COOKIE DAY!!!!

Well my day starts really good=) I get to my first class and i see that my teacher is in a good mood so i am happy=) Then i get my test back and see that I got a 9.3!!!! Here that is REALLY good... only one kid in every class will get a ten because they just dont give tens here!=) But im on a pass fail basis here and a 5 is passing on a 10 point scale, hahaha so ya know what this means... i dont have to study so hard for this class anymore because if i get a 2 on my next test i will still pass the class. It does not matter if you get a 10 or a 5 in the class here, you pass or fail and it does not go down as a 9 or 10 if you pass it is simply as PASS! So i was really stoked to say the least=) So classes were GREAT!!! And i got a tutor almost everyday for the school week because i found that coming to a country where people speak spanish does not mean that you can all in the sudden speak spanish. Its not like that you have to work really hard and it is not as simple as what i expected so I asked Inma to help and my other friend Alvaro, and Abraham and ISA provides a tutor once a week so i really hope to start nailing down this language really soon=)

Then I thought you should know that I bought some pants in GRANADA... thats where i was this weekend. Well anyway these pants are outrageous to say the least. They are the pants of many colors... you can check my face book under "Makin COOKIES" photos. But these pants are pretty rockin awesome and i love them! So i have these clown/hippie/David-"Pants of many colors" pants on and they are nuts. And i should tell you that my school is pretty much a walking fashion show 4 days a week! EVERYONE has nice clothes and are fashionable and good lookin. BUT NOT ME! hahaha i show up with these pants on and a white vee neck with my white euro shoes on wearin a big ol smile. Most people would act like they didnt see, others would smile as they walked by, and then others would straight up point and smile as i said "HOLA!" HAHAHA it was rich=) I got more complements for my 10 euro jeans than i ever have for wearing jeans that cost like 40 bucks so i think i need to get me some more of these puppies. So all in all not only did these pants make me smile today but they also made a lot of other people lighten up and smile too(people here are not as smiley as i thought they would be)... so that made me happy makin other people smile,... and laugh=)

Then i finally got home and got bored and then went over to Inmas and made some chocolate chip cookies!!!!! Man has it been awhile since i had some of them. Mom gave me the ways in which to make them so i told Inma i would come make them at her house(her not knowing at the time that i had never made cookies.... hahaha. WOW! well i got over there and just started mixin stuff and it was all wrong but it worked and they tasted great! THANKS MOM!!! We cooked until about 1230 then i went home=)

Then i got home and was just typing this up and then Charley called... man was it good to see him! We just had a good ol time chattin and laughin i told him about my pants and about school and stuff then he had to go for church... saw adam too and his sweet barba... beard! I loved seein Charley made me miss home and just want to give him a big ol hug!!!=) But i will talk to him soon... its 205am right now so i got to get some shut eye=) What a sweet day... had a blast and got to eat some cookies something i have not done in a LONG TIME! Thank you God for great friends and SKYPE!!!!

What a day=)!!!

What a day!

From 4:30 am until now... which is 9:30pm.... i have been going. I woke up this morning early to go get a visa extention so that i am good for the whole year in Spain. I got in line and was number 5 and Steph the girl i was supposed to go with didnt have some stuff so she left me alone at about 630... so i had to wait another 2 and a half hours until the place opened. Got all my stuff done no problem then went home and got some grub then headed to school. Had classes.. the only really exciting thing was that I found out my FAVORITE teacher Debora Cole... my Art History teacher.... had gotten a new job. She has a photographic memory which is really sweet and she told me she had finally gotten this job she had been working for since 2002. She wanted a job with the government and to get that job that meant studying for everyday since 2002!!! ISNT THAT NUT!! She said she studied everyday for this test that she took just last year and has been waiting for the results for the past year! So they made her study for 6 years everyday then gave her a test, then made her wait for the results for the next year... awesome huh=) But she ended up in the top one percent... number 14 of 4,000 to be exact!!!!! SHE IS SMART PEOPLE! But anyway she got a new job which means my favorite teacher just went goodbye for ever, at least for one class. I had her for history of spain and history of art now i just have her for history of art. That was my day at school. Then i came home and got online and ate for about 45 minutes then biked about 1.5 miles to go meet David Acton for bible a descipleship group that is totally in spanish with two other spanish friends of mine and Martha=) We had a great chat and great meeting.

Then i came home and really felt like i needed to call a friend of mine who lost his wife a week ago today. But before the call i just prayed and asked that God would give me the words to say and the heart to give my friend strength and joy. I called off my internet off skype and he picks up. I say "Hey its Jacob Kissack can you hear me ok?" he says yes and i just start out with hey and stuff like that then just say hey i heard about Patti because my mom told me. I am so sorry and i really wish i could be there! He then just said wow thank you for this call Jake... "it has been a week almost to the minute that i walked in and found this whole calamity" jake you have no idea what this phone call means to me, I love you man. THAT IS GOD IN MOTION. God had me call him at the exact moment that was pivital for my friend and i prayed that God would use my phone call and man did he ever. Thank you God for giving me a moment with such a dear friend to honor the loss of such an incredible person! And now i sit reminded of the Godly life of my friend and how fragile life really is... I love you all and miss you tons, God bless you and keep you till i see you again=)!!!

Ruah in Sevilla-The Story Behind it all

The story behind "Ruah in Sevilla".

Well, it all starts week one here in Spain when i got really sick and wasn't really able to do anything. About day 7 or so i just really needed to have a God day. It was Sunday and i didn't feel like i could go out anywhere to church so i prayed God would give me something to watch online. I was searching sermons by Rob Bell, Nooma videos, when this video called "Breathe" really stuck out to me. So i watched the video and listened to what Rob had to say, and the more he said the more and more i felt how it was relating to my life here in Spain. The Hebrew word for "breath" is Ruah and at the root of breathing is life, because breath is life, and life is the spirit; breath and spirit are the same thing. Also In the beginning God breathed the breath of "life" into Adam. Here in Spain, God has given me new life, he has breathed new life into me. God has given me a new "Ruah" a new breath in Sevilla Spain. God is the one who got me here and has been the one that has blessed me with so much since i have been here. This title of "Ruah in Sevilla" to me simply signifies a new start and a fresh breath of life. I don't have a past i am running from or something that i need to get cover up, but here in Sevilla there is a fresh start and a new life.

Coming to Sevilla meant that for the first time in my life i would physically be by myself, knowing no one. God knows who i am here, of course, but on day one no body else did. Day one it was me and Jesus and the Sevilla. My new life here in Spain is totally Gods, I hope that this year i can learn to "breathe" him in everyday and become the man he wants me to be, from the trials and hard times to great memories and great times i know God is with me. I praise him for bringing me here and I praise him for everyday that I am here. Here living my new life, breathing in my new breaths, and making a new life here in Sevilla Spain. To God be all the Glory!