Because of the heat in Spain and typically no A/C, living
places have window shades that you pull almost completely down during the day
to keep the breeze. Then when it turns
dark, you pull them up and sleep with the windows open. Awesome invention I would say. It is interesting to be exposed to the sounds
of the city so close. At night you can
hear anything from kids playing to music booming quite loudly through a car’s
sound system.
My first experience hang-drying laundry on an upper balcony
led me to realize it is a lot harder than I imagined. Laying my clothes down to grab the
clothespins, I knocked over a small table with other clothes. After picking that up, I discovered arms get
tired quickly when not accustomed to holding them up for long periods of
time. Successfully dried though, the
clothes have a little bit of a crisp feeling.
J
I spent most all of the day hanging with one to all of the
kids as Brian and Kassie packed the old house and painted the new
apartment. Hopefully they will be able
to move this coming week! It was a
pretty tough day emotionally, partly because I had more time to think. It was encouraging though that as I lay on my
bed and was praying, I began to pray Scripture – part of a chapter I had
memorized a while back.
This was mostly encouraging because I have a tough time
memorizing Scripture, and this is probably the first time I remember Scripture
just coming to mind while I was praying.
It is nice to have those reminders of the Holy Spirit living in me and
being here to comfort and guide me. Psalm
25:4 says, “Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.” I love this entire Psalm, but God brought
this part to mind specifically. If we ask
Him to show us His way, He will be faithful to lead us.
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