Goodbye Hello

Tomorrow I'm heading home for part of the summer. First on the agenda is to give everyone a big hug and a pet for Chula, my family's new puppy. A few days later I'll start working at Turnstone, filling in during my vacation for Zlata, whose daughter is having surgery. Then the fourth of July with the extended family and the 5K race. Then missions trip in Ecuador, doing programs with the kids and meeting the church in Ambato. Then the first week of August Isma comes to visit...and before long I'll be back in Spain. My prayer for this summer is to take advantage of every minute, seize every moment, to not think further into the past or into the future than is necessary, and to love the people I'm with and without. Hope the trip goes fast tomorrow!

Ruminations

Two and a half weeks till I head back to Indiana for most of the summer. Perhaps the warm bread, salad and lamb chops settling into my stomach is reminding me of home? Probably not. Isma is in Granada this weekend with his cousin, setting up a sound system for a tiny church. And I am here, thinking that I should go run to be able to participate with my family in the Coldwater Fourth of July 5K without keeling over. Better let that lunch digest first. I've been enjoying training for the run, increasing the amount I jog slowly but surely, trying to fit it in before work or after the heat of the day wanes. Running after work at 5 pm in 90 degree heat doesn't really work for me. One morning I woke up at 6 to go before work. Roll out of bed, pull on some shorts and a t-shirt, stretch, put on some sneakers, step outside...brrrr!!! Through the park, past the young man with his dog, over to the highway, past the horse. HORSE? Never seen it before, never seen it again. My theory is that the gypsies put it there to graze, being so early in the morning and a little remote that no one would be bothered. It's been cool here, so I've been able to do some midday jogs this week. Strange, and though I welcome the cool weather, I would not mind the sun peeking out. Cloudy skies make cloudy faces, and it's time to see some light.

Wedding

A few weekends ago I went to a coworker's, Aurora, wedding with Isma. It was a happy time! And short, as it was a civil ceremony (which was good because we were standing...and for Isma because weddings aren't so much a guy thing).




I couldn't resist having someone take a picture of us out of the windows of the hall the wedding was held in. It was in the Plaza Mayor.