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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In addition to one Saturday each month, the national Bible School program in France involves one full week during the month of August as well.
This year, however, I didn’t go up alone. I had company…
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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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