Welcome to the last week of September. This is the place where I distill “the week that was” … making sense of it in my mind and sharing it with those who follow our story on a regular basis. Continue reading
Category Archives: Events
Back to School… for the 1st time!
This morning, I’m again writing you from Pat-à-Pain… the “French fast-food & internet place” as we are, once again, without internet…. wait, what!? “No internet” what is this thing you speak of??? 🙂 Continue reading
Creation vs Evolution @ Bible School
First year Bible School Maëva Morvan is a dedicated Bible School student and member of the national headquarters church in Melun. Here you see her giving a devotional message during the daily chapel service. She is just one of the reasons that we are in France and glad to be part of growing the church here. Continue reading
Happy & Sad
Happy:
Liz & I spent a wonderful few days celebrating our anniversary in Paris, while our kids enjoyed a few days with friends about 1.5hr south of here. It’s rare for us to be separated, but it was good for all of us.
Sad:
It was upon our return from Paris, on Thursday, that we found out about yet another Terror-related attack in France. Two radicalized young men brutally killed an 83 year-old priest as he officiated mass in a small church in Normandy.
Light in Darkness…
Yet again… France has been struck by an attack designed to kill innocents and strike fear in the hearts of the rest of the nation. The date: July 14th – France’s National Holiday (like US’s July 4th or Canada Day)… Crowds were gathered in city squares & parks all over the country and in Nice, the crowd was diminished by 84 lives immediately following the end of the fireworks display.
Tour de France 2016 – Stage 4
There was no shortage of excitement Tuesday as the 103rd Tour de France whizzed through Châtellerault, not even a 5-min walk from our house. Needless to say, school was put on hold for Dominic & Soph and we headed just one street over when we saw crowds begin to gather. Continue reading
France under Water!
Several months ago, we were able to baptize Danielle in Jesus’ name for the remission of sins (Acts 2.38) and Sunday she was able to be with us in service for the first time!
His Eye is on the Sparrow…
Do you remember the old hymn “His eye is on the sparrow”? We’ve been a bit of a case study for that over the past week…
Pentecost: experiencing & anticipating
This has been a week where we’ve seen God’s hand at work in a couple of our services. Pentecost… it’s not just a date on the calendar or a page out of history. It’s still happening.
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Greetings from Paris!
Sometimes ministry happens in national meetings, other times it happens with 24 young people in a converted car dealership and other times still, it happens with a single elderly saint in her apartment. Today I’ll tell you about all three.
AIM Long 