hi

the last weeks it has been very slow in the albergue.
we had an average off 4 pilgrims each day.
we did have some friends from amsterdam to visit.
sam and nynke came first, then a few days later francien and her sister hilmar came.
we went to do some day trips, and worked together in the albergue.
i’ve put the pictures on my picasa web site.
it wasn’t the happiest thing to say goodbye



last update i uploaded, i talked about the brethren church we visit.
this weekend the brethren church organized a guys weekend.
i went there on friday afternoon, until sunday 13.30
it was good to make friends there, and listen to a lot of spanish.
they where all very eager to help me with my spanish.
i felt very welcome, i mostly helped out in the kitchen
there where people from all over navarra.
a lot of bask people too.

now martin en greet are leaving to belgium.
that leaves me here alone.
in a few weeks marijn will come and help me.
then we will make plans for this winter.

more things start to become clear to me, what it means to live here in spain.
i was reading oswald chambers “my utmost for His highest”
on 25 of october, and it described my feelings spot on.
http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/10/25/devotion.aspx?year=2008

i’m not down or disappointed, i new it wasn’t fully real to me yet.
so many things are just different.
the concept of siesta, the language, the peoples behaviors and ways they deal with things.
but also my life has changed.
i have to do things different now.
and like i said, it’s all good, i just starts to sink in a bit more.
i know that God has called me for this, so i can just move on, step by step.

things like, people ask me, why didn’t you study spanish before you came?
for me, i just took things step by step.
i came to monjardin in april, it became clear to me that this would be my next thing to do.
together with my friends in Amsterdam, we worked things out.
and now i am here.
for me it is clear that God was and is with me on this new journey,
He will lead me now as well.

i’ve been here in monjardin now for a few days on my own.
the first day i didn’t have any pilgrims, then last tuesday i had 11 pilgrims.
that was nice.
firts 1 lady from london walked in, she told me that some more people would come.
it kept me bussy that evening and next day.

for the first time doing the whole thing on my own.
normaly we split it up among 3 or 4 people.
then in the afternoon i had to do some shopping.
i feel like a house-man now.

yesterday i had 1 pilgrim.
no breakfast guest this morning.
easy cleaning.
i’m doing some laundry and emailing.
reporting to home front.

can i ask you to check out skype for me.
it would be great to talk on skype

it started to snow here on the mountains higher then 600 meters.
i can see some snow top mountains from my lounge room window.

i have a great time here, thank you for your support