Reflecting on Granada

Katie here, ready to tell you a bit about Granada, the Reason for our entire trip.
While we were there, the Wills were gracious hosts. I went to women’s bible study and Joshua went to the men’s, we went out for tapas often with the missionaries to get to know them. We went to a mission meeting, helped distibute food in the community, helped clean the new church building before the first service there, and cooked Morrocan beef and couscous for 40 for the post church meal. We were happy to serve in such unexpected ways while we were there.

We were so blessed by the missionaries who took time our of their busy schedules to meet with us. They shared the strengths and weaknesses of the team and the Mission candidly. They imparted their personal joys and struggles and most of all their vision.

They recently planted a church that latin American immigrants flock to. We also met many North African, and gypsy folks in the neighboorhood. We talked to some Moroccan women for a half an hour about cooking and the food we had made.

Here are some pictures:

Welcome back, Mr. Kotter

Well, I think we survived but it’s hard to tell. We did indeed arrive safely in St. Louis last week and realized that my early spring optimism/financial anxiety had set us up for a summer storm. We got back from europe Tuesday night, I started back at Hebrew class on wednesday, started back at work on Thursday, moved on Saturday, and my folks came in on Monday, which was also our two year anniversary. A week of long days washing windows in st Louis heat and humidity has left me exhausted. At least Spain made it to the world cup final.

Once we settle in I’ll post some thoughts on our trip and try to post some pictures. Thanks for reading, thanks to those who helped us move, thanks to the lady who tipped us $40 on Monday, thanks to my folks for visiting, and thanks to Katie for two years of marriage.

’till later.

Joshua