On Our Way

Well, we said goodbye to our host families today and headed off at 6:35am. We got to Malaga by use of GoogleEarth's helpful pictures, and got tickets on the AVE (a super fast train) to Madrid. The trip was long and we saw mountains and olive trees fly past in a blur. When the sun came up there was a beautiful sunrise on the mountains. We paused in Cordoba, and then came into Madrid around 10:40am. We went and got in line to buy tickets for a sleeper train, but it was full. Instead we got tickets that will allow us to take a train to Barcelona at 11:45 tomorrow morning.
We took a metro and bus to a suburb called Saint Augustine and wandered around for a few hours trying to find Rachel's brother-in-law's uncle's house. :D
Elizabeth, Suzanne and I finally sat down in a park while Dan and Rachel went and found a cybercafe to look up their number. Then we called the Eichelman's and Mrs. Eichelman picked us up at the bus stop. We found out that this town is very different from other parts of Spain because of the vast urbanizaiton. It helps the missionaries fit in because people aren't well established (with generations living int he same house). The family was very kinda nd generous, adpoting us into their home for the night and sharing two meals with us. They are also going out of their way to make some conections for us with Mennonite Your Way in the cities where we are traveling to so that we can save money on hostels and be able to live with some of our brothers and sisters.
If you are reading this, please pray for team unity, as we have been having some problems with personality clashes. We are sorting it out, but we always appreciate your prayers and God's help.
Dios vos bendiga.
Mark