Remember that German lady's birthday party that I went to? She runs a radio station in this area. It's actually the local radio, but they don't care what she plays on it so she plays Christian music, testimonies, and other Christian programs. What a blessing! So yesterday I spent the day with her. Mostly we drove around to different villages posting flyers for the radio station, but we also stopped at the radio and I got to see how some things worked with it. It was fun!
Next week I am going to be doing two different radio programs, one in Spanish and the other in English. At first Bea just wanted me to share my testimony, but after hearing it decided to make it into a sort of interview to fill an entire hour long program. For each language. Whew! My work is cut out for me! The last time I tried to give my testimony in Spanish at Bible study in Valladolid, it was a grammatical disaster. I'm surprised they could even understand what I was trying to say!
Another thing I will be helping her out with is listening to Spanish children's radio programs to discern whether they are applicable to the Spanish culture, since they are American programs that have been translated into Spanish. Should be interesting.
The last thing Bea asked me to do while she was driving me home yesterday is put together an hour long program on purity in Spanish. Woah. Sue and I had just been talking the other day about how purity is something that is kind of unheard of in the Spanish culture. Even in Christian circles there is no sense of emotional, nor physical purity. I've noticed it because purity is something that is so important to me, personally. Still, this is kind of a huge thing for me to take on. I don't want to be the American girl that is coming in and "trying to tell them how to run things" or push "my culture" on them. I am praying that God will help me to not make it seem that way, but to show them what the Bible says for all cultures. Whew. This is a big one for me. But I'm SO excited that God is choosing to use me here!
Right now, there is a group here from Nebraska. They just got to Spain and are doing some training for a few days before starting their mission trip for six more weeks. It's so interesting to be around Americans again. At least Americans who haven't been here for a while, like Sue and Glenn. Things are just so different, like personal space. I was talking to this girl for a while and couldn't figure out why she kept backing away from me. I almost asked her where she was going. Finally, I remembered the cultural difference and laughed to myself. Silly me!
Things will be pretty interesting coming back... that's for sure!
Can't wait to see you all!
P.S.
25 days until my
21st birthday!!!!! Woooo!!
