he followed me to lyon!

I pass this every day in the bus...it makes me think of you all and smile. :)

-christen

The sun sets on our ministry in France . . .

What a pleasure to see you all at the Dayton Airport Monday evening! I shared the sentiments of many of my teammates as we inched closer to American soil coming from Paris . . . I can't wait to see my family but I really don't want to leave France! This beautiful sunset we enjoyed from the Marshall's rural home our last night in Chalons reminded me that there is great beauty in 'endings', be they days or ministry trips. But at the same time they are reminders of the promise of beautiful new days ahead . . . I know that is true of our team. We will return!!

P.S. We were treated to a great of Greenland on that trip home . . . click the arrow above the sunset picture to see our view from above the glaciers, etc.!

Lyon

Well I am using a french keyboard so I am not going to try and use proper punctuation on this post. We will be up early in the morning to catch our train to the airport. So I am keeping this short.

I think I can safely say that before we got to Lyon most of the team was ready to just go home, myself included. Lyon turned out to be a great time for the girls. The Youth kids and the girls had great fun learning the chicken dance and having French pizza. As we walked into the church for the first time we were greeted by a young lady who was so very friendly that anyone who meets her will instantly like her. Annalis who only speaks French is just overflowing with smiles and laughter. We all soon learned that she has a desire to come to America to learn to speak English. After I thought about it for a while and asked some questions (and having a short conversation with my wife) Annalis will be coming to America in September and staying with our family for a while. After I told her that we would like for her to come she told me that she had been praying for a family to offer to have her for three years. I was both humbled and honored to think that God had chosen my family to be the ones to have her in our home. I didn't really want to go to Lyon, I am glad that God had other plans. I know my wife is probably nervous but after what Annalis told me I know this was a divine appointment that God had for me in Lyon.

See you Tomorrow,

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P.S. I will be updating the blog and making more posts from home so be sure to check it every so often after we get home.

Sparkle

Video available due to a generous donation from the Hannah Namenyi Foundation.

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Notre Dame

This video is courtesy of Hannah Namenyi.

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Paris at night

Here is a quick view of Paris at night. If you look closely at the lights in the trees you may see something that looks like drops of light falling from the branches. It's really quite cool to watch.
This video is also coutesy of Tiffany.

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From Tiffany

A small view of the underbelly (I don't maen for the word underbelly to sound negative, it is just how I describe the metro since it runs under Paris) of Paris. Coutesy of Tiffany.

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