Spain, England and Africa in one Day

Well, i just wanted to give you all a quick update on how things have been, and what has been happening in my neck of the woods.... Well... where to start... Tonight I just got back from a trip to England, Africa and Spain, 3 places in which i went to all in one day.....

Me and my buddy here, headed to a place called Ceuta, a Spanish colony in North Africa for the weekend to share about our soccer ministry and talk to some contacts about some future ministry opportunities in there city, and also to share with the youth. It was great time, as we were able to make some good contacts, play a match with some guys on the streets, share with the youth, and see some sights... After a good weekend in Ceuta, we headed back to Spain... .However since the buses and trains were finished running for the day, we decided we may as well stay the night in an English colony on the coast of Spain, called Gibraltor. So to Gibraltor we went.... And it was an absolutely crazy time there... We got there...discovered that there were no hostels open, and all the hotels were full.. so we spend the evening searching for monkies, because that is one of the main attractions to this English costal city. You will have to ask me about the story of our adventure.. But lets just say it contained.... A funny confrontation with a lighthouse caretaker... Some of the steepest hills I have walked in my life... about 23 Km of walking in about a day... rain...wind... a few Catholic Church's...A mosque... A construction site... Buses that dont stop at there stops.. One granola bar.. mountain climbing... and killer monkies... everything you need to make an adventure happen... Anyway, we got back safetly... We were definately stretched... But it was good. Anyway, we now have a womens tour here, and I gotta get a bunch of things done. I miss you all, and hope all is just fine and dandy whereever this update finds you.

Much love,
Matt

Tournament Crazyness

Well its been another crazy last couple of weeks here in Spain, however I haven't yet seen a the likes of a bull.  Not that I am particularily keen on finding a bull, but I just thought, to some extent I am not exactly living up to the title of this blog.... However I hope that you continue to bestow your grace upon me as I wait for my first encounter.....(which may still be awhile yet)  In any event, there have been all sorts of things happening as of late.  We spent last week and the week prior, preparing a soccer tournament that we as a ministry hosted.  So the week was more or less filled with visits to local soccer fields/courts, and spreading the word on the upcoming tournament.  The challenge was that we were only able to start truly advertising 3 days before the tournament date......Which seems like a short span of time... And in Canada there is no way that would work, however with some serious prayer, and only half the amount of teams signed up the morning before the tournament, God yet again provided, and we were able to host a 10 team tournament, and build some relationships with the diverse makeup of  teams that attended.    With the tournament wrapped up, I have now taken it upon myself to put some time working on my Spanish grammer....cause it's somewhat sad potatoes..... So this past week I went to search out a week long Spanish language school, where I could do just that.  Upon meeting the lady in charge, she put me through a quick placement test.... My conversational Spanish was good, but my grammer had definately seen better days... well maybe not.... But anyway it wasn't so good.  So with that said and done, I am now taking a Spanish course this week, and I actually have to go there right now, so I am gonna go do just that.  Maybe I will see a bull on the way.  

Be Blessed,

Matt