You have been waiting a long time for this blog, but it is finally here. I don’t have much excuse why I haven’t written, besides the fact I’ve been enjoying life in Madrid.
Last Sunday, I woke up around 10am thinking to myself I didn’t want to get up, I was still tired cause I stayed out really late. But around 10:25 my phone rang and it was this guy I met randomly downtown, and he asked for my number to hang out sometime. I gave it to him, having the idea that he will prob never call plus if he does, I won’t have this number for long. He’s from Cameroon and looks slightly homeless, but, I don’t think he is.
Anyhow, he doesn’t speak English so I had to talk to him in Spanish only. He asked if I wanted to hang out, I told him I was going to church and he could come if he wanted. I was surprised when he agreed, and I rushed to get ready, make a lunch to go and run out the door to meet him, as I was late in waking up.
I met him at a metro stop and we chatted in Spanish till we reached the church. Now, the church I go to is in English, but the sermon is translated into Spanish through a headset thing. This church also likes to worship, so a lot of the service is singing. Well my friend Nicolas doesn’t know any of the songs or what they mean, so I tried my best to translate as much as I could so he knows what we are singing about. I used so much Spanish, I thought my nose would start bleeding. Thankfully the service was translated to Spanish so I didn’t have to do that. But, it must have been a bit boring cause Nicolas fell asleep, he did say he liked the church a lot and would come back again sometime.
After the service, all though young adults stayed and had a lunch together, after the lunch we had a short Bible study, it was nice to get to meet more young people that believe in Jesus.
After the Bible study, I rushed to meet this guy Alonso, who works at a photocopy shop near where I live. We went out and about around town, to parks and had ice cream. And again, I had to speak all in Spanish because he
doesn’t speak English! Talk about improving my Spanish! WOW!
So happy to hear that things are going well. I love the internationality of life that you are experiencing. And all that Spanish. Nothing like immersion!
I also rode public transportation lines frequently to the end and back, just for fun and see where they went and what those areas are like.
Roberta
Que Buena mija !!!!! Abrace la vida como el Señor ha proporcionado. Where are pics of the church??
Hey, So glad that you are able to experience the Spanish life…keep looking for things to do and I think it’s so cool that the guy went to church with you..seeds planted! And keep on speaking that spanish…best opportunity.
Love you and miss you!