is heading to the Barcelona soccer game against Alicante's Hercules. I was going to go just for the experience but it costs 80 Euros and I'm not the biggest soccer fan haha.
It will be cool to be in Alicante at night time...see all the lights and whatever. We are also going to go along the port and see all the boats and little stalls of souveniers.

Week 3...I am ready for you! haha