Wednesday-Thursday

Last full day (Wednesday) in Granada:

Wednesday was supposed to be a packed day, but unfortunately some things got canceled on us. In the morning Isaac left me at home... I was getting sick again, and he went off to the church for their "golden fellowship" small group. They are called the "Magnolia's", Joel told me to look up the significance of Magnolia, but I have yet to figure out why the would have chosen the name. 

While at the meeting Isaac hung out and ate a little with the group. Most of them do not speak a lick of English, and Isaac's Spanish is not the greatest, so they just did a lot of pointing and smiling. By this point in our trip we were very used to not knowing what was going on! Once the meeting got in full swing Isaac took a bunch of photos of the group interacting and talking. I am not sure what they will use these for, but it is nice to have these photos to share with the church. 

After the Magnolia's, Isaac and I got picked up by another American missionary. We met him and his wife at their house along with another young missionary couple. Between these two couples they have not lived in Spain for more than 3 years. It was very exciting to be able to sit down for a few hours and get to know these people that have walked the path Isaac and I are thinking of following. Because of the nature of their missionary work I am sad to say that I cannot share any information about them on here. Just know that we were extremely blessed by being in their presence, we learned so much about what they are doing. 

The rest of Wednesday was kinda of a bust. We were dropped off downtown to do some last minute shopping for some gifts, it started raining, so we ended up spending most of our time looking for jackets/scarves/gloves. It was only 8*C out which is about 46* F. We came home, packed, and just hung out until it was time to go to bed.

THURSDAY:

On Thursday morning, out bus left the station in Granada for Madrid at 7AM. That was quite early! We spent eh 5 hr bus ride resting, reading, and watching the scenery fly by. I have never had such a great bus ride. The buses in Spain are so much better than any plane I have ever flew on! When we arrived in Madrid we were greet by missionaries, Raymond & Mary Ebbett. We had not known Raymond & Mary previously, but immediately we knew we were going to have a great time. We spent our 2 nights in Madrid at their house in Colmenar Viejo, about 30 min north of Madrid.

We spent some time in a mall in Madrid taking photos of Spaniards while the Ebbett's ran some errands

Then we went off to a bible institute at a church in downtown Madrid. They rent out a warehouse for a latin american church and a Chinese church. 

We stayed for the hour long meeting. We listened, photographed, and took video of the meeting. It was really neat to be a part of this leadership training.

The pastor of the church(on the left) is a missionary from Columbia (I think) and then Raymond Ebbett on the right.

Me, Raymond, Gordon, The pastor and his wife, and I cannot remember the last lady on the right. What a fun group!

Enjoy this short video from the evening.