Pray for Action!

With everything I am I would like to ask you all to pray diligently for my support situation! I'm excited to see how He will provide and I'm excited that you are a part of that through prayer or support!

Culture Shock *wink*

Never a dull moment here in Lille! In the square in front of my appartment there is a very large fountain. Last Sunday I was waiting for a couple of friends and a group of guys came a long and decided to take a picture with the fountain sprays. You should never take life too seriously anyway. The catch is that only in France would the grown man on the right decide not to risk getting his pantlegs wet by completely taking them off! Next time you think your dad or husband or grandfather is strange, just remember that could have been him in this fountain in France and be very grateful!

Thank you Canada!

We had a team of 17 (mostly from Canada) who came to do construction on our church a couple weeks ago. There were here for two weeks and I was able to host these two girls (Larissa from canada on the left and Joan from Jamaica on the right) for a week. Because of the fundraising adn the two weeks of work this team put in we now have two extra rooms in our church which will be used for the children and the youth. I'm in the process of decorating the youth room *huge smile* I'll post before and after pictures when we're finished. This team with their willing hearts and hands has made it a lot more possible for us to accomidate the slow and steady growth we are seeing. IT'S INCREDIBLE!

English 101

I went to dinner with my Tuesday night English class to celebrate a wonderful school year together. It was incredible! They are so generous and each came with a gift card I can use in four different local stores here...such a financial blessing to me right now! In this dinner that went from 7:30 - 11:30 I was asked if I ever got homesick. I was able to talk with three women about how God has and will continue to met my every need here in such a sweet and devine way. Gernerosity and Gratitude! Great French food! Great company! Great opportunity to share my faith! Does it get better then that?

The water was VERY cold!

The first baptism I've seen in France. For us at Eau Vive it was the baptism of these two believers (the men in white shirts standing to the right of my pastor) as well as a symbolic baptism of our new room. Praise the Lord for both! Yes those are electric wires hanging down from the ceiling but they really are much higher then they look in the picture ;o)

Mon petit chien qui s'appelle Baxter!!!

I would like you to meet Baxter! I have been wanting a dog for a while now but could not afford it because of addoption costs and vaccinations and stuff. A friend of mine found this sweet dog for me and I am so very excited. He is a purebread Yorkshire Terrier, three and a half months old. My friend used a great connection of his to get him for me for free with his vaccinations and everything! (I don't know if it's the same in america actually but purebread dogs are incredibly expensive here) Isn't he cute?!?!?!