Wherever you are, be all there...enjoying our last week in Spain

Maybe in my mind, I thought this semester would last forever--or at least a bit longer than it has! Sometime during the first month of our trip, I decided to embrace this phrase, and it was surprisingly easy to be “all” in Spain. A six hour difference pretty much cut off my every-day ties between the US, Perú, and myself which definitely forced my mind to be “here” more than normal. I went all out, got really involved in church, made some great friends both here in Sevilla as well as connected with an amazing christian group in Barcelona. I found myself embracing more and more cultural things, and now I even speak Spanish with the “lisp” everyone laughs at. Now, with vey little time left in this beautiful country, I’m confronted with the reality of having to leave it all for who knows how long. My friends are talking about all the things that they are looking forward to when they get home, counting down the days and making summer plans & all I can think about is how sorry I am to be leaving. I see God working in so many ways in the young people of this country. I’ve met so many people who are truly seeking after Him and are so passionate about seeing an awaking in their city. I am sure it is coming. Honestly, I don’t want to miss it, nor do I want to leave the incredible group of believers that I was blessed to be thrown into at my school, church, and in Barcelona. Some days, I can’t help but think of how tired I am of leaving my heart all around the world. But as I prepare to say goodbye, I want to have my heart hidden in Christ--as my roommate keeps patiently reminding me--so no matter where I go, I will be fully satisfied. Now it is my turn to bring home the valuable things I have learned in Spain and share them with the people who I have in my life now. Perhaps someday, God will bring me back to Spain, but until then I will be working on living in the present and wasting my life on Christ, exactly where I am now.