finally, a real post. sorry for the delay, because i know you've all been sweating to hear about my life. (jay kay, but not really.) it's tuesday afternoon and i came home sick from school today. i woke up, tired and grumpy and couldn't eat my breakfast. by the time i got to school, i was coughing my brains out. i took my inhaler like 7 times yesterday and 2 times today already and it's helped me none. this has never happened to me in america. que pasa, espana???
it's okay, because it's making for really good down time to rest and to process and to read and pray and be taken care of by maria. tuesdays are the days when she cleans the flat. i really think that woman has magic in her hands or something, because every thing that she touches becomes beautiful. seriously, monique and i have been trying to keep our room clean..for the most part...and we both thought that we were doing really well. until now when i just came home and it feels like an angel is among us. it's peaceful again in here.
so now i rest. and tell stories.
on thursday our class went to this place in spain called Segovia. it's an incredibly beautiful place. it's where the first (maybe first?) roman aqueduct is and it's HUGE. huge. far beyond my mind how human hands could build it. so then we walked around the city and explored a castle from the 1500s, you know, the norm.
That day i kind of was in a "i want to see segovia through my own two eyes and through my heart" type of mood so i kind of strayed away from the group some and took it all in. I got up to the top floor before we climbed the tower and i saw a huge window with a seat in it, overlooking the mountains and the city of segovia.
it took my breath away.
i've never been able to say that about anything that i've look at before, i don't believe. but it did. i just sat there, quiet. taking in the light. taking in all that my eyes could see. and really tried to feel. ha! oh did i. it was perfect.
completely random added tidbit: later that day, i was walking through the city, and i saw a girl in her wedding dress, running through the city with her groom. it was perfect. they'd just gotten married and they were practically floating. as if the day could get any more magical.
i have officially been her for 1 week today. i'm already sad that this journey is already a week over, but the Lord keeps assuring my heart that the best is yet to come. I believe that. i fully do.
sleep now. i know this isn't a lot. but i have to much to say! unfortunately, i have to sleep. HAVE to. maria beckons, and i can no longer breathe. pray that i get better! i want to be able to take it all in. literally.
love you all.
brooke.
also: just to let you into my mind a little more, there are 2 songs that are my life right now.
the first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pDiBno4ZfQ
i sang this the entire day at segovia. i can't even describe to you how honest it is.
the second:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VIQ3Mo2x9w
because i'm in a redemptive season. and monique and i sing this every morning.
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