blessed

Hey everyone!!
Well I just got back from a really fun weekend in Granada. Have I mentioned that I absolutely LOVE Granada? This experience was TOTALLY different from the last one, but still wonderful. Granada is a great city, I would go back there anytime I had the chance! Thursday was a holiday here in Spain called Corpus Cristi, or Body of Christ. It's basically, as far as I can tell, a huge celebration of being Spanish and being Catholic. There was a big parade/procession Thursday morning, not to mention much celebrating both Wednesday and Thursday nights. The procession was really neat, and everywhere we looked both days there were girls and women of all ages in flamenco dresses. it was great! The whole thing was SUCH a cool experience. I went to Granada with some girls from my study abroad program, and it was really cool. I was really nervous before coming over here about being alone in this country with no fellowship, and to everyone who was thinking of me and praying about that, let me tell you that my goodness does God provide! He answered all those prayers and has provided me with an incredible group of Christian girls. I am having a blast with them, and they're really building me up. It's so encouraging and uplifting! I am so blessed.
Speaking of blessed... let me tell you about CARMEN! The apartment we're living in is owned by this family across the hall, and part of the set up is that they provide 3 meals a day for us each day and do our laundry once per week. Carmen is the lady of the family, and she is the one who does all of this. She is an AMAZING cook and we are always so excited to come home and see what she has for us to eat. She takes such great care of us! Plus, she is so sweet! She doesn't speak any english, and Rachel and Emily don't really speak much spanish, so I get to be the translator. It's so much fun though, because she'll just come over and sit down and we'll all chat and stuff - she's so amazing! Coming back from Granada all the three of us could think about was some good CARMEN COOKING! We really like her - we are so spoiled by her, and SO blessed!!!
Thanks everyone for all of your prayers - I can assure you that God has answered them way beyond my expectations! God is good... YAY!
Kelly