poco a poco

i{ve made it to october. it feels good to have the passing of a month, a feeling of some kind of accomplishment.
i am living in a little house behind the mail house here at the granja. up at 7 before the sun, then a breakfast of fresh bread, avacado, fresh cheese, jams, and carrot tea.
i am eating like a king, the best i{ve ever eaten in my life probably. lunch is the biggest meal, the main meal, and there is always fresh greens for salads, homemade olive oil, lemons from the surrounding orchard, we eat lunch at a table in the orchard, more fresh bread, and a warm main dish that is always delicious. giulia and manuel, the couple who own the farm, are warm and inviting, and don{t hesitate to make fun of my spanish. i have transitioned from a nervous and tentative foreigner, to almost part of the family. i am truly blessed to be in this place. the lord is faithful, and i am seeing tangibly his love for me as i must depend on him.

the work here is good, i am always sore at the end of the day. digging and setting fence posts, making rock walls for terraces, planting and watering plants, collected firewood and madura for the cabana we{re building. we just got two tipis that we will be assembling in addition to other projects.

the farm is 500 hectares nestled in a little valley surrounded by 6000 plus ft high mtns. the sunrise and sunset are gorgeous and tonight is the first full moon. cactus and so many wildflowers highlight the dry grasses. my favorite time of the day is about 5 when the sun is on its way down behind the mtns. the shadows stretch and the breeze blows from the southest, filling me up with the beauty of this place.

i am blessed to have the companionship of other wwoofers, especially my friend Sam. Sam is from Belgium and is quite a guy. we{ve become friends, as he and i are both here for a couple of months and other wwoofers come and go. he is an answer to prayers, as the one thing ive been worried about it loneliness. the lord is good. i think that now that i have to depend on him, i can see him more clearly. this is new for me, trusting that is. trusting because i have to, not because i want to. i don{t really have an option.

i am well, and adjusting to this new step in life. poco a poco, little by little, i am learning and understanding this new language and place. thanks for all your prayers and thoughts. glory to Him who loves us so much!