our week.. with evangelism!!!

So this week has been intense spiritually to say the least. All three of us are being broken by God in different ways over different things...a lot of it being brokeness in our owns lives... which is good because God is bringing healing.. but tough when he´s breaking you over your own brokeness, the brokeness around you, and the brokeness of a country in desperate need of the savior.
This week we found the largest draw for sexual tourism to barcelona...it´s an interactive virtual reality porn show which makes three shows a night and is a HUGE draw into Barcelona... we´re pretty positive there´s a brothel above it.. that or some sort of prostitution... needless to say my heart was pretty wrenched when we found this.
God also began to break me of some bitterness and pain I´ve been holding onto... which is really good.. but really tough nonetheless...especially when you realize how deep it stems...
we did some art evangelism on the beach which was really powerful. During it, God brought to my mind that if nothing else was accomplished that day we worshipped him and in a place where that does not often happen. That was really powerful and encouraging for me... because thats what God desires for us.. to be with him and worship him. We then spent an hour and a half in intercessory prayer for some very dear people in the states! :) you know who you are and we love you!
Yesterday we went to a culture and history museum... we saw ancient roman ruins (dating pre-jesus!). It was pretty cool.. what was really cool for me was to watch how much joy it brought ash and kels and that God allowed me some time just to reflect and think while there.
The best part of yesteday however, was on the way home from the cafe. Ash and I left Kelsey to finish some school papers she needed to do and headed to a cafe. I spent some tiem with Jesus writing lyrics and Bible studies... anyways, when we left to go home, a woman walked past us as we were waiting for the metro. Her skin was covered in some sort of sores/bumps and all I could think when she walked by was how beautiful she was and how much I wanted to tell her that... when I shared that with Ash she said " so tell her." This was huge for me.. I´ve been having a lot of compassion on people and wanting to reach out and talk to them, but God had been restraining me.. like it wasn´t time yet... Anyways, so Ash and I board the metro and semi-stalk this woman (we weren´t sure we should talk.. adn the you get nervous you know) so we sat down... and Ash turned to me and said we should go at the next stop to talk to her. I kid you not, the last word of that sentence leaves her mouth and the two people sitting next to this woman get up and leave...so we take that as our cue and move seats. We sit there awkwardly for a few moments, and then God gave me His words. I shared with this woman (in Spanish mind you) that I was a Christian and when she had walked by me earlier, I thought she was beautiful and God had laid on my heart that she has a beauty in her heart that no other person possess and that He sees her and loves her so deeply and has a plan for her. Her face lit with joy! It was beautiful... her name was Pilar and she has lived her her whole life.. we small talked with her and then Ashley asked me to tell her that she liked her skirt.. and you should have seen the delight in Pilar´s face when I told her what Ashley had said.. it was beautiful!! Then we kissed on the cheeks as is custom here in Spain, and she got off at her spot.
The joy that was ours in sharing Christ love with this woman was incredible.. and just what my heart needed. I THRIVE off of sharing God´s love and mercy and compassion with others... and that´s what we FINALLY were able to do.. at least in a way that´s tangeble to me!
Tonight we hit the streets with La Zona Roja.. be praying! We´ll keep you posted!!! Much love!!!AZ for the gang