tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17620474540871949912024-03-14T19:49:04.389+01:00Clark Family in Franceabainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.comBlogger546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-86727569079990311212023-02-01T16:40:00.001+01:002023-02-01T16:40:38.543+01:00Full time pastor<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1DmMRUfApAj1v8vE3b4L9VyN-kr1RHS-hZx7TbzhtzoXtcnMo0XpZRqt9tgeEZnqyPpeZN9WV17clBV0cvySux2MF9M8v0NiLxIXN62qLa1i36HTOg36U573mj_rOX5GlZ0y5mK-wCVffJqEt9aawhXaiRxQkFKuNwbGHfmUTrFuhgEcP2XKAeRJ/s4032/IMG_2281%202%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1DmMRUfApAj1v8vE3b4L9VyN-kr1RHS-hZx7TbzhtzoXtcnMo0XpZRqt9tgeEZnqyPpeZN9WV17clBV0cvySux2MF9M8v0NiLxIXN62qLa1i36HTOg36U573mj_rOX5GlZ0y5mK-wCVffJqEt9aawhXaiRxQkFKuNwbGHfmUTrFuhgEcP2XKAeRJ/w400-h300/IMG_2281%202%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our growing family. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have now been a full time pastor here in Oklahoma for a little over two years. I say full time pastor, I do have a few side jobs. I referee basketball games occasionally, and I am a substitute school bus driver. Angie works for a local vocational school, and is herself doing online studies in pursuit of a degree in the computer field. She will soon be finishing up her second year. Our family is growing, but in a different way. We now have a second child married, and now only two living at home with us. The saying is true, "They grow up fast." Ministry is going well. November 4th an EF4 tornado hit our town and destroyed or damaged over 100 homes and businesses. I've included some pictures of the damage to our church, even though it was several hundred yards behind us. It has created a lot of opportunities to serve and help out. Amazing there was only one fatality in the whole county. Other than that, the winter is passing quickly. We keep busy with band and basketball. We did manage to get a little deer hunting in as well. Our plans are to make a trip to France as a family the summer of 2024. The kids want to take their significant others along. It should be a fun trip. 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Just thought I would take a minute and update this site. In August 2018, we left France and relocated back to Texas. As a result of prayer and confirmation, we felt God moving our family to leave the work in Limoux in the hands of the locals and seek what God had next for us. It was a crazy couple of weeks making arrangements, sifting, sorting, packing, cleaning, saying goodbye, flying, etc... That was now over two years ago. We miss our friends and life in France at times. When our family is together, conversation always seems to fall back on the great memories we made there and the little ways we say God work. It has been nice being close to family once again. <p></p><p>We had decided ahead of time, that I would not rush into another ministry position, but wait while we acclimated back to life in the States. So for two years we stayed in Hillsboro and served in our church there, while working regular jobs. I worked in a machine shop as a CNC operator and also was a truck driver. But 9 months ago, I got a message from a friend sharing about a church in Idabel, Oklahoma, needing a pastor. Long story short, I am now the pastor of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. We are having a great time. It was hard for the kids to move again, but as one of them said, "That's our life."</p><p>As you can see in the picture about. Our kids are a lot bigger than when we moved to France over 12 years ago. Our oldest is in her junior year of college, still a swimmer, she received a scholarship for the swim team. She will soon be married. Our second son is about to finish up his first year of college. That leaves the two other boys in high school. Our youngest, who was born while we were in France, is in 5th grade. She has a few memories of France and is not able to speak the language as all the rest are. She does still understand it some. </p><p>We stay in contact with friends there. And will one day re-visit the place we called "home" for so many years. Thanks for taking this journey with us. And thanks be to God for His faithfulness. To Him be the glory. </p>abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-22459086666260734002016-04-04T10:33:00.001+02:002016-04-04T11:25:23.905+02:00Almost a year gone byI have a few minutes here, let me catch you up. Seems like I ended the last blog stating that I would not invest much time in blogging. True to my word, it has been almost a year. Let me give you a few highlights. Summer last year flew by. We moved into a new house end of June ( with a pool) . We had a Basketball Youth Frameworks team that came, followed by an English camp team. Thankfully, had Eli help out during the whole month of August. At the same time they left, Angie, Arianna, and Lilia returned to the states to get Lilia enrolled in school in North Little Rock. The trip went well, she got into a good school and good swim club. I was alone with the boys for the whole month of August, but we had a good time as well. Hosted Daryl, local college kid for a few weeks and had some good fun. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNrrjmzmhjyEsE2xO5zdMXvxt2VqiNvDTj1715qd8ctA3bFZPm9EQlXY9qxutJ_Q4QZ8KHsZYv0MC93eLISDmBNqJ8Jez4950hpU1W8f2iETaP7ni7KVJzTLeKmkuUr3oq_6vsTtlwk0/s1600/SAM_1151.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNrrjmzmhjyEsE2xO5zdMXvxt2VqiNvDTj1715qd8ctA3bFZPm9EQlXY9qxutJ_Q4QZ8KHsZYv0MC93eLISDmBNqJ8Jez4950hpU1W8f2iETaP7ni7KVJzTLeKmkuUr3oq_6vsTtlwk0/s320/SAM_1151.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztCymg07hFlZjVZRjssgqpinjpkfQo4ozhj00WlsCwaRaT68ewbSMQWVEcMAoKOIZNVLBauy2OuvqFAB8ATowehqG2qcmXtIvOCxKKqU6r-1sSGk5hx_CvkoJ2NpOxwTZa-cen86Bc6s/s1600/20150818_134151.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztCymg07hFlZjVZRjssgqpinjpkfQo4ozhj00WlsCwaRaT68ewbSMQWVEcMAoKOIZNVLBauy2OuvqFAB8ATowehqG2qcmXtIvOCxKKqU6r-1sSGk5hx_CvkoJ2NpOxwTZa-cen86Bc6s/s320/20150818_134151.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSFVRfBAZT5CoDrzM59vidL2t8ZD6Pnt_yOCys7fm4VmOQpqePd0L0982_cBjsCJ6ebpXYUAKxPYQYdP3dE77bVu5ibqE-l1aZs_d4bYloSnrRV1y2MusJY9QrRqPwcKvuMmmWocMLkg/s1600/20150818_185746.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSFVRfBAZT5CoDrzM59vidL2t8ZD6Pnt_yOCys7fm4VmOQpqePd0L0982_cBjsCJ6ebpXYUAKxPYQYdP3dE77bVu5ibqE-l1aZs_d4bYloSnrRV1y2MusJY9QrRqPwcKvuMmmWocMLkg/s320/20150818_185746.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
