One life goal done: go to all the continents except for Antarctica

Warning: this post will be long.

So this week was a Moroccan holiday call the Eid Kabir. The Eid Kabir is a holiday when every Moroccan family gathers together and sacrifices a lamb. Before they sacrifice it, they get to know the lamb and spend time with it for two days. They first slaughter the lamb and then blow air into it through a long tube so that they can remove the skin more easily. The first day, they eat the liver and intestines and hang the rest of the lamb and spend the rest of the day celebrating. They proceed to eat the rest of the lamb during the next week or two. This is a big festival and everybody looks forward to this event. The king sacrificed a lamb on this holdiay for all the people who cannot afford a sheep. However, even if you can't afford it, most people take out loans to buy a lamb, because it is looked down upon if you don't sacrifice a lamb on this holiday.
Because of this holiday, our school combined this holiday with Thanksgiving and gave us a week off of school, rather than having us take two smaller breaks. So, what did I do with all that time off? Well, Monday, I washed clothes and went to the new grocery store and went into an elaborate carpet store that was full of expensive looking fabrics. It was kind of overwhelming to see the wealth of this store with such poverty just outside. Tuesday two friends and I went to Markesh, a smaller city closeby and just wandered the streets, visiting their old city and enjoying a nice chilly Moroccan day. We took the train there, which was very nice and quite cheap. (about 3 dollars a trip)
Tuesday night, I then left for Spain with 9 friends. This completed my journey to all 6 of the continents that I really care to go to. We ate lots of bacon and other forms of pig (which is banned in Muslim culture) , slept in a heated building, played soccer, went to the beach, read and played risk and other games. We wandered around the streets a couple days and looked at a few touristy things from the outside, but didn't actually pay to go in. One night, a few of us went to a bar to watch some flamenco dancers and musicians.
During my time here, I've been wondering where I want to teach next year. While I have enjoyed being here, it is a difficult place to live, especially for a single woman. I love the school and know that it is the kind of place that I would love to work at, but I'm not sure I'd want to live in this country. Please pray for me, as I seek God's will for my future and where he would have me teach.

So here we are... it's halfway through my journey and I praise God for all that I have learned here. So much, about myself, teaching and SO, SO much about this world's depravity and God's love for all his people. I look forward to going home, but know that there is so much left to do in this country.

I thought there was something else I wanted to share about in this blog, but I forgot. I'm sure I'll remember later and add it then.