End of Summer…

End of Summer…

While the calendar may not yet officially herald the end of summer, we all know that Labor Day weekend in North America pretty much shuts it down as things ramp back up for fall.

While ‘Labor Day’ in France is in May, meaning that this is not a holiday weekend for us, still … the implications are the same. Summer is done like dinner!

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His Kingdom Come… in France

His Kingdom Come… in France

“Kingdom Come” was the theme of the 2019 North American Youth Congress, held last week in St. Louis – the conference our kids attended with some 37,000 other young people. The theme is of course taken from the Lord’s prayer;

“thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven…”

Timo created today’s feature pic. Let me tell you about it.

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The Long Road Home…

The Long Road Home…

See what I did there… “LONG Road Home”?

I wish I could take credit for an intentional play on words, but it was out before I was quick enough to even thing of it.

The other part that’s weird about that title is the word “Home”. The lines are beginning to blur. Where’s home. In one way, it’s always going to be Canada but for the time being – and on another level – it’s France. (We even have to buy travel insurance to come to Canada now!)

Let’s talk about the last two weeks… and look ahead to our departure tomorrow.

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