Day Dos

Hola Amigos! So I have decided that if I would have studied abroad in Spain I would have lung cancer by the time I came back...or I would just be extremely sick until I got used to all of the smoke. I always knew from previous trips to Europe that so many people smoke but I woke up sick today and I am very positive that I can blame all of the smoke that I inhailed yesterday.

Today was extremely difficult and I am really going to need to gather strength from the Lord to bounce back by tomorrow. I thought that how I would grow closer to God on this trip would be through the encouragement I got from talking with people but it is definitely coming from the discouragement I feel when conversations do not go well. Today Noodles and I had longer conversations with about 7 people today. The first was with a woman who we had about an hour long conversation with but then she had to go to a meeting. The next conversation we had was with a couple from the Netherlands who spoke English...yay!!! This was probably the best conversation we had all day because it turns out that they are Christians and it was very nice to speak with them about why we come to Europe and share with people. Our next conversation was with a group of younger people...a boy from Sweden, a girl from Peru, and another girl from Holland. We talked to them and none of them believed in God but the girls had been thinking a lot about what happens after death recently. They seemed like they were understanding what we were telling them about God and about Christ because were being receptive but in the end the conversation didnt really go anywhere which was a bit discouraging. It is hard to articulate to people that they need Christ to go to heaven, I shared with them part of my testimony which is my witness to Christ and in the end I simply challenged them to seek Truth in their lives. I have really grown a heart for everyone I meet here which makes it even harder to have to walk away without seeing fruit in their lives as a result of their conversation. A lot of the conversations today reminded me of Kendra, whenever she asks me if I had the cure to her cancer how much would I have to hate her not to give it her? I do not hate anyone I come across and I try to show them Christs love in the short time we are talking in hopes that they will be saved but I just need to have faith that God will use the seeds that we are planting in these people even if we are not seeing the fruit. Many of our other conversations we had for the rest of the day were similar. People kept telling me how Godless of a city Barcelona is and I am really starting to experience it...I would have come back completely bruised a broken if I would have studied abroad here. One of the last things we did today was pass our tracts at the FC Barcelona futbol game this evening and also went to La Rambla. Please continue to pray that the people in Barcelona have soft hearts as approach them and speak with them. Pray that we are able to show them the Truth in the Bible.

P.S. Today is Randis BIRTHDAY!!! We got to sing happy birthday to her after worship this morning and all day we were talking about how old she is now :) Luckily because it is her birthday we got to get Gelato before heading back to the hostel.