Week 3 and 4

I apologize for the delayed post, 

things have started to get busy around here, 

and it's only going to get worse! 

But it's the good kind of busy! 

I'm excited for what we have planned the rest of July! 

This week is a lot of prep for our VBS next week! 

Mostly lots of tissue paper and hot glue going on around here!

The week after that we have a basketball camp and lots of different outreach opportunities! 

The last week of July is our Exchange Conference, 

it's going to be really exciting! 

The interns are in charge of designing the children's program, 

prayers are appreciated! :)  

So let me recap what's been going on over the last two weeks...

if I can remember! 

Mondays have been a day mostly of meetings and planning, 

so nothing too exciting there. 

Tuesdays have been days of preparations and odd jobs. 

Tuesday evenings we have a beach party in Nice which is always lots of fun, 

and a great way to meet new people. 

Tuesday, July 1st, we received our final intern, Amy!! 

Wednesdays have been our days off! 

Wednesday, June 25th, we went to La Turbie, 

which is a village up in the mountains above Monaco! 

We had a delicious lunch with a rather nice view of the sea! 

The view from our table!

After lunch we walked around the ancient village, 

and then went to see a super ancient Roman trophy, 

The Trophy of Augustus. 

It's a  a Roman monument built by the emperor Augustus

 to celebrate his victory over the Ligurian tribes which lived in the mountains of the area and attacked the merchants plying the Roman trade routes. 

It was quite a sight to see...and we just saw the ruins! 

The best part was we got to go up on the trophy and look out...

and if we thought the view at lunch was good...

this one was OUT OF CONTROL. 

So yeah...that was a fun day! 

This past Wednesday, July 2nd, wasn't quite as exciting. 

Mackenzie and I ran some errands in Nice and then hit the beach for a while. 

So not as epic, but still very pleasant! 

Thursdays have typically been another day for random tasks or preparing for other events. 

Thursday evenings there is a Bible Study at the Nice church which is always very enjoyable. 

Oh and Thursday, June 26th, we received another intern, Joanna! 

Our house is nice and full now...

which we like!

Fridays we have team meetings in the morning and usually other prep later in the afternoon. 

This past Friday was a busy day! 

Not only was it the 4th of July, 

it was also the day before the church's Day of Prayer for the Nations,

that the interns were in charge of! 

So Friday was A LOT of prep for that event! 

Joanna might have been taking her work a little too seriously.

Which I think went rather well!

We also had a team fellowship to celebrate Independence Day!

Now that is one patriotic pie!

Saturday...I honestly don't remember what happened on Saturday, June 28th...

obviously it wasn't that impactful so I don't feel bad about not sharing it. 

This past Saturday, July 5th, was our Day of Prayer. 

It was a lot of fun to organize, and everyone has said they really enjoyed it! 

We had them break up into four groups and travel to four different stations, 

at each station they were praying for a different style of church, 

the house church, 

the persecuted/secret church, 

the tribal church 

and the cultural church. 

Each station was also set up to resemble that style of church, 

so the secret church met in the garage and it was pitch black except for a single candle, 

or the tribal church met outside under a large tree....

you get the idea. 

We aged the scripture pages used in the persecuted church to give it a tattered and well-worn look.

Saturday was a busy day...

after the Day of Prayer, 

we had to film some music videos for VBS...

that was interesting...

 to say the least....

I also had the extreme privilege of going into Nice to have dinner with some friends from high school! 

They are both studying in Lyon, France for the summer and came to Nice for the weekend! 

It was extremely nice to get to see and spend time with them! 

It really was a blessing! 

Sundays are pretty cut and dry around here, 

church, nap, church...

and maybe a little FaceTime. 

 

I mean just look at those cuties!! 

It's been a great few weeks...

or month rather..

woah. 

But in the next few days/weeks things are really going to start picking up! 

So pray for endurance, rest, patience and grace, 

and pray for them to be PLENTIFUL! 

God is so good.