School started at the first of September. Lauren left to return to the states after spending two years working with us here. We have missed her. Angie returned a few days later, and we all attended the missionary retreat in Athens Greece. Had a wonderful and refreshing time as usual. Throughout the school year the Bible study attendance grew. It has been a busy year, I added being president of the basketball club to already being president of the AVF. Angie's father was diagnosed with advanced cancer in December, and Angie make a quick trip home to stay by his side for the last three weeks of his life. She returned with Lilia and we enjoyed spending the holidays all together. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueY1AYi_tUimRao2U2rQhACtx74tGO2FCceUHqp3ivn4AxjoYePz8h4FMREmr5Kn_XfGIj6bFHthO0cRP84mDNV1f2b9biBHxee8QqonACWfCP9S0YaTJ8ma3trfkugtR2z_qGlzoCaU/s1600/12339255_10208351376562304_7266260618140915663_o-2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueY1AYi_tUimRao2U2rQhACtx74tGO2FCceUHqp3ivn4AxjoYePz8h4FMREmr5Kn_XfGIj6bFHthO0cRP84mDNV1f2b9biBHxee8QqonACWfCP9S0YaTJ8ma3trfkugtR2z_qGlzoCaU/s400/12339255_10208351376562304_7266260618140915663_o-2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
My parents visited in the later part of January, and we really enjoyed seeing them and showing them around. Introducing them to everyone. We even made a music video while they were here...<br />
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My grandmother, Juanita Clark, passed away as my parents were leaving. We are currently preparing for a longer furlough this year. We really need to spend more time with our family, with churches, with friends, with Lilia... and need to get our kids english level back up. We still have a lot to do to get ready. Hopefully I will be better at keeping you up to date. Blessings, JASON<br />
<br />abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-82357285267836780812015-04-17T16:38:00.001+02:002015-04-17T16:39:00.030+02:00Spring in the Air<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Wow, what to say since my last post in mi-Febuary. Our Bible studies are doing well. French Sunday morning service has continued growing. We have more than doubled in the amount of visitors attending. The kids Bible study hit a high of 10, and has had nine several times since. I have been having come good conversations with atheists, catholics, Jehovah Witnesses, and others. We have found a new house and will most likely be moving into it in the middle of June. It is a little bigger, has two bathrooms, and is better laid out for having guests. The kids are excited about it having a pool, I am more excited that it comes with a built in chicken coup. Last year I did a wedding at a caste a couple of hours away, I left my name with the owner/operator as a reference for other people wanted to get married there. This year I have been contacted by three couples who are interested in having me do their ceremony. How cool is that? The kids are on vacation again, and we have been enjoying some beautiful weather. On top of the usual responsibilities we are getting ready for a basketball team and an English teaching team to come in June. We are trying to start packing and cleaning out, while also trying to keep the house clean for people who want to come look at it. It's a juggling act. Also we are getting ready for Lilia to start school in the States in August. Having said all that, I would like to insert here that I will be more faithful about keeping the blog updated, but to be honest, that is probably not going to happen until the month of August. Angie, Lilia, and Arianna will be flying to the states to get Lilia settled in and I will be staying here with the boys. Let me throw you a few random pictures. God bless, JASON<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angie has done some good work in her scrapbooking class that she gives.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had an NBA evening for some boys from Caleb's basketball team.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Micah had a b-ball game near the meditteranean, Angie took some pics.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had the Morales family, pastor in Barcelona come visit for a week, had a great time with them.</td></tr>
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abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-48675805125720048932015-02-11T11:40:00.000+01:002015-02-11T11:40:09.965+01:00A New Year 2015Our year got started off real well. We had an Australian family arrive the first of the month. I met them at the airport to help them get their luggage back to their rental house. They plan on staying at least a year in France, and we are excited to have other believers attending our English Bible study. We also enjoyed visiting with Ashley, who is a missionary in Kenya, and Holly, in Russia. They were coming to visit Lauren, and we enjoyed getting to know them and spend a little time with them as well. While they were here, Angie took Lauren's English class and I taught the kids Bible study to give Lauren more time with here friends. The 6th, we enjoyed an event called the Gallettes des Rois. I have explained this event before, which celebrates the Wise Men arriving to see Jesus. It was a good time to reconnect with all the AVF people after the Christmas break. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Year's Day we always measure everyone to see how much<br />we have grown, or not grown.</td></tr>
