Chill day just catchin up and havin a day with Jesus=0)

Got up at about 1 and went down and made myself some breakfast and then got to have a legit hour just talking with the Lord and prayin and just really reflecting on the word. I got to finish up some much needed business on skype and on Facebook and got to have an awesome devo so i had a pretty rad day.

And i got to talk to Jon for like and hour or so then skype went bad on us but we had a great talk and man was it AWESOME to hear what the Lord is doin in my friends life! So proud of Jon... livin for the Lord in Casper Wyoming... what a guy!

Now just spendin the rest of the day getting caught up and hopefully talkin with Levi or Nate or Dad... who i have tried calling 2 times=) Pray he can get a sick deal on a truck!

November 1 Chillin out with Martha and the gang=)

Woke up at around 1 and then was really tired so napped until about 3 after that. NOT A GOOD DEAL. Let my self down, i had an awesome saturday night with friends and then didnt follow the rule of going to church the next morning so i was pretty bummed with myself! But then i got an awesome message from an awesome friend that asked if i wanted to do a bible study at her house at around 7. OF COURSE i did! and yes the message was from Martha! So i did some stuff around the house for a few hours wrote on my blog a bit and then rode my bike over to her house which is only like ten minutes from my house 15 including everything maybe 20. Got to her house and saw Carmen and Danny both really awesome people that i have come to be friends with through Martha!

We all sat down and had a bible study about the heart and being giving God your whole heart! And then we discussed reasons to why people only give half their hearts to anything that they do. Then Abraham showed up and we finished the bible study. Wow was it a good one... it was a wake up call to me because i have been debating on weather to go on this trip with Martha and the gang to go hiking and have a good followship weekend or weather i should go to Morocco with ISA on a international weekend that you had to apply for to go. I wrote a 15 line essay as to why i wanted to go to Morocco and i am waiting to hear back from them but it is on the same weekend as marthas fellowship weekend so i really need to make a choice. Tonight was just a reminder as to why i am here... am i here more for the expierence or am i here because of God and for God?!!?!? Was just a good lesson that i needed to hear=) Thanks Martha!

Then Martha cooked us some pasta and tomato sauce and i made some meat sauce and she made some tomato sauce without meat because Danny is a vegitarian=) Dinner was great we chatted for a bit then i ran out of insulin so Martha took me home and i got some more then we came back and Carmen left and shortly after Danny and Abraham did. But then me and Martha got talkin about the ranch because i called mom and she was talkin about workin with the calves. Then we just talked for the next 2 hours or more and it was about 3 in the morning so Martha called it a night and i was just chattin away so it was time to get to bed!=) But wow was it just refreshing to get to spend the night talkin with such an awesome woman of God! Martha never ceases to amaze me with her love and devotion to Christ!

Father God thank you for Martha and thank you for putting her in my life, bless her Lord and give her strength in everything she does. Amen.

OCTOBER 31...Rock Climbing and getting robbed!

Well today started off really sweet because today i was getting to hang out with my BF Aberaham=) He told me to meet him at Prado at 10 because we were going to go rock climbing with some of his biology friends.... friends that study with him. So we went to where we were supposed to meet Megan and Andrea and then got a call sayin they would be an hour late so.... we went to his friends Pacos house and said hi and came back and met Megan at the bus station. Biked to the spot where rock climbing was and then found that it was under the 8 lane highway at the end of a bridge. What they did for the rock wall was they went to the end of this archway bridge and they screwed in rock wall hand holds all the way under this bridge stretching all the way from one archway the next it was nuts=) BUT SAFE! (gotta clarify for family) Did that with about 15 of Abrahams buddies for about an hour or 2 then went to the park for lunch.

Played some football at the park took a nap then called Jose Maria and we talked for a bit then decided we needed to get Megan home so she could change and then catch the last bus back into town to hang out with us later that night. So got her home then we all split and went home and were planning on meeting back up that night at 10. I called Inma and i showed up to here house at about 930 totally decked out in my cowboy outfit since it was HALLOWEEN!!!! I had my hat on, boots with spurs, grandpas old belt with my silver and gold belt buckle, long sleeve country shirt with suspenders that i went and bought at the Chino shop next to my house... the only NON LEGIT thing i had on... but it fit so i threw it on=) So i show up to Inmas house on what i like to call "J&K Taxi" which is my sevici bike that i rent all the time and i can carry a person (most of the time Inma) and i take them with me=) So i got to her house took some pictures till my camera died and then went to meet up with Megan at Plaza de Armaz. I put Norbit Jr. in the front of the bike in the little basket for the ride over (Norbit Jr. is my fanny pack) this becomes significant shortly. We ride all the way over and then i get to the sevici station and i put the bike away and go to grab another one rent it and then take it over to the girls which are about 30 yards away around a corner... test out the bike see it is bad so go put it back and walk back over... THEN instantly remember i left Norbit Jr. in the bike basket! =( Ran back to go get it and saw it was gone... WOW YA WANNA TALK ABOUT A KNIFE IN THE BUTT! I had a Samurai sword cut me in half! Contents in Norbit Jr...... 150 dollars cash, 2 credit cards, MY BRAND NEW CAMERA 35o dollars, memory card 30 dollars, two batteries for the camera 100 dollars, a diabetic tester with 10 more strips 50 dollars, student id card 20 dollars, and the thing that burned me the most was that they stole my SKITTLES=PRICELESS!!! They didn't even leave a few on the handle bars for me.. just took the whole bag... i tell you what they got a good little bag that is for sure=0) BUT....... it was my fault for leavin it in such an awesome position!

