Work and making friends.

I started my first day of "official" work. Not really much different than last Friday except I wasn't jet-lagged.  I guess mostly what I will be doing is documenting a lot of what is going on in the Media Center here in Spain. I will be documenting projects that are going on and also help with a brochure for some of the ministries Avant offers. Honestly, I don't know if I'll be that busy during the day. I have to realize though that this is not your average 8-5 job. First of all, its prayer at 9:15, work not really starting until probably 10, and then of course breaking for Siesta from 2-4. Then working until about 7. Yeah, its a little bit different from the States. 

I think today at times I was really thinking I was bored. I sometimes just need to be working on something to really keep me interested. But I think God has been showing me these past few days that this internship is a lot more than just taking pictures. I have been using my Polaroid though... I took the picture above today as an idea for a project. 

I think I am really learning to be independent, to be content, and to reach out and ask for help. One of the women here at the center told me today that she would take me to the store and help me find what I needed and help me learn to cook for myself. It may sound ridiculous... I'm going to be 22 this summer... but at the same time, I've never lived alone... much less in Spain. I tend to get overwhelmed when I go in the store and can't read anything. I look at pictures, but I can't ask anyone for help. And so, I leave with things to make sandwiches. I'm not too worried about cooking a gourmet meal. But when I was offered help today, I thought why not learn to shop and cook in Spain? 

I've also just been bold today about taking people up on their offers to join them for meals. I'm the only single one here, and it was good to admit to one of the girls working here today that I am a people person and don't like being alone for 5-6 hours at night before I go to bed. She and her husband had me over for dinner. While she gave me tips for cooking and what she likes to buy in Spain. We listened to Spanish music and they also gave me a beginners spanish book : )

So, just an update. Things are better than they were yesterday. And it is still difficult at times, but with friends everything can be better (Cheesy but true). I've just been praying that God will show me what he has for me after I graduate and that my emotions at the time wouldn't be the factor in what I want for the future. And one point today I actually thought, "Maybe I'll just get married, have babies, and live in America." And maybe I will. I mean, I'd love to... and there is nothing wrong with that dream, but I think deep down I know that's not the dream God has given me. As Amy Carmichael has once said, I must simply keep trusting in Him to fulfill the desires he's created.