How do you explain the last 3 months of your life?
How do you answer "So how was Spain?"?
How do you adapt back to American culture, but still hold on to the things that are important to you from Spanish culture?
How are you going to keep up your spanish?
How are you going to stay in touch with your friends in Barcelona and be there for your friends in the States?
How are you going to work, go to school, be involved in the community, spend time knowing and learning about Jesus, stay connected with friends and family, paint, write, try to make good grades and not go crazy?
What is life going to be like after these 3 months in Barcelona?
Am I going to have the same friends?
Is my life going to be different after being away for 3 months?
I'm a girl of questions right now. I'm freaked out about going home. Can I be honest? I can't wait to see the people in my life that I love, but I'm going to miss the ones I have come to love here in Barcelona more than I know how to explain. I can't believe how fast my time here as gone by. while it was happening it seemed like it was going so slow, but now that its over its like "what?!?! I leave Saturday??!?!" I have no words to express how thankful I am to have been able to live in Barcelona for these past 3 months. I have met so many wonderful people and made some priceless friendships. I have been able to live in a city that is older than my own country. I have met people from all over the world and have lived with them. Oh, there is so much...somethings wonderful and exciting and other things that were and are hard to deal with and I'm not sure how its going to look when I get back to the states. Its a journey and my experience in Barcelona is not just a page in my journal. I pray that I will continue to learn from time here and that my life will be different in the states.
On a present note...I'm going to Barca championship futball (soccer) game tomorrow...WHOOP!! I'm pretty excited! I have a paper I am going to try to start tonight or early tomorrow morning...thankfully there is a starbucks very close to my residencia. Friday I'm going to Montjuic with some friends and one my friends from Spanish class, her and her husband are opening a bar here in Barcelona, so a bunch of us are going to the opening that night. then i'm probably not going to go to sleep, since Tanner and I have to get a taxi at 5am and then we leave Barcelona at 7:30 to London, then to Chicago. In Chicago Tanner and I split and he flies to Dallas and I fly to Houston. Its going to be long day. I think I'll arrive in Houston at 5:30am Barcelona time and like 9:30 Texas time. So weird to think about it all. Now I should probably start packing, but I think I'm going to go sleep instead. Buenas Noches!
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Great Questions! Know that we are going to miss you. You have become one of us. Our kids are going to miss you too! Thanks for loving on them when you came over to the house. We are praying for you in the days ahead. Remember, we are ready for you to come back ---- you have a place here!
C & L
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