Paris

It is good to be back in Paris surrounded by friends and familiar things, the only problem is the French (the language I mean)! I was worried that I would have lost most of my French but to my delight I haven’t. I have certainly gone a few steps backward and it will take some effort to catch up but I can still speak French and understand it.

You know what I did the first night back, I closed my bedroom door and .... I was ALONE! No 7 other girls in there with me! I liked my roommates and got on well with them but 8 in a room and not even anywhere to go on base to be alone got a bit much by the end. Now I have a whole apartment to myself for most of the day.

One thing I just have to mention: I got to travel business class from Salt Lake City to Paris – 9 whole hours of great travel! I don’t know how I will ever go back to economy class flying!!!! I was a total geek though, trying out all the different buttons, making my seat moved in all directions, eating pretty much everything they offered (and it was GOOD food), I even took a photo of myself to prove it was real!

I’m a little unsure of what is in store for me for this time in Paris, I am attending the same church as before and loving it, I am working a little babysitting and taking some time to reflect on all that happened in the past few months. I was reading a book about a missionary in Hong Kong who works with drug addicts there and the whole time I was reading it I couldn’t help but be in the Children At Risk mode looking at what she did and comparing it to what I’ve been learning about the best way to work with kids and starting up a ministry – she did pretty well I must say. It is strange now that I can’t get out of that way of thinking, which is definitely a good thing, I just hope it lasts and I don’t get lazy and revert to my old ways of thinking.

I was hoping to be in Mali for the beginning of May but something has come that may mean I have to stay a few weeks longer in France. We will see. Either way it is great to have this time to pray and plan more for the ministry. 

Here are some photos from my last days in Mexico and some from Paris