Traveling with Ray Owens
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Day 8 – Barcelona Last full day and saying goodbyes. Feb 27 This day brought mixed feelings. On one hand, I am sad to say goodbye to Matt and Michelle. I have come to think of them as dear friends this week. It has been a pleasure learning from them about their work here in…
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This morning, we set out for the now familiar walk of about 25 minutes from our hotel to Matt and Michelle’s apartment. It very much feels like home now. We had a nice discussion about culture. My main take away (I do not claim it was the takeaway we were supposed to takeaway) was that…
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Today we walked to the Matt and Michelle’s house and arrived at about 10:00. We had a very nice discussion about how to love our neighbors. We heard the parable (which is based on very real stories of mission activities) which I will try to summarize. There was once a small village of people that…
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Today was our only full day of being a tourist. We left the hotel at 8:30 to arrive at the Basílica de la Sagrada Família (Church of the Sacred Family) for our 10:45 entry tickets. The train would not normally take that long but we played it safe due to the strike. The trains ran…
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Today was a day of learning to observe what is going on in a community with mostly our eyes and ears. We were escorted into the city of Barcelona and the smart ladies and less smart men were split into two groups. Matt took the men and Michelle took the women and we walked through…
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I had a very good night’s sleep. I only had to get up once to use the bathroom. That was a plus. I went down to breakfast with some of the gang. I had coffee which was good. I did find out that one of our gang-of-eight members grew up in a major US city…
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The two-day first day. Day 1 of my Barcelona learning experience with my good, soon to be better friends from my church. Eight of us have ventured from Liberty to the lovely city which is the capital of the Catalon region of Spain. Historically the people of this region have been distinguished from the Spanish…
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On this day the ship docked in Vigo, Spain. Elvin and I took a one-hour drive to the north to Santiago de Compostela. I have been to Spain several times and have seen the shells marking the Camino de Santiago, or Way of St. James, is a centuries-old network of pilgrimage routes that all end…
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Day 10 September 26, 2025, Friday On this day they docked the ship in La Coruna, Spain. Penny, Jen and I sat out early for the Historical City of Lugo. Lugo is the only city in the world that has an intact Roman wall that encircles the old city. The wall dates from the 3rd…
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