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6 Years Ago, I Moved to Spain. You Won’t Believe What’s Happened. [Part 5/9 – Year Three: Silver Lining]

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I continued to spend time with the church group.

I wanted so badly to tell someone, anyone, about my heartbreak. But I kept quiet. Who would care? Everyone liked this guy.

He was so handsome, charismatic, had a cool job, and was a “good Christian man,” the one my parents may have wanted me to marry, except it turns out that not all “good Christian men” are good Christians.

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6 Years Ago, I Moved to Spain. You Won’t Believe What’s Happened. [Part 4/9 – Year Three: Gran Canaria]

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I was determined to find my own apartment.

After two years of living with roommates, I wanted for once, just once, to live on my own. And what better place than an island?

Within a day, I found my dream apartment.

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Why I Moved to the Canary Islands (And Why I Left)

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Two years ago, I bought a one-way ticket to Gran Canaria.

I didn’t have any friends there. I didn’t know where I would live. I didn’t know anything about Gran Canaria. In fact, up until a few months prior, I hadn’t had any interest in visiting the Canary Islands at all.

And yet here I was, about to move to one of them.

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