A day or two to catch up before we hit the road again. I enjoy traveling and experiencing new sights. I enjoy hosting people who spend their hard earned money to come visit a new place. I enjoy showing off our surrounding experiences with others. This is also a photo dump post with pictures that really do not tie together.
I typically have a day of silent depression when guests leave. The house is quiet. Routines try to find their way back into existence. Yet everyday still has the potential to be new for me due to the weather, the amount of daylight, school deadlines for the kids and desire to explore. Just when I think I have finally gotten to the point of predicting how the day will go, it flip-flops or takes a slight deviation from what I view as normal. Normal now is really not normal. We are thinking about what to see before we return to America, how to start packing, and when to start the goodbyes of our French friends.
We tried a different church, one that incorporated both French and English from the front. I wanted the kids to realize that most anywhere in the world you can find a church that speaks English. The church we visited met in a hotel near the city center. It has been several months since the 4 of us worshiped together. Typically Randy is downstairs hearing French, while the kids and I are in the balcony with simultaneous English translation. This visiting church service was in English with French translation all up front, much like I experienced in Uganda. The speaker says a few sentences, the translator translates, and this back and forth repeats. It can make for a long service. Some songs were in English, which were music to our ears.
Lees in France 