Archive for the 'Spain' Category
- Luz y Vida
I had a meeting with a couple this morning who are interested in attending my Healthy Pregnancy classes! I am tentatively planning to start a new course on September 19. If you are interested in more information, you will find more details at the Luz y Vida website.
- Prenatal Care in Spain: Challenges
We had another OB visit today with our third doctor. About two months ago I contacted our insurance company to ask if there was a private hospital with a neonatal intensive care unit, just in case a problem would arise that might require hospitalization for Isabela (as happened with Josiah).
- Rooftop Gardener
Something inspired me awhile ago to plant some vegetables. I grew up with lots of land, a mother who loves to garden and a view of farmland as far as the eye could see. I miss all those things living in the city. But I decided that the absence of land wasn’t going to stop [...]
- Offer: Semana Santa 2008 in Seville
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- Feliz Navidad 2007
I’ve been absent from my blog for a looong time! Busy, busy, busy! October was overflowing with guests and activities; November was a month of recovery and catch-up and December has found each of suffering our turn at various illnesses, more than once. So today it is Christmas. Many people have asked what we’ll do [...]
- Hippy Fair!
We had fun attending the “Encuentro Alternativas” Festival this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Aka – “The Hippy Fair.” I even had the chance to visit with a couple at the El Parto Es Nuestro booth – I recognized them from the meeting I had attended in February. And Samuel had an interesting conversation with [...]
- Grandma comes for a visit.
Grandma Cindy arrived last week for a two-week visit. We’ve been busy having fun. Yesterday we walked to Parque Alamillo across the river – about 20 minutes walking. There were two different special “Ferias” going on at the same time. We heard lots of music including Middle Eastern accompanied by belly dancers and traditional Flamenco [...]
- “The Birth Is Ours”
I recently had the privilege of attending a meeting of “El Parto Es Nuestro” (“The Birth Is Ours”). EPEN is a Spanish group with chapters around the country whose purpose is to provide support to women who have experienced traumatic births; to improve the conditions for mothers and babies during pregnancy, labor & delivery and [...]
- New Year’s Eve in a small town.
This year our friend Natalia invited our community to stay at her family’s home in their small town about 100 km north of Seville. Samuel and Josiah went with Bailey’s by car, and I joined the rest of the group to arrive by bus. It was a beautiful – though winding – ride. I love [...]
- Dinner at San Marcos
Last week our friend Helen’s parents were visiting from California and invited our community out to dinner. We discovered the very “old” part of Sevilla known as Santa Cruz. I was amazed at how beautiful and charming it was as we passed through the very narrow, cobblestone streets. Cars could not pass through, and it [...]
- Granada
Last weekend we had the priviledge of visiting some friends from our church who were in Granada for the week. We were there Friday and Saturday and had a wonderful time exploring a little bit of the city, and the surrounding mountains, as well as spending time with our friends and being the recipients of [...]
- Phone and Spanish
Today was a good day. We finally got a phone line established, which was the first step in getting us closer to getting DSL. Samuel put in the order for the DSL and hopefully we’ll be online in a few weeks! It’s been hard having to go several days between internet times! I also scheduled [...]
- Thankful
Every day I thank God for our home. It is so great to finally have our own place again after over three years of sharing the homes of others! I was thinking today of many things I’m thankful for in regards to our apartment: 1) The location is ideal. We have two grocery stores just [...]
- Home again!
How great it is to finally be HOME!! We spent our first night in our new home on Monday. We had carried a load of stuff over that day, and had at lease what we needed for overnight. Our friend Helen helped us bring another load of suitcases and boxes last night, and we have [...]
- Sigh of relief
We’ve found a home! We got the one I wrote about last week. We heard from the landlord the next day, and transferred over $2000 into his bank account and signed the contract yesterday. We had to pay two months rent as a deposit, plus the first month. He and his wife met us a [...]
- Longing for home.
My friend Brooke wrote a post the other day about acting “so middle school.” Adults behaving immaturely. I was glad to read it – to find out I’m not the only one that has tendency toward immaturity more often than I’d like to admit. I think I act “so middle school” (or “Junior High” as [...]
- Back in Sevilla
Since I’m on my blog to post the video, I thought I may as well post something . . . We returned to Sevilla on Saturday night after 11 days in Cádiz on the southern coast of Spain. It was much less hot there (can’t really say “cooler,” it was still hot, but less hot [...]
- Fun At the Beach
Another video! This was taken two weeks ago at the beach north of Valencia, Spain. (The quality is much better when it’s played than the still picture you see here.)