Where To Start

I guess the Lord rewarded our perseverance with the whole visa thing by providing the smoothest 20 or so hours of travel.  From the time we walked into Winnipeg airport to when we landed in Spain, there were no baggage weight issues, no connection panics, no flight delays, no security complications, no lost luggage, no whiny kids (or adults). From Winnipeg to Ottawa to London, England to Madrid, we were all relaxed, in good spirits, enjoying the journey and even slept a few hours here and there as we travelled through the night.

We arrived in Spain to a very warm welcome, instant magnificent sights of the area where we will be living (which we hope to see again in more daylight, but even as it was getting dark it was gorgeous!), beds ready and made up for us to fall into, a fridge and cupboards full of food, and each of us our own personal welcome note and treats in our rooms. We were overwhelmed by our generous host who made us feel like we truly had arrived at our new home, not some foreign, unfamiliar place across the ocean.

Speaking of our host, let me introduce Isabelle. She is the full-time missionary at Bethel Bible Centre. We may mention her often as we thank God every time we think of her. She is a fellow Canadian, but has been in Spain for 27 years. Therefore, she has already been and will continue to be an immeasurable help to us being able to function here - she will be one of the only people around us that speaks English, but she knows Spain - I mean KNOWS Spain :)

I really don't know where to start. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and it would probably take several thousand words to tell you everything we have learned, seen and experienced here already in just 48 hours. So tomorrow we will post some more pictures to help cut down on the words.

Many of you mentioned as we good-byed that the kids will probably all be a foot taller and you joked that you may not recognize them when we return. So, another introduction: the new one-tooth-less Rayna. The transformation began just 24 hours after we arrived in Spain.

Personal Welcome Treats