Oye! Lizzy Cole here again, coming to you from Granada, Spain at 11:00 p.m. Today was the second to last day of English camp, and it was an amazing day! We played a blast full of fantabulous water games and other sports with the kids during the day, taught them all about activities around the house, such as cleaning your room, making your bed, and riding your bike. After school we traveled back to the convent and took a much needed nap for a relaxing 3ish hours! Continuing this, we had devotions with the team, shared with each other how much we've seen God in members of our team during the day. A really encouraging time for everyone! God has worked in and through every one of us this week so far, and we're looking forward to all the rest God has in plan for the last 3 days! Finally tonight for dinner 2 or 3 of the team members went to one of the kids house for dinner. Even with our very limited Spanish knowledge, we all had an amazing time! Ready to go to bed now and get a ton of rest for the Last Day of Camp tomorrow!! Hasta Manana!

1st Day of Camp!!!

Hola amigos from Julia :)
Well this one is gonna be a doozy because so much happened today! First off, today was the first day of camp! As first days go, it went really well. There is always nervousness on the first day for the monitores and campers. It was really exciting to see the younger camp explode this year with 34 kids! It was a lot of fun talking and playing with the teens too! I have to admit I was nervous about connecting with campers almost my age but the Lord is good!

After camp we had rest time and devotions. Paul has been leading us through Mark and we all have been seeing things about Christ we never thought about before. Then we went out for tapas with Granada team members.  My group went out with Stephen and had an amazing time! Our small group included people I knew well and others I barely knew at all. The Lord was definitely at work tonight loosening our tongues allowing us to share things we would have never shared otherwise. Let's just say we are a lot closer than we were before. 

The Lord is at work here in our group and Granada and it amazing to feel and witness. Personally, He has revealed himself to me all over the place and I can't wait see what he does with it.

Now as I am sitting blogging at 11:24 at night and singing along with brothers and sisters and I am reminded how the Lord has blessed us so much already with fellowship and provision.

Hasta Luego!
Julia

Spain won the Euro Cup!!

 Viva Espana!!

 Our boys being the incredibly talented guys that they are!

The ladies posing in front of the mob!

So every time I come to Spain and there's a football (soccer) tournament, Spain wins. Does Spain owe me some compensation? . . . I believe so. Well, Spain is the official victor of the EuroCup, demolishing Italy in a 4-0 game. We watched the game at an outdoor cafe on this lovely night. Then we strolled over to the center of Granada to watch the mob celebrate. It was pretty incredible.
Eating and celebrating Spain's win in the EuroCup was not, though, the best part of the day. Today was the Sabbath and we worshipped with our brothers and sisters on the Granada team at the Iglesia de la Reconciliacion. It is good to be reminded that Jesus is King of the whole world and not just of the American Bible belt. And something about singing praises to Jesus in Spanish gives a sweet foretaste of the day when all nations will worship Jesus as King.
Today was also the last day of prep for the camp . . and the last day we got to sleep in. Many of us were very thankful for a day of rest, some still recovering from the remnant symptoms of jet lag and others preparing for a hard and long week of waking up early and staying out late like they do in Spain.
The three muchachos of the group, Tommy, Peter, and Chris, have all been taking turns serenading us and making use of the convent's hollow walls, playing on a little miniature guitar. Unfortunately, their most common times of playing are early morning and siesta time. It's just the Spirit's sanctification.
This team really is pretty great. I am thankful for everyone as the trip leader. Everybody has been so soft and respectful. The devo times have been encouraging and honest as well. But camp starts tomorrow and it's super late here . . . so here goes.
P.S. On a personal note, I am thankful to be in a place where my jorts (jean-shorts for the fashion impaired) are appreciated and celebrated and not judged, though ironically I did judge my father quite a bit for his and their brevity and made a foolish ultimatum that I would never. O well.