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Freddy’s Fun Facts Meet Paula
• Paella is a traditional Spanish
dish. It is rice made with various
types of seafood and saffron, a spice What is your family like? Do you
that makes the rice yellow. have brothers and sisters?
• Every year, each 6th grade class Nine-year-old Paula is the daughter of a pastor of an
takes a week-long trip. OMS-related church in Spain. Here she tells a little
bit about herself and growing up in Madrid, Spain.
• Lunch is the largest meal of the
day. It is served around 3:00 p.m. I am Spanish, but I was born in Colombia, South
America, when my parents were there attending
• Dinner is usually a small meal. It is seminary. My dad is a pastor, and my mom takes
eaten around 9:00 p.m. care of my sister Marta, my brother Marcos, and me.
• Spanish is spoken all over We live in a high-rise apartment, which is typical in
Spain, but in certain areas, Spain. I have blond hair and blue eyes. I like to swim, and I
four other languages are like to skate. My favorite food is macaroni, and my favorite
spoken: Catalán, Vasco, dessert is melon.
Valenciano, and Gallego.
After school, I play in the park and eat
• The Canary Islands, off the ice cream. My friends and I play make
coast of Africa, and the
Balearic Islands, in the believe a lot. Sometimes, we play
Mediterranean Sea, are beautiful school, and I am the teacher. Other
Spanish vacation spots. times, we act like we are customers
shopping at a big department
store. I like to pretend that I’m
• When women marry in Spain, they
do not take their husband’s last the cashier.
name. They keep their own last
name (their maiden name). My sister and I attend the OMS childrens camp during the
summer. Last year, six kids accepted Jesus into their hearts
• The city of Pamplona invites people at camp. My favorite thing about church is the worship.
every July for the running of the I love to sing praises to the Lord!
bulls.
Spaniards like to go out and get
• Spain is the second most visited Cook’s Corner:
country in the world— More than 52 something to drink and eat tapas
million tourists travel there each (appetizers) before dinner, especially on weekends. Empañadillas are a
year. popular tapa. They can be filled with all types of ingredients, but the
most typical are tuna and tomato.
Take an armchair trip through
Spain! Discover in puzzle form
the enchanting cities, the
beauty of the country and
some of Spain’s historical
events in the 21 colorful,
wordless layouts of this book.
Anno’s Spain
by Mitsumasa Anno
ISBN 0-3992-4238-4
Missions to the MAX is written and published by One Mission Kids. No unauthorized reproduction. © 2021 One Mission Society.