Mallorca - Old News but worth sharing!

Since we didn't have this blog in 2005 I thought I'd take this opportunity to share some of our pictures and a bit of our experiences from Mallorca Spain when we were there.

For those of you who don't know where Mallorca is (I didn't until a few years ago. I finally looked it up because so many Germans go there for vacation.) it is an island off the coast of Spain in the Mediteranian. It is a beautiful place with beaches as well as mountains. The landscape actually reminds me of San Diego. It is pretty small, we were able to drive from one corner to the other (longest distance) in about an hour and a half.

David was asked to come and teach for a Bible College retreat in October 2005 in Mallorca. One of our elders and his family from the church here in Freiburg are now there teaching and ministering in other ways at the church and Bible College. A bitter-sweet arrangement...we hate to let them go, but they are a blessing there! They come back to Germany during the semester breaks at least.

We were blessed to be able to go as an entire family and spend 2 weeks there. One week David was gone with the students at the retreat and one week we had together as a family. The week that he was gone I and kids spent time with the wife our elder who lives there and their foster children, triplet girls who were 3 at the time. We took walks to the beach and had fun hanging out together.

David really enjoyed sharing and spending time with the students at the retreat and I had the privilage of sharing at their monthly women's Bible study. It was nice to be able to get to know some of the students a bit and get to know the pastor and his wife from the church there better.

Unfortunately we don't speak Spanish, but Mallorca is a major tourist destination for Europeans, in fact in the area where the church is we heard more English and German than Spanish! The church is very international so we were able to communicate with most people in either English or German.

It is a trip we would like to do again. We were there for ministry but were able to have vacation at the same time and really relax, it was great! They have asked us to come back and do the same thing again. Unfortunately we weren't able to in 2006 because it was right around the time we were expecting Dariah. But Lord willing another time...

So here are a few pics, there are so many, I had to just choose a few!

October and the water was still warm!

The Phamily

21 jellyfish!

Jesaiah catching the 21 jellyfish!

Cool suits of armor in the Palace in Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca (the Capitol)

Cute little Spanish village

San Diego right?