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We had several people over to the house at the start of January as well. We have a couple over on Thursday night, and had a really good visit with them. On everyone's mind was the recent terrorist attacks that had taken place in Paris. Saturday afternoon we had the Australian family over. Sunday afternoon, Angie and I were invited by some friends for some homemade donuts. We enjoyed the visiting, and the donuts of course. Thanks to Lilia for babysitting. Saturdays in January were taken up with Basketball. Micah joined the club in Villemoustaussou. They had games almost every Saturday. I was refereeing as well. The 21st, Lauren's parents arrived, and it is always a pleasure to see them again. We have known them even before we came to France through their Church in North Little Rock that has been very active in our ministry and training missionaries. I took Lauren's kids class while she went and picked them up from the airport. We had a good chance to discuss with Lauren's parents the possibility of Lilia staying with them and attending High school. I'll share more about that in next months update. Thursday, the 22nd, the AVF had a trip to Toulouse together, and I enjoyed visit the beautiful downtown area. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The 25th, we were invited to celebrate Australia Day with our new friends. We had a great time and got to meet a lot of people. In other news, we are busy planning for teams that are coming this summer. We are having a basketball camp, and an English camp. There are a lot of things to do to get ready for this teams, but they are always worth it, as we get to present our field to other people and at the same time reach out to people here. To get a little ahead. Lilia had a swimming competition the first of February. You'll have to guess where she is in the picture below, cause I have no idea. God bless, JASON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-47695295487976169782014-12-31T14:49:00.001+01:002014-12-31T14:49:48.302+01:00December 2014<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRRUsTdQ7NrS4B6Ng40cewxQ1TFVEV0_OITwfSYNg5FL5mcOtADsJ12wxqNYX7z9wGZtQ7-L0A1uc84pNPokLbEypvfwbg58AKR6ulp-JQsEqlkL2M8IVdhJaAMtRVlAT2xIatwlrByE/s1600/2014-11-28+19.51.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRRUsTdQ7NrS4B6Ng40cewxQ1TFVEV0_OITwfSYNg5FL5mcOtADsJ12wxqNYX7z9wGZtQ7-L0A1uc84pNPokLbEypvfwbg58AKR6ulp-JQsEqlkL2M8IVdhJaAMtRVlAT2xIatwlrByE/s1600/2014-11-28+19.51.30.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>Well December has come and almost gone. November ended well. Lauren had us over to her house on Thanksgiving day. The following day, we enjoyed the event for recognizing all the sports accomplishments in the city. (pictured right) Lilia's school swim team got recognition for placing in the regional meets. The last weekend of November the boys had basketball games on Saturday and Sunday. But, everything was canceled dur to heavy rain. <br />
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The second and third, I had meetings with the AVF. And the 5th we had another training and meal with all the ones who teach a workshop. I enjoyed the meal, getting to know several members who I knew little about before, even though I was on crutches... The fourth, I sprained my ankle at practice. It was a more serious one, Angie has not allowed me to post the pictures. Even now, almost four weeks laters their is still blueness and swelling in places. The evening of the 5th, Lilia and Angie left for the regional swimming competition that lasted all weekend. Lilia was not very pleased with her results, but they had a good time and enjoyed staying with the other swimmers and parents in this huge house. That next week Lilia had a required apprenticeship. All those in her grade are required to find a "job" for one week to discover new things. Lilia found one for our real estate agency. She had a good time and learned about filing, making copies, even showing houses... We had a couple of meetings, AVF, Micah's parent/teacher, youth meeting, friends birthday parties. Lauren is preparing a christmas skit with the kids that everyone is excited about. Saturday the 13th, we had the Christmas meal with the AVF. There were about 60 present. I sat next to a man who used to be protestant but was now an atheist. We had a good conversation, pray for him. Sunday afternoon between services, we managed to squeeze in a basketball tournament. Andrew is the only one that plays in our age group now. I invited all the new players and surprisingly we still won all the games! Monday, the 15th, Angie, Lauren, and I had a evaluation meeting just to see what has been happening, what is going on, and what we need to be focusing on in the future. The 16th, I woke up and remembered that someone was borrowing our van that afternoon, I spent all morning cleaning both the cars inside and out. They needed it. I'm sure the weight on trash and dirt that has been removed will result in a lot better gas mileage. The 17th, was Caleb's birthday. He is now 12 years old and received a tablet as a gift. He opted for a "bouche de Noel", Christmas log, instead of a typical birthday cake. Having a birthday near Christmas does have its advantages. The 20th, I had a game to referee. It was probably the worst I had done. I was the only referee for the game, I had forgot my pants and had to wear my jeans instead, and I had a cold, and was still limping. I made it through without getting attacked by angry parents. The kids did a great job on their skit Sunday morning. There were four visitors who came. Right after services we left to head to Strasbourg for a few days of vacation. We dropped off Dominique on the way, and the 9 hour drive went well. The weather was good while we were there. No snow, and the temperatures stayed a little above zero the whole time. I will refer you to Facebook to see the photos. We stayed at a bed and breakfast just across the border in Germany. Monday we toured the market at Strasbourg, and enjoyed the food, the ice skating, the shopping, and the general christmas atmosphere. Tuesday we went to Colmar and did the same thing. Their market we enjoyed more, because it was not so much commercial and touristy as the previous days. Their ice skating was cheaper and larger. That evening Lauren watched the kids for us and Angie and I visiting the market in Frieburg, Germany. They were closing but we had a great time, and even had someone we met on the elevator who spoke french, give us a tour for a couple of hours. The market was closing, but we were still able to pick up a few souvenirs and enjoy the sites. We drove back on Christmas eve, stopping to get some groceries for Christmas day. We have a tradition of eating a huge brunch.. pancakes, biscuits, gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, fried potatoes. Good stuff. Once again the kids got spoiled (and so did Angie and I). <br />
