Back home again...

After leaving Llançà yesterday morning, we arrived in Barcelona around lunch time, and had time to visit a few of the city's sights in the afternoon, before meeting up in the evening with my friends who are involved in youth ministry and church planting in the city. Some of these photos above were taken at Parque Guell, with its famous architecture and mosaic "dragon." Others were taken down at the harbour area, where there is a reproduction of a Spanish galleon that may be something like the one Christopher Columbus used when he sailed to the "new world." While visiting a colourful market that is known for its fruit and fruit juices, I had a new taste experience. While Carmelita drank her raspberry and banana juice, I chose a bright pink juice that was made from coconut and pitaya. Pitaya, sometimes known as "dragon fruit," is from a cactus-like plant that is common in Asia and South America.

This morning we were up at the crack of dawn to catch a bus to the airport for our early morning flights. By midday, I was back in Malaga, where Anja met me at the airport. We swung by my house to check on my three furry friends (Anja had been one of the people looking after the cats in my absence) before going to her house, where my car had been parked for the past three weeks. Apart from catching up on emails, the rest of today has had a "cleaning" emphasis: washing the car, washing the settee covers that the cats had been sleeping on for three weeks, cleaning the terrace, washing my holiday laundry.... and, of course, doing some shopping, so that I have food in the fridge again.
Tomorrow and Friday, we'll be meeting as a Villa Rehoboth team (six of us) to pray and plan for the different schools, seminars and retreats that we'll be holding during 2013. Thanks for your prayers.