Survivor: Espana

We've been having some issues in the houses the last few weeks. The cleaning isn't getting done, dirty plates left all over the kitchen, light bulbs burned out that no one wants to replace, people coming in at 1 or 2 in the morning and pounding down the hallway in high heels, the internet is temperamental, 18 people are using our kitchen, and on and on and on. Sufrimos mucho! Well, we had a bit of a conversation today about all of this and our conclusion pretty much was that we know no solutions. We know the problems, and we know the focus of the ministry is to help people who have just arrived in Spain to begin to build a life, and we know that everyone is from different backgrounds and cultures and different ways of doing things. We definitely agreed that we need to have respect and think about other people and we need to remember that it's God's will that this house serve it's purpose for the ministry.

Alex said, "Well, we'll see how it goes for another month and we'll talk to people when they do something that's not good, and after a month, we'll...."

and he paused and didn't really finish his sentence but in my head I was thinking..."we vote someone off the island!!" We figure out who's the source of most of the problems, and we nominate them to leave. I had this great image in my head of them packing their bags and Alex snuffing out their torch and saying it's time for them to go.

This makes me laugh. Alot. We send them packing...they couldn't hack it in Espana. They didn't outwit, outplay, and outlast!

Community living. What an experience.