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We are receiving some friends currently. Ashley arrived and is staying with Lauren. Ashley is serving in Kenya with the Taylors. Soon Holly will join them, she is serving in St. Petersburg. Tomorrow, I am going to the airport to meet a family moving here from Australia that we met at church back in May. We are excited and we might be busting at the seams for Sunday services ! We are invited to a New Years Eve party this evening, and I need to go make a cake. Happy New Year and God Bless, JASONabainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-14882419873674815662014-11-24T15:20:00.001+01:002014-11-24T15:28:27.044+01:00Halloween to Thanksgiving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrphtsKdjDuWanoD9HQ5ENzbEnxgFNheZ4GHCm24nKhcAU4o1aqOHboTIEA5bqHS3i1o35CTW-IuXplK1y0fpjE_GRQ7CMT-Cu7jCKmGKNMV3-pdvNTn0wRo90EBCqpkwP-RWEb0clTRA/s1600/106_0596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrphtsKdjDuWanoD9HQ5ENzbEnxgFNheZ4GHCm24nKhcAU4o1aqOHboTIEA5bqHS3i1o35CTW-IuXplK1y0fpjE_GRQ7CMT-Cu7jCKmGKNMV3-pdvNTn0wRo90EBCqpkwP-RWEb0clTRA/s1600/106_0596.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>Let me catch you up on the highlights of this past month. We had a halloween party with the kids, Lauren and Angie did a great job planning everything out. We had a great time with games and activities and even a trick-or-treat in our hallway. The kids really enjoyed the evening, complete with scary stories, snacks, and a movie. November 3rd, Lilia celebrated her 15th birthday. We have started researching options for high school. She has really been enjoying her swimming and she performed very well in the competition that she did on the 15th. She qualified for region tryouts which will take place in December. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsGgRFhfDlk33KkmMj7MnLuuXZgQ4oDGrKK5K_aUaKY5bH1YFAEZo5ElXnJtKxbmJT-DchfQ2IqP4icpDIBHy_9fR1Hlak5_r0jy6pM3Hnmn83PGQCYt1XJkwqMtRlTBScgTjdPNrV3g/s1600/106_0621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsGgRFhfDlk33KkmMj7MnLuuXZgQ4oDGrKK5K_aUaKY5bH1YFAEZo5ElXnJtKxbmJT-DchfQ2IqP4icpDIBHy_9fR1Hlak5_r0jy6pM3Hnmn83PGQCYt1XJkwqMtRlTBScgTjdPNrV3g/s1600/106_0621.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a>This has been a busy month with the AVF. This is officially the month dedicated to the new arrivals to Limoux. The 4th we had a committee meeting. The 5th, I had an all day training in Toulouse for dealing with the media; newspapers, radio, TV, which was very interesting. The 6th, we took all the new arrivals out for a stroll in Limoux, showing them the sites and useful places, followed by lunch. The 11th, had another meeting to prepare the newsletter. The 13, we took the new arrivals for a bus tour of Limoux, and a guided tour of the mayors office, followed by a meal open to all the members of the AVF, we had around 60 present. The 18th, I had a regional commission meeting with the AVF that lasted all day as well. All these activities take up a lot of time, but I enjoy the chance to get to know people, especially all the new arrivals. And as president of the association it is good to make an appearance. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpMutd08pqqfe9n49kv-GjOEFy3N53rPVTZHzjWUIrK2DHN9kJdhnAkuIbCdA_It3Nj4jAystFJSZTsLtoWkOcbTRX2Qro7Aw_DttG_jD7zLMMcTJxcPKGXaWT1q78Xrl8UqLjDhRrIA/s1600/10754257_367189556776840_108161318_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpMutd08pqqfe9n49kv-GjOEFy3N53rPVTZHzjWUIrK2DHN9kJdhnAkuIbCdA_It3Nj4jAystFJSZTsLtoWkOcbTRX2Qro7Aw_DttG_jD7zLMMcTJxcPKGXaWT1q78Xrl8UqLjDhRrIA/s1600/10754257_367189556776840_108161318_o.jpg" height="200" width="112" /></a>The kids have had a good month at school. I had parent/teacher meetings with Lilia and Caleb. This includes a lot of waiting in line, but they both had really good comments from their teachers. Caleb will have a field trip to Toulouse tomorrow to tour the Space museum. Micah is going out tomorrow as well to visit a local art museum. Andrew and Micah had the benefit of being chosen for a computer class at school that had limited places. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDoyR3MPaEopBTrLtqBCP5hWS2jSNtrxFcIAYS7sAtm0amPtUBtxuc_HVZkQuISV-o7naPAEdLJObu1u26FG07bI6L8oUCRUBKHp1SeSswSn-sdL619Qqbo2hqeMfFfQhmFSNQU2NMtM/s1600/106_0575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDoyR3MPaEopBTrLtqBCP5hWS2jSNtrxFcIAYS7sAtm0amPtUBtxuc_HVZkQuISV-o7naPAEdLJObu1u26FG07bI6L8oUCRUBKHp1SeSswSn-sdL619Qqbo2hqeMfFfQhmFSNQU2NMtM/s1600/106_0575.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>Basketball has been full of a little drama. I have continued the referring which I enjoy and have been able to get to know more players and coaches as a result. The team I play on has been shaking up recently by our coach saying he was not happy with the results of the games that we had played and is withdrawing us from the championship, and that he will only be attending one practice during the week instead of two. Mix of feelings from my teammates. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSR0OAM_nO1KWMKVOREc7ST4RIzy_hi-Bpu-cw2iVyWmCigVlYNeryJK0_F0gpFcYoRTtEboGD0FqQ0eEPinZ4YcmT106CNRleWI66Ue7w9_-oofvrr-ec3IGSm4V3tLpzZNxwgxOlvI/s1600/106_0700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSR0OAM_nO1KWMKVOREc7ST4RIzy_hi-Bpu-cw2iVyWmCigVlYNeryJK0_F0gpFcYoRTtEboGD0FqQ0eEPinZ4YcmT106CNRleWI66Ue7w9_-oofvrr-ec3IGSm4V3tLpzZNxwgxOlvI/s1600/106_0700.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>Other one time things that have occupied our month...I helped a handicapped lady move her son's things to Toulouse. I have had to do several things on our vehicles since we have gotten back. I replaced the tires on the Dacia. I changed the front brake pads and the oil. I noticed a shake and misalignment in our van. I took it to get it looked at and it ended up being the rods that needed replacing. I decided for the sake of time, not to do that one myself. It also needed to be aligned and have the two front tires replaced. Another time consuming activity was applying for our visa. We have had a one year visitor visa, but this year we were able to apply for a ten year residents visa. It took quite a bit of paperwork and we each had to be interviewed. Now we must just wait to see if we are approved, which could take a couple of months. Also this month, we found a kitten and adopted it for a week until the owners were found. We found out that they are a handful and appreciate our cat, Flurry, that much more. The owner was really happy to have the kitten back.<br />