So keep Norbit Jr. in your prayers that he would come home safe with all his buddies inside! So i lost the last few days of pictures.. the Cookie factory, and rock climbing and all the rest of the night...........

After i got everything taken i we all went to a dancing spot that was SUPPOSED to be Salsa but they were playin Flamanco music... which barely any Spanish people can dance to SO...... that means JACOB KISSACK does not have a chance!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we sat down i bummed out for a total of 2 minutes then just grabbed Inma.... cowboy outfit still present=)..... and started dancin country to Flamanco! O buddy it was sick! We had a blast and then Abraham started dancing with Megan and teachin her how to do the whole salsa thing and i started teachin Jose Maria how to dance country so it was a good time EVERYONE got to have fun! Danced for about an hour and then went to a bowling spot!

At the bowling spot we had 2 games which included a drink and shoes for 13 dollars...everyone got their stuff and we started playin... turns out everyone in the place was wearing the same costumes... Halloween is a pretty new concept for Spanish people and they still have not gotten the idea that they can be ANYTHING! I saw about 1,000 Drakula's and a million witches! THEY ALL DRESSED IN THE SAME COSTUMES!!!! hahaha they will catch on... someday=0) Well we had our fun and everyone got a strike! Then i took Inma home on the J&K taxi sevici bike and we all went home and i got to my house at about 430, with no keys so Jesus the man at the door to the complex had to let me in and then my host mom left some keys in the mail box... just another reminder of how big of a boo boo i made tonight. That mistake can take up the biggest spot on the "IDIOT WALL OF FAME" that i have.... it is pretty full of dumb things i have done and costly things i have lost BUT THIS ONE BEATS THEM ALL. Jesus please bring Norbit Jr. home safe to me... and thank you for such awesome friends!!!!=0)

OCTOBER 30 COOKIE FACTORY!!!

So today got up at 8:03am by the awesome feeling that i had to go to the bathroom.... then realized that i forgot to set my alarm and that i was leaving for a cookie factory today at 9:30 so i was really excited that i woke up. Got on the bus at Prado(a real centrally located place) then had the 1 and 15 minute bus ride to Estepa/Osuna. We were going on the trip with my university and it was for to just simply visit these two places and in Estepa there was a cookie factory that a teacher at the university family owns so every year he takes students to go see this family cookie factory... Pretty sweet deal i would say!!!=) Got to Estepa and it was great! There were more olive trees then i could ever count... fitting as though this region is #2 in the world for producing olive oil=)

Got inside the factory and had a walking tour of how this place worked and how it produces all the awesome cookies. The first thing we were told is that this place could not sell its products in the US because of the content of fat!!! HAHAHAHA they are made with sugar, flour and FAT(and some other stuff but those are the top 3). So we moved along and the mother and father of the professor were both working and it was neat to have the family together workin=) Made me miss home and the ranch and my momma and pap=) Along the way we were always overwhelmed with the awesome smell of fresh cookies! The entire town smelled like a fresh baked cookie, IT WAS GREAT! And along the way we also got fresh cookies right after they were packaged!! it was so fantastic, they were so so so SO SO SO good, chocolate, sugar, fat....... INCREDIBLE!!!=)

After the walking tour we went to a sweet old castle and chilled out there and we climbed up into a tour that had a sweet view of the entire city... beautiful! We then went down to a little pub to have some lunch and the owner of the place was really old and way cool. He busted out a dollar bill (spanish of course) that was like 200 YEARS OLD! I got a picture of all this but read tomorrows blog to see why i don't have any pictures.. (SAD DAY). But this guy had coins from when they used gold and silver as currency! Then we went to Osuna and looked at an old school and i got to talk to a friend named Mez all the time there and home and that was great... we talked about a ton of stuff and i gained a new view on some parts of life because of what she told me about hers=)

Got home and grabbed a bike and biked over to Martha's house to get a ride to Burmujos with her and my BF Abraham=) We rode over to Darby Pushic, a Jesus friend of our, who is here for 2 years, her house for dinner and a birthday party! Wow was it great everyone was there. David Acton, Johnny, Abraham, Jose Maria, Megan, Darby, Blackstons, Megan, Andrea, Christy and just all the people i love hangin out with=) AND there was MEXICAN FOOD nothing better in Spain than American made Mexican food... wow it was AWESOME thanks to everyone who pitched in=)

Darby was turning 24 and we sang happy birthday and had brownies and a cake and a pinata and apple bobbing and the Blackstons sang the song "No more Bacon" that was a riot=) Then we just hung out and chilled all night playin spoons and poppin balloons=)

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!