Blessed

It has been almost a month since I've come to Spain yet it feels like a lot longer and I know the time is coming soon when I'm going to go back home. I know that my time here is very short and it is going to go very fast. We as students were encouraged to serve the people of sevilla, which i am finding very hard to do because it is hard to meet people here. That is one of my biggest frustrations and also not having a place to hang out at night unless you want to go to a bar.

However, as for serving people i had the pleasure of eating alone with my senora for one night and i was able to carry one a pretty good conversation with her about how children under the ages of 2 are dying in the southern part of brazil becuase they do not have enough food and she tells me this while we are eating, making me feel extremely guilty. But she went on to tell me how brothers fight over each other for a piece of bread because they are so hungry. It makes me feel like I need to be more involved in other things which are happening in this world.

Also today in church we watched a video about women being persucuted in north korea because they believed in Christ. It was horrible! I know I take my freedom to praise God for granted EVERY day! One of my goals was to come closer to him, and i believed the lie that satan told me that i would have more time because i would be in another country. Trust me that is the biggest lie...It's something I really need to work at and MAKE time!

But after all the things that i've gone though in the past couple days I've realized after hearing about the children dying because of hunger and women being beaten for their faith makes me think about how blessed i am...how I need to seize every opportunity that I can get, without overwhelming myself. I need to step up to the plate (so to speak) and realize how blessed I am, because God is with me even while I'm in Spain, I just need to start looking for ways to serve him.

Which will start tomorrow because I'm going out with a group of people from a local college here in sevilla and we're going to give coffee to homeless people on the streets. I'm really excited for God to show himself through this experience, but also to serve others in the process.