6/23/2003

 
Yesterday Jonah and I picked up the missions director for 24-7 Prayer, Ian, at the airport and then had dinner with him and four others from the 24-7 leadership team. We got home close to 1 in the morning. I took a shower and went to bed. We had our second good nights sleep in our new home. I got up a little after 9 this morning. I took Kati for a walk/jog in the countryside around our house. She loves running around out there off leash. I am praciticing more with her off leash, trying to get her to stay by me and come to me when I call her. Then I got cleaned up, cleaned the room a bit while Jonah got up and ready. We went to the hand car wash to clean the car inside and out. Then we went to the grocery store to get some breakfast foods, snacks and some dinner items. We also needed to get a few cleaning supplies.
Then we went to meet the team in town to have a little meeting with them and the missions director.
The meeting went well. Ian had some good things to share with us. Jonah and I shared a bit about how we can serve the team, what are our strengths, etc. I said I was a good listener, counselor, encourager, voice coach and masseuse. Everyone was very excited about the masseuse bit. We told them if they want compassion come to me, if they want the hard truth, go to Jonah, etc.
And we both love to help people to rest and kick back.
The team is supposed to be doing some brainstorming about the kinds of projects they want to do this summer. I am looking forward to finding out what those projects will be.
Now we are here at the laundrette/internet cafe getting some laundry done and checking our email and updating blogs. We may go out tonight to a club or something. I am looking forward to getting to see some of the clubs, hearing the music and dancing.

posted by Heather 6/23/2003 07:33:00 PM |

6/22/2003

 
We made it to Ibiza!!!
We drove six hours to the coast of Spain then stayed the night there. We caught the ferry the next day and arrived at our new temporary home yesterday late afternoon. We are staying in a parsonage (word of the week which means housing for the pastor of a church). So we are staying with a pastors family. They are a family of 8 all together, I think. They are from New Zealand and very kind. This morning we went to church service at their church and it was a small jolt to suddenly see Edrick the dad in his pastor robes (It is an anglican church for those that understand what that is). I made a small scene when I went the wrong way during communion and stubbed my foot pretty loudly on the knealing thing. But other than that it was a great time. They had Jonah and I come to the front to say what we are doing in Ibiza and they prayed for us. There was a lady there that had been addicted to all kinds of drugs including heroin and credits God for taking that away from her life. That really gave me hope for some of the drug addicts in the area where we live in Sevilla.
I am really excited to start exploring the island and working with the team here.
Kati is really doing well and loves her new temporary home in the country just outside the town. We take walks in the fields and she loves to run and chase rabbits.

posted by Heather 6/22/2003 07:19:00 PM |