7 days and counting...

Well, we have reached the final countdown to the end of the semester.  I can honestly say that I am sad to go, not because of the people but because of the experience.  I have learned so much this semester and become more of the person both myself and my parents want me to be.  I know that no matter what I do after this semester, or even this year since next semester I will be changed even more, I can do it well and with pride and knowing that I am the better person if it comes to that.

There have been ups and downs this semester but I have gotten through them all better than I could have ever before without the help of someone else.  I came to Europe by myself.  Most people can't say they have gone to another state by themselves no less another country or continent.  It's a growing experience that is for sure.  I am glad that I got the experience and would definitely suggest it to anyone who was even just slightly thinking about it.

As I look at this next week and all the things that I must do, I fear that the most difficult will be saying good bye to my host family.  They are truly amazing people with open hearts and kind souls.  If it were not for them I probably would have gone home at the beginning of the semester when I was struggling to get on my feet.  I know that if I were to come back here I would be able to get to see them again.  I will be back here some day.  I know that for sure.

The only people I will miss though besides my family are two amazing girls who were my friends when I needed them.  If it were not for them I would have never left the house besides to go to school this semester.  As the semester closes I am thanking God for the fact that he put them in my life this semester.

With one exam down and two more to go, I am struggling to study when all I want to be doing is enjoying the outside world that I am soon going to have to leave to go back home to a freezing cold winter wonderland.  I miss the people there and cannot wait to see them but the place I could honestly never go back to.  7 days how did that happen so fast?  It feels like just a month ago that we were arriving here in Spain not knowing anyone.

More Spam from Spain to come as the week and semester comes to a close...