Well, since I last blogged much has changed around here. Many of the people that had been here left, including a lot of the kids--thus, it has been very quiet around the school. Christal and I both took a class in July and right now have been enjoying a few weeks of "regrouping" before school starts the first week of September. It's nice to have some time to think through the multitudes of things we were taught since we got here. Also, we have been able to get out a little more thanks to the van that was given to us by a family that left last month. One of the excursions we went on was into Italy with a family of our French friends. We were able to take in some interesting sites as well as enjoy a day speaking French with this dear family--a day which also included stopping by to see part of their family that lived in a beautiful little village in the mountains of Italy. If you look at the pictures I posted you will see a lot of the mountain shots and ruins are from this trip. We have also been able to spend some time getting to know our French neighbors. Cassie goes to school with the little girl, and her parents have a vegetable stand at the weekly marché. The grandmother loves to talk and enjoys hearing us talk. It has been fun to get to know them and be able to have someone to regularly converse with in French. Please pray that we are able to share the love of Christ with them as we build this relationship. Thanks for praying for us!!
