Weekend Excursions

Well it has been a whirlwind of a weekend! I am sitting here eating fried green tomatoes (oh yes, my roommate Stephen can cook like you wouldn't believe) and these past 4 days have felt like 2 weeks. Today we did not have work because it was a national holiday so maybe that is why it has felt so much longer! I just can't wait to get back to my school!
On Friday, Sarah and I went with the missionary family from Texas to the immigrant area of Roquetas de Mar. We met a woman from Venezuela, some men from Gambia and Senegal and another man from the Netherlands! It was so cool to see such a mixture of people and nationalities!! We delivered vegetables to these people and happened to see one of the apartments that was burned during riots in early September. Nothing has been done to that apartment since the fire... 2 months later.
Saturday I headed north to a town called Elche with about 50 people from the church where we have been going. It was a 4 hour bus ride but the views were great and the weather was actually a lot warmer than I expected! We were in town for a GOSPEL CHOIR concert, yes Spanish gospel music! We handed out flyers for the concert all over town and saw a huge procession brought to you by the local Catholic Church. They carried a life-size Mary and there were men dressed in robes with glued-on beards and mustaches representing the apostles.
It was craziness but the crowd was great and we got to hand out a ton of flyers! The concert was at 5 in a beautiful theater and it was truly unbelievable! People were spiritually on fire up there and it was so cool to see! They ended the concert with "Oh Happy Day" which was amazing and had me listening to the Sister Act soundtracks on the bus ride back :)
I've been looking and hoping to find ways to serve while I'm over here working so it was awesome to finally get out there! It was a great weekend and really fun to see God working not just in the USA but with His people all over the world!
Oh and I got to talk about Lost with a German in Spanish haha talk about a show connecting people! It was awesome and my roommates and I have been watching season 1 and are going to try and review every episode before the new season begins in February!!
That's all from Spain - tomorrow is Election Day and Krispy Kreme is giving out free donuts to everyone who comes in with an "I voted" sticker... so please, if for nothing else than a free donut, VOTE!!!!!!!!! It is truly a beautiful thing to get to vote and have a say in the future of our country :)
A quick picture of some kids I'm teaching!!