Culture Shocked Much?

We are in Madrid, Spain! We went from Saturday night in Portland to Tuesday night in Spain without sleeping...I literally fell asleep standing up. I wish I was exaggerating. If you speak English, you might as well be speaking in tongues. Seriously! It's crazy! We're being forced to talk in Spanish to everyone so we are all getting cute little accents, even when we're speaking English and it hasn't even been a week! Let's see, we currently don't have hot water so we are taking showers in the FREEZING water! We were complaining, but we got convicted and then had a 4 hour prayer meeting/Bible Study (11-3am, no joke) about Phil. 2:14-15...."Do all things without murmurings and disputings. That ye may be blameless in the midst of a crooked and preverse nation whereas ye shine as lights among the world..." That is our verse...we said thats our missionary verse and it gave us "chill bumps" as Natalie Alders says! We went to church our first night here. 1. they didn't translate 2. I was then awake for about 36 hours 3. they speak spanish 4. we do not. Needless to say, we have no idea what happened. But, I am so glad that is not the end of the story. God swept into that place and I cried, and cried. I have seriously never felt that before. I didn't understand a word that was being spoken but I felt the power in such a powerful, that when my eyes were closed I was back at home with my Awacks. It was the craziest thing. I've only been here a week but I am already falling in love with the people, the culture, the city and the country. Not to mention the 12 of us that are here, we connect so much and are all on the same page with God. I admit, I was kind of nervous...11 single girls + 1 boy doesn't normally = anything good lol. However, none of the girls are into Justin. Not that they don't like him but...you know what? I'm just gonna stop there before I get in trouble. Anyway, the girls are more into God than anything else and it shows in everything about them. God is so good and this trip has already been life changing and it's not even been a week...more to come! Love from Spain!