Language, Communication, and Cultural Differences.
Hello, Things are better than my last post. I felt the need to start this post off by easing any minds that were worried about me and my homesickness. I am doing better. Thank you for the concern, thank you for the prayers, and thank you for the encouragement. Everyday I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the community that surrounds and grounds me. But it's when I am feeling particularly sad that people send love and encouragement from all directions and my heart swells. Grateful just doesn't seem to communicate how I truly feel but for a lack of better words, I will say that I am grateful. Grateful for community, encouragement, and Christ's attributes found in people. Anyways, now that we are done with my sappy note, I have things to share!! As always, I want to start this post with a story or some background information--the rising action as some may say. So, when I was deciding where to study abroad last year, I chose Spain specifically for the language. As most of y