The Bible studies have continued thought attendance has been limited to just us at times because of people traveling or sicknesses. The grand event of this month was Thanksgiving, which we celebrated this past Saturday. We invited 54 this year, and about 45 were present. We had a great time. We started cooking well in advance and things went smoother than last year. Had great comments on the food and the event in general. I was also able to have some good spiritual conversations. We pray that God will continue to grow and bless this opportunities. God bless, JASON<br />
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abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-20079453363412501242014-10-27T13:40:00.001+01:002014-10-27T13:40:11.541+01:00Fall weather and applesIt seems strange but the month of October has crawled by. I don't know why but several times during the month I was shocked by the amount of time we still had left in the month. I have had some good ministry moments. Some people that we had been praying for, came to the Bible Study, and others said that they would come. I have had good contacts at the market as the good fall weather continues to last.<br />
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The kids are now out of school for two weeks. Andrew had a sports camp the first week, and Lilia has swimming camp this the second week, So activities are still going on strong. <br />
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We have started planning for Thanksgiving, but are having trouble finding a room once again this year. I guess I need to reserve the room several months in advance next year. We are going to be flexible with the date so that we can hopefully find someplace to hold it. We hope to have around 60 people this year.<br />
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The month of November is the month dedicated to the new arrivals at the AVF. I have quite a few more responsibilities as a result. We must prepare for several activities, I need to arrange meals at local restaurants and still need to get together with some local business who we would like to sponsor the AVF. The 18th, I had two games of basketball to referee but Angie and Lauren took the kids to Mirepoire for the apple festival. They had apple sculptures and all kinds of apples to buy. The kids opted for the caramel covered apples called "Pomme d'amour". God bless, JASON<br />
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abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-16330133384169296612014-10-12T16:00:00.001+02:002014-10-12T16:00:25.138+02:00Referee and meetings<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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October is well underway. I refereed my first game the 4th. It went well, it was hot, and I was worried about the score being close and tempers flaring, but the final score was 108 - 16. So no worries from that aspect. I had several meetings... Monday morning -meeting with Lauren about Thanksgiving. Monday afternoon - stayed at the AVF for office hours, got to meet some new arrivals. Tuesday afternoon - committee meeting with AVF, getting ready for the AVF welcome dinner Friday night. Wednesday afternoon - took Lilia to meet some businesses, she is required to do a week long apprenticeship in December as part of her schooling. Thursday afternoon - meet to do the shopping for the AVF dinner. Friday afternoon - meeting at the bank to change over signature for AVF, and followed by preparing for the AVF dinner at 6:30. Had a great time getting things set up and visiting with everyone waiting for the start. The actual meeting went real well. I welcome the mayor and we both gave a speech, followed by finger foods and visiting. Yesterday I officiated two more basketball games. I got to ride with my teammate from Limoux and so we had good visiting time. The gym was still warm and I am starting to actually want cooler temperatures. We did two games back to back, the first was 11 - 13 year olds, and the second 15 - 17. Both games went good without any major complaints. Services went good this morning, we had only two visitors, still waiting for several who said they would come to come. Trust that God will continue to work in each situation. God bless, JASONabainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-46397094743107631152014-10-03T17:52:00.002+02:002014-10-03T17:52:51.003+02:00Summer 2014 - September<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdvyBR48WaCQcmHEsELPqyMC2RGf0io1vSa9-Mpu4qChq_xyg8vw8weBdoScWo7Wp__itoUjuRXk7ZdUGu09-iuDW-BNBU4csdY-oQ60FD3YwDKrwz2cHShIIuzwLMw0PQT0CGcP4DWc/s1600/2014-08-31+10.36.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdvyBR48WaCQcmHEsELPqyMC2RGf0io1vSa9-Mpu4qChq_xyg8vw8weBdoScWo7Wp__itoUjuRXk7ZdUGu09-iuDW-BNBU4csdY-oQ60FD3YwDKrwz2cHShIIuzwLMw0PQT0CGcP4DWc/s1600/2014-08-31+10.36.36.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>I almost caught up on blogging. September is always a crazy month. We made it back in time to get settled for a few days before school, associations, and Bible studies all got started. We celebrated Arianna's fourth birthday. <br />
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The 24th, Lauren started the kids Bible studies back up and the 28th, we started our Sunday morning study. There were three new kids this last time for he kids bible study, and there were three guests on Sunday morning and should be at least one more this coming Sunday. </div>
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The 25th, I signed a partnership between the AVF and a local insurance company that will provide lower cost insurance to AVF members. The 26th was Angie's birthday. The 27th was the Forum of Associations in Limoux, where all the clubs have stands to present their association. I was able to hang out with the AVF stand and also the basketball stand all day. Meanwhile, Angie took Lilia and Caleb to the youth group meeting in Carcassonne. That's the summer in a nutshell. It was interesting because the 23rd, the first day of fall, the weather changed here and things cooled off and we had a little rain. Coming in the next post, we have the possibility for a new house to rent. Check back soon. God bless, JASON</div>
