POST 4: WEDNESDAY

Wednesday,We traveled to Lourdes.It was very very sad to see so many people putting their faith in statues.The church over at the site of the cave makes 18,OOO,OOO euros and keeps 90%of its profits.We were able to hand out hand out some tracks ,but then Ross and I handed a tract to a security guard ,and in the long run ,we had to leave quickly.I was terrified that we'd be put into jail,or arrested ,or kicked out of town.That would have been really scary!!!Later on that day we visited a giant castle /fortification thingy.It was neat.Unfortunately ,we were rained on again.While in the castle we visited an inquisition museum.Eric and Ross (in a rare moment of kindness lol!)censured all the exhibits and told me which ones that I could read without getting all freaked out!Needless to say,I didn't see many!Then everybody sang Disney movie songs.Among the favorites were hakuna matata(Ross's favorite!)and can you feel the love tonight?(which Eric really liked!).I wanted to singI'll make a man out of you ,but Eric and Ross said that was weird for me to sing that one. Then we arrived at a church in Bezeirs.We met the pastor and Eric scared all the girls by creeping out of the window of the boys room,throwing a green alien bunny into the girls room ,and running back to his room to jump back in the window before anybody could catch him.Only problem was thatI yelled "I'm sure that it was Eric "so my Dad opened the boys door in time to see Eric try to climb back in the window.It was really funny.After that we always called that church the green alien bunny church.

Discovery Trip :Post 3 MONDAY and TUESDAY

On Monday we visited Larochelle.We met the replacement Pastorthere who gave us the tour of the town.We learned much about the history of the hugonautsthere.He also treated us to fancy icecreamon the port .Night life in the big city is a little scary.Of course,It's not every night that wander around at 11 at night either.Tuesday we went to Bordeau and ate lunch with Matthieu and Janine.I tried sushi for the first time ,and it was half as bad as I thought that it would be.Then we climbed the largest sand dune in France.It was awful!!!!!Then we went to a church where I was attacked an petted by an old lady who kept cackleing about the fact that I was only 15.Due to these unfortunate events (plus others on which I won't elaborate!) we nick-named this day BLACK TUESDAY.And it was certaintely "a day that will live in infamy!"as Ross so aptly put it!I also tried paté for the first time in 6 years.I was not thrilled.To recap I tried Sushi ,climbed the biggest sand dune in France ,and ate paté for the first time all in one day!Quelle horreur! Pictures left to right:Nadine ,Amelie,and Eric
Second Row:Ross ,me ,and Eric

Discovery Trip :Post 2 SUNDAY

Where the Massacre started.
On the tour.Nathaniel Sermons is standing behind Pastor Bozzi in the black sweater.

E.B. usthe Reformation tour,and it finished at the very place that the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre began.All in all ,it was a very depressing tour.We picked up Amelie Coste ,who is a French girl who went to BJU for 2 years.She was lots of fun.Then we all headed tothe Eiffel Tower.By the time we arrived at the Eiffel Tower it had started to rain.When we got to the top,it was pouring!I was at one of the most ROMANTIC spots in the world with my best-friends older brother and a guy that I had only know for 3 days at this point.What a cruel irony!!!We wanted to order crepes at a street side stand ,but the crepe guy took too long so we went to go eat Kebabs which are called GIROS in English.I almost gouged out Eric's eyes twice with my umbrella ,and I don't know how many time I jabbed Ross in the shoulder.While we waited in the rain I sang "I'm Singin' In The Rain !" and dully impressed Eric and Ross.Ross and Nathaniel Sermon's who happened to meat us in Paris had lots of fun pouring the water that had accumulated in their umbrella's onto me.I don't know why ,but I seem to produce that kind of reaction in people.All in all ,it was a very interesting yet very tiring day!!!

The Discovery Trip :Post 1

Emmanuel Bozzi teaching us church history.
Oldest baptist church in Western Europe.
On Friday ,June 23, I set out on a voyage of discovery,of learning ,of adventure,and of surprises.OK,well maybe it wasn't quite that dramatic .Actually ,it was not dramatic at all.I mean when you spend the majority of your time in a 9 passenger van,it is not that much of an adventure,but I am getting a head of myself.As I was saying ,we left aroubd 2 o'clock from Limoges.I sat next to a scary old lady on the train who kept eating cherries.When we arrived in Paris ,we picked up Eric Bell ,who was suppossed to go with us on the trip.The 5 of us (My dad,Ross ,Me ,Eric and Rousseau,who is a man from our church,) set out on the RER.Do not ask me what that stands for,I have no clue.We arrived at the Bible institute in Chelles around 8.We met Katherine Frost,who was to be the ladies chaperone.She made a good ladies monitor since half of the guys on the trip were afraid of her.We were all exhausted and went to bed at 11ish.I thought that that was really late at night but I sound found out that 11 was extremely early!When we got up the next morning,we ate an early breakfast ,had a history class with Emmanuel Bozzi,discussed the Bible Institute with a young man named Hugo,and set out for the Calvinn Museum in Noyon.Later that day we went to Lille and saw the oldest baptist church in Western Europe.We sang and prayed there ,and it was very touching.Later on that night we ate dinner with Olivier Bourrel's family and then drove 45 minute(approx.) to spend the night with the sermons family ,who are missionaries.Eric ,Ross ,and I always sat together and had lots of fun.Of course ,when we were slap-happy ,you can imagine that it got kinda wild back there!

Who is Ross Hyslop?

Working Hard!
Ross Hyslop Arrived May 12 ,2006.He is my Dad's new intern.He is ,incidentally,Emily's older brother,too.He is 19 and goes to Ambassador Baptist Bible college.He is going to become a missionary to somewhere.In the mean time,we have lots of fun doing various games ,watching corny movies ,and working on LOGARITHIMS !YUCK!!!!!

The visit of Emmy-Poo !!!

Windy day at the Louvre!
Inside the Louvre.

Note :The fat lady was not part of our group!

At Sacré Coeur!!
My picture of Emily Taking A Picture of Me Taking A Picture
On May 31 ,Emily Hyslop and her familyarrived in France.We spent 2 days in Paris site-seeing ,and saw lots of cool things.Unfortunately ,it was really cold there so we were all frozen!We walked miles and miles across Paris.It was exhausting.The Eiffel tower was really neat. Then we saw the Mona Lisa.It is very small.One of my favorite things in Paris was the metro.It goes really really fast!It is awesome .I have heard that the metro in Vienna is much cooler,yet as I haven't gone to Vienna,I will have to stick to what I know.Anyway ,Emily and I had a nice visit.

Opera :My Life as A Spice Cake

Note:That is not a hat in the back.It is a piece of the costume the my Mom was holding up!
On June 14,I began my life as a spice cake.It was the first and last time that I will ever do a thing like that!!!!!It was very weird to be a spice cake especially since the costume was made of foam and was very very warm! As you can see ,we were all covered in brown face paint with multi- coloredspots on our faces.When you were on stage it was ok,but when you weren't you basically looked hideous!Anyway,Iam glad that the whole Opera thingy is over!On the positive side ,I got to keep my costume!