We arrived back in France 12 days ago and I think that it was just the night before last that I enjoyed my first full & normal night of sleep / rest! God bless jetlag!
(…being a bit of a nighthawk doesn’t help)
On one hand, it feels like it’s been a quiet week but there’ve been lots of good things.
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“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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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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Well… we’re back!
Forgive me for not posting last week … it was a busy week with travel back from France and then wedding preparations between our arrival and the big day.
Let me tell you a bit about it…
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Yes… you read that right. We’re almost home. Oh, not for good yet – the Lord’s not done with us here in Châtellerault – but we will be home for a short stint – we fly out Wednesday.
You could be forgiven for thinking that we’re trying to escape the heat, but that’s not the reason for our travel home…
(notice that the 33 degrees was at 7:52 pm… PLEASE… I thought the heat wave was supposed to be over!)
We’re crossing the ocean to attend my mom’s wedding. It’s been 8 years since my dad passed away and now she’s met someone who makes her feel like a kid again. I’ll share a pic or two after the wedding.
… for now, onto this week’s post.
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After a long bus ride yesterday, today’s trip from Bourges to Paris would be a cinch in comparison!
Initially, the plan was that we’d leave the group in Bourges and head straight back to Châtellerault, given that they were in a straight line to Paris and that missionary Paul Brochu (overall coordinator for #AYCFrance19 on the French side) would be meeting them there.
In then end, however, we stayed with them for longer than planned… let me tell you about that…
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Day 3 of our #AYCFrance19 tour took us to Bordeaux, without question one of the winemaking capitals of France. For much of Day 4 we would retrace our steps and head back north as far as Tours, before heading toward the center of France to the city of Bourges, in the Berry province.
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Day 2 of our time with #AYCFrance19 took place in our little corner of France – Châtellerault, but Day 3 would take us to the 6th largest city in the country with some 800,000 people: The city of Bordeaux.
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In as much as Day 1 was a tourism day, Day 2 was their first day of ministry in western France, and it happened in our neck of the woods…
(Incidentally… the feature photo – the letters AYC, spelled out with team members – was taken in Châtellerault, during our prayer walk)
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For the past week, the French churches have been hosting #AYCFrance19, one of the UPCI General Youth Division’s 2019 Apostolic Youth Corps mission trips. Young people from all over the United States and Canada travel to different parts of the world to work with local missionaries, encouraging local churches and believers.
We’ve been privileged to spend the last week with the team here in France.
There’s really too much to share in a single post, so I’ll spread it over 5 – one post for each of the days we spent with the group personally.
The closest day to our heart will be tomorrow – day two – the day they spent in Châtellerault. Nevertheless, every day was special… let’s begin with day 1…
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