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Following the trip to DC, we headed back to Texas, stopping in West Virginia, and Pennsylvania to visit churches. We drove through some hard rain at times and saw several serious accidents. We are thankful to God for his protection while we traveled during the summer. We arrived back in Texas and had a couple of weeks for some brief revisits of family and friends, and as always sharing with churches. </div>
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We had a great time in the States, and even though goodbye's are hard we were ready to get back to France and find our own bed, our friends, and the people that we care about across the sea. next picture was taken at the airport, August 26, by my parents as we left out of Dallas. Last picture is the kids waiting for our connection flight from London to Toulouse. God bless, JASON<br />
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abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-32272374475256683172014-09-11T10:49:00.003+02:002014-09-11T10:49:36.334+02:00Summer 2014 - JulyJuly started with Angie and I on our little trip (I say little, realize that it was about 3000 miles) to the Northwest. We were going to visit some churches and see some sites. We also read a couple of books together while on the road. We drove 29 hours roughly, across Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota, Idaho, and arrived at Spokane, Washington. We visited in the services of a church there and made some good friends, and reconnected with others. The following day we drove to Walla Walla, WA, were we stayed in the home of the Emry's for the week. We shared Wednesday in Hermington, OR, and then Thursday in Walla Walla. We were able to help them hand out flyers for their church and also enjoyed spending July 4th with them and their family.<br />
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We left Yellowstone, headed for Denver, CO, where we stayed and had a good visit with my aunt. The headed for the long drive back to TX. Along the way we stopped for Wednesday night services in Abilene, where were had a God arranged visit. We picked a church at random and ended up that one of the members attended the church that my grandfather planted in Ayer, Massachusetts. Amazing! We made it safely back to TX and to the kids, who were waiting with stories of how they had been spoiled by the grandparents. The following Saturday, 12th, we had a reunion of Angie's family. There were over fifty present. That following Sunday we visited two churches in Austin. Then rushed to meet my sister to pick up two of her kids and get them and Lilia back in time to head off to Teen Camp with our church. While Lilia was gone, we spoke at at Ladies meeting in Tatum, TX and a church in Jasper, TX. The following Sunday we visited with two churches in Shelbyville and then drove straight back to Hillsboro, where we would be leaving for church camp as a family. Along with 30 other kids. Angie and I drove the two church vans which was a fun experience. </div>
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<br />abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-88026137189785145642014-09-06T11:46:00.000+02:002014-09-06T11:46:15.376+02:00Summer 2014 - June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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June 1st-Carcassonne church anniversary, they had two that were baptized. An exciting time for the church in Carcassonne.<br />
June 4th - Our year end business meeting for the AVF. I was officially approved as the president of the AVF, in spite of a little opposition by some who were worried about the fact that I was a pastor. <br />
June 5th - Andrew's 8th birthday.<br />
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June 6th - Our English Camp/VBS team arrived. Had a crash course in French and supper with them.</div>
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June 8th - Didn't get home from the wedding until after 3 in the morning. Up early to take the team to church in Carcassonne. Afterwards had our annual lunch meeting for the basketball club. Services in English that evening with the team in attendance. </div>
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June 9-12 - English camp each evening. With various activities during the day. Camp went real good and was well attended with about 25 each night. During the day had other activities with the team...taking baked goods to the firefighters and police men, helping the elderly with their gardening and house work. A great week. </div>
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June 13 - Team day off, I drove one member of the team back to the airport as he had to leave early. Had our last Friday night bible study.</div>
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June 14 - VBS went well, 9 kids in attendance. </div>
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June 15 - Team leaves. Lauren takes them to the airport while we start packing. Lilia has her last swim competition. She swims in 6 races and receives 4 golds, one silver and one bronze.</div>
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June 17th - Lauren takes us to the airport. Flight back home goes well. We spend a few days in Hillsboro and then head to Henderson.</div>
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June 21 - Family reunion for the Taylor side. First time that we have had the whole side together since I was a child, I believe.</div>
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June 22 - We spend the service with our sending church, eating a meal afterwards and enjoying a visit from some friends from Paris. </div>
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June 23-25 - Hanging out with friends and family. Took a trip to the zoo with my parents. Getting ready to hit the road. My parents are watching the kids while Angie and I take a road trip to Washington state to visit some churches. </div>
