Homesick

Well, friends, I am in Burgos in a huge but very nice and cheap albergue (something like 110 places) and am already anxious to be back out in the country. I don´t know if it was the tuna empanada I ate for dinner, spiritual warfare because tomorrow is the day I enter the Meseta, constipation, the busy city and museum-like cathedral, or some combination of all of them, but I´m not feeling my best. For one, I´m feeling the first slight pangs of homesickness for my familiar loved ones and settings. I´ve also already lost a notch on my belt which means there´s no natural padding between my hips and the waist band of my pack. Bruises like that get rather painful towards the end of the day.
On the bright side, my Quebecan friend gave me a similar report to my Korean friend regarding her foot, saying "whatever you did" really helped. That´s 3 points for the Master Healer for those of you keeping score at home. Also reunited with my other Nebraskan friend (not the female pastor, though I feel compelled after my last post to say that despite her somewhat combatant liberalism she really is quite kind) and talked with him for a while. Didn´t have much to do this afternoon, so I toured the cathedral, which was beautiful but very much a museum instead of a church building. My favorite part was a Flemish tapestry on display portraying God´s creation and presentation of Eve to Adam. It was very sweet how God hugged Eve close (like a Father!), she shyly hid half of her face in his robe, and Adam had this expression that looked as if he was thinking "Holy moly!"
The pilgrims´mass felt fairly dry compared to the wonderful mass in Logroño. I find it a bit disappointing each time that apparently Catholics don´t take what I consider full Communion, but only the Body. It doesn´t help that Spanish is barely my second language, but I´m already looking forward to my first Anglican worship in Madrid on the 26th!
My older Californian friend seems to have taken more of a liking to me since yesterday, so hopefully I can turn that to my advantage in telling him about Jesus. I think it was be particularly important on the Meseta for me to keep my Bible close and be ready to share. Although he seems to like doing most of the talking in any thoughtful conversation, he is a respectful listener as well.
That´s pretty much all I have for now. I probably will not have a chance to write any updates while I´m on the Meseta, but please continue to pray for me and my fellows. God bless!