Madrid, day 21st

I know, I know... as been a while since I had updated the E's blog but those few past weeks has been really busy. But ... i have tons to talk and guess what!! pictures!!!  :-)

So as y'all know we got internet in our place. Thumbs up for the spaniards! ;-)
In the other hand... we had problems on the bathroom, kitchen and partial electric power all over the house.  so... thumbs down for the spaniards! :-(

The good thing is its all solved now. The landlord came with the construction peeps and solved it all. Thanks Lord! During those busy school days + construction going on + crazy weather and crazy roommates all around I am so surprised with myself in how I was handling all that at once with patience and good humor. I guess the Lord is help me out on that A LOT. :-)   and I am just thankful for all that. What I could resume all that in one biblical verse:

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Philippians 45-7

OK so... here you are some information about my new life in Madrid - Spain.
I am living with six more friends from Brazil. They all attend the same college campus as well. So we pretty much know each other a lil bet.

The funny thing is that on our group we have 2 boys (myself and David Jun) + 5 girls (Flavia, Karina, Nathalia, Ana and Helena) living in the same apartment. So... I am not used to live on a 99% talking place all day long... lol

Question! Why girls talk so much? hahaha

Ok. So... I have my own room wich is almost done:

           

This is the view of our "Calle" = Street... so that is my new address:
Ermeson F Santos
Calle de la Aduana, 23 - 2piso Izquerdo
    28013   Madrid - Madrid
    Spain

This is the crew:
From right to left David Jun and his fiance Flavia, Helena (purple), Nathalia (black dress), Karina e Ana (hat)

Right on the corner of our apartment rises up our Starbucks. =-p

... as you know we live right on Madrid's downtown ... so ... everything happens here 24 hours a day. Madrid is a very charming city and our neighborhood is very artsy. By 5 minutes walking we can reach the Gran Via avenue = 5th Avenue in NYC. 2 minutes walk and we are at Plaza del sol = Praça da Se in Sao Paulo. 15minutes walk we are right at Del Prado Museum and at Parque de El Retiro = Ibirapuera Park in Sao paulo or the Central park in NYC. Ah... and right in front our house its located the Real Academia de Bellas Artes = Fine Arts Royal academy... i know i know... :-)

Well i have lots of pictures from the Noche en Blanco event and from my visit to the city of Valencia this past weekend. Gorgeous town on the beach area about 5 hours (bus ride) from Madrid.

So... as soon as i upload the picts on my flickr account i'll post the link for y'all ok.

Please keep pray for me to find a job so can help me out on finances. And still looking for a church. Joanne have some contacts about a church so we are trying to get in touch with a pastor around here. And about support... I just have created a new campaign called Emerson's Madrid Support or EMS. You can help donating $10,00 and that is enough help till i can get a new job here. So you can help in various ways: You can donate or just send out the link to someone you know that would like to donate.

The weblink for donations is: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=EJCPSCLEGR3D6

Thanks for everything y'all. And Special thanks for the Joanne's Bible study Ladies - Miss you guys. And for Hibernia folks + Circle of Faith... thanks Tons!

I'll talk to y all really soon.

Always in HIM,

- Emerson