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Since I have a few minutes, I'm going to work on a blog because I do not know when I will have the next occasion. Last week I had a good AVF training in Lyon. The food was great, the sites amazing, the training was very professional, a good time of sharing as well. The only worry was while I was on the train to Lyon, they announced that we would not be arriving at 6:45pm but would be late, and later they said it would be at 2am. Thankfully they changed again and we only ended up being two hours late, but that did give everyone a scare. </div>
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After the picnic, Angie and Lilia headed directly to the youth meeting. I took the boys and Arianna back home, because Andrew and Caleb had been invited to a friends house. After we got back together to eat with some friends in Carcassonne we met through basketball, and we stayed visiting until midnight. Sunday afternoon everyone but Lilia got a good nap in before our English services. Monday night we had our Annual meeting for the basketball club. Tuesday, I had the annual meeting for the Regional AVF at Montpellier. Wednesday I returned to Montpellier to take Lauren to her visa appointment, and continued to Avignon to help a friend move into a new apartment, and then pick up some stuff from her cousin in Montpellier to take back to Limoux, as university is finished for summer, many students must move out. Thursday, we helped hand out flyers again, we have passed out over 3000, and hope to have a good turnout. Angie and Lilia are at a swimming competition yesterday and today. I'm trying to get things done while watching the kids, doesn't always work out. I did manage to finish a report, do some translating, prepare a flyer for our Ranch friend, and answer a lot of emails. God bless, JASON</div>
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I see that the last blog was a little over a month ago. And we have a little less than a month until we make our trip back to the states for summer. </div>
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I show that last time I blogged was the 18th of April. That following weekend (Easter), I had Referee training all weekend long. I missed Easter services, but I did get to share with a muslim friends on the ride to and from the training about Easter. The monday after Easter is a holiday in France. We had some friends over for supper and had a good visit with them. Tuesday, I had AVF as usual, and Angie had to take two of the kids to the dermatologist. Two of the boys have a few little bumps that ended up being some kind of virus, and they needed to be burned off with dry ice. Thursday Lynn and Brenda arrived, thankfully Lauren was willing to pick them up at the airport for us. Lynn spoke in our Friday night Bible Study and we spent most of Saturday with them.</div>
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What followed was two weeks of spring break with the kids. We had a good time, got to visit a little more with Lynn and Brenda, enjoyed some good Bible studies. The weather turned for the worse during the vacation and it was chilly and rainy most days. Lynn and Brenda left the first of May. Sunday I went to the organization service for the church in Barcelona. It was a great service and it has been great to see and share with them growing together and organizing. I met the pastors sending pastor, and another missionary that is now serving in Spain as well. From what they said, this is the first ABA church in Spain. </div>
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After the vacation finished things really took off. We really jumped into preparing for the team that we have coming in June. Besides four meetings (including one with the Mayor), helping a handicaped man get ready to move, basketball, I was able to get a website up and running so that people could register for the English classes online. We also created, had printed, and handed out about 1500 flyers as well. The following weekend Lilia had a swimming competition on Sat. and Sunday. I had my last training session for the referees (I passed!) on Saturday. Sunday the boys had their last basketball tournament as well. Needless to say we were all over the place last weekend. We did meet some new visitors from Australia at church Sunday, one who will soon be moving to the area with her family. We also manged to squeeze in the English services. Though it was a tiring weekend, it was very fruitful and blessed. God bless, JASON </div>
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abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-83392035606668989472014-04-18T22:30:00.000+02:002014-04-18T22:30:08.851+02:00God is still in heaven.<div abp="130">
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Arianna had been sick since last Friday. I took her to the doctor yesterday and got her some antibiotics and she is back in school today. We had a good visit from our friends in Bordeaux. They arrived Sunday night and left Tuesday morning. Their daughters performed a piece from the orchestra they will soon be performing. I will try to add the video below. We saw the city of Carcassonne together, visited the beach, and just had a great visit. Monday night we celebrated their middle daughters 18th birthday with cake and tacos. </div>
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The market went will this morning. The weather has been really nice this week, with temperatures in the mid-70s each day. Arianna did get stung by a bee yesterday, she tried to pick him up. I think she learned her lesson. The kids Bible study on Wednesday afternoons kicked of this week. It went well. I helped out for part of it. Hopefully we will see more kids coming in the next weeks. This evening I have my computer class, and Caleb has a doctors appointment, all before Bible study. This weekend I will be busy with the training for referees. God bless, JASON</div>
