Spain

I'm really behind on blogging so I'm going to throw out a bunch of posts about old stuff. 

From May 11-20 we went to Spain. We wanted to meet the current class who is graduating in June to invite them to come help us over the summer, we wanted to refresh and prepare for the busy summer up ahead and we wanted to meet with our mentor there. And well, Spain. 

We chose a time when friends of ours who live there were back home in America so we were able to stay in their house which was just amazing. This is the view from the front porch:

 They have a private backyard which was absolutely amazing. I forgot what it felt like to be "normal" and have our own outside space! We spent so much time out there with the boys, playing with the garden hose and relaxing.

We attended classes at least once a day and were able to see two of our favourite teachers. The boys coloured and played with games they borrowed from the English school that happens in the same building.

Watermelon and rollkuchen. Nothing else is needed in life, ever.

We went to the beach one day but it was very cold. The boys loved playing in the sand with the current interns we went with.

Friday night is still Tapas Night and was at Mijouse (one of the intern houses, where we stayed last August for the reunion). They did a barbecue where everyone brought meat and it all got cooked up. Then we just hung out there for the longest time. THIS:

 ...is what we miss the most. COMMUNITY. People hanging out, someone with a guitar, telling stories and just being. It was awesome. Also, I didn't see the boys for almost 3 hours - there were so many fun girls to play with that they just didn't need me. On the way home that night August hugged me hard while I carried him and said: "I missed you!" like I had been gone forever.

Sunday morning we woke up and climbed the mountain up to the church, which is about a 15 minute climb. Dez was ready to keep going but maybe next time he'll be big enough to hike further.

Sunday evening we went to Malaga to our friends Shanda, Tara and Laine's apartment where they have a church service every week. They are infiltrating the artistic community in Malaga and it was awesome to see all the people who were at their place from all over the place. Shanda and Tara were on staff while we were at G42 and it's really cool to see them doing their ministry thing. This is the view from their living room:

Church:

We left very early on Wednesday morning and felt ready to come back to Zap. I'm not sure if we convinced anyone to come help out for the summer but we definitely made some new friends and had a wonderful time. We made one friend who isn't attending G42 but is living with some friends in Mijas who Steve really hit it off with and he is thinking about coming out in August so hopefully that can happen.