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I have put the blog on the backburner for the last couple of weeks. So, I have the calender beside me and will try to sum up what has been going on. Tuesday the 18th of March, I attended a conference at the AVF concerning the Carnaval at Limoux. The Carnaval is one of the main tourist attractions at Limoux and it was interesting to learn about it. I found most interesting that the written history that speaks about the Carnaval dates back to the 1640's. I had a good day at the market the 21st, the weather has gotten better and better, and more and more people are getting out. Our bible study was well attended with 15 including our family. We are continuing our series through John, and are now at the moment just hours before his death (chapters 13-17). THe following weekend, Lauren, Micah, Caleb, and I went to Bordeaux to visit with another missionary family there. They have 25 years of experience serving in France, and in their second church plant, have five children, and reach-out though basketball and english classes. It was a great time of fellowship and we were able to ask alot of questions. Tuesday the 25th, Angie had the ladies prayer meeting at our house, while I went to the AVF and had my computer class. The 26th, we had a Tea Party with the AVF, my first. It was a good time of visitation and the tea and snacks were good. The 27th, I was gone all day with the regional AVF meeting. I enjoyed the meeting, and getting to know everyone, and I had a good visit with the current AVF president (during the 2 and a half hour drive), whose place I will be taking in a few weeks. The 29th, Caleb's group had their first basketball game this year. They played well but lost by five points. The first of April, while I was busy with the AVF, Angie had a meeting with Caleb's teachers. I had a chance to share in the AVF about the origins of Baptist and Protestants, a presentation that I hope will lead to more interest. Wednesday the 2nd, Lilia had a swimming competition with their school, I had a good time watching until I had to leave for bastketball practice. Their team came in frist place and will advance to regional tryouts. Thursday we had an all day outing with the AVF visiting a castle and a wine cave situated in an old mine. I had a good visit with a lady on the ride there and back, she was german but has lived the last 50 years in France. She remebers the bombs falling on her home town during the Allied invasion of Germany. Friday, the 4th, it rained, so I didn't go to the market, but I had lunch with my AVF class and visited a local museum. Saturday morning, I ran with the boys in the local cross country race, 1030 kids participated. After lunch, I went to help a man install windows 8 on his computer. Later that afternoon Lauren stopped by and we looked at the backyard to have an idea of the movie night that we hope to start soon. Our back yard has a natural theater seating with the retaining walls. AFterwards I went back and made sure the Windows 8 had installed good and gave a crash course on using Windows 8 (no pun intended). Sunday Angie and Lilia went to her swimming competition. I went with the other kids to church and afterwards a basketball tournament in Limoux, while Lauren watched Arianna. Everyone finished in time for the English services that evening. That was the end of a busy couple of weeks. Yesterday I had a training meeting at Montpellier with four other people from our local AVF. We left the house at 6 and didn't get back until 8 that evening. Just in time for basketball practice. Today I am trying to get caught up with emails and blogs. It has been busy, but all of these activites have resulted in relationships being built and opportunities to share about us and our God. God bless, JASON</div>
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I immediately started a daily routine of Ibuprophen and tired to stay off my feet. The kids were on vacation the next two weeks and the weather was beautiful getting up to upper 60's low 70's everyday, with plenty of sunshine. I was able to accomplish a lot of office work, since I was grounded. I got our reports done, reworked the song book for the church in Carcassonne so more could be added easily. Got our taxes done. </div>
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Thursday was another game, but I did not play, and served as referee instead. I did make it to the market Friday and enjoyed the nice temperatures and the crowds. I met some people I have not seen in a while. This past Monday is were things really got wierd. Monday morning I woke up with fever, by Monday night it was up to 102. Tuesday, I was completely out of it and started taking antibiotics. Wednesday I finally ate a little something, and Thursday was back on my feet. Ended up being a Urinary Tract Infection. It knocked me off my feet, and kicked me a few times while I was down. The doctor prescribed 10 days of antibiotics. Normally, I'm not much for medicine, I usually ignore slight headaches and sleep off the worse ones, stop antibiotics a few days early. . . .but not this time. I am going to take all ten days. This is my first UTI, and it "ain't no fun". </div>
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The kids had a good time playing outside, and going to the parks. Angie also took them for a picnic one day, where she took some cute pictures. Thursday was my first day to really get back to work, I took a fridge and table to a English couple who are going to be helping the church in Carcassonne for 6 months. I had a good meeting Friday morning at the AVF, and walked through the market afterwards, on the way met one of our old friends and talked for a while, and once arrived at the market was invited to have coffee with a couple I had not seen in a couple of months. Friday night's Bible study went well. There were 15 of us in all. Afterwards we had a Birthday party for Lauren. She turned 25 on Saturday. We also had a picnic lunch together on Saturday and invited her over for supper. Sunday after church, I attended the yearly business meeting of the church in Carcassonne. I appreciate them allowing me to attend and always learn a lot, this time about the technical aspect of having a church in France, because it has to be registered. . .etc. Today (Monday) I caught up on alot of office work and finally finished this blog. God bless, JASON</div>
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Finally we have gotten over the sickness that we had. It lasted for a week. In the middle of it we had to take Arianna to the hospital because she dislocated her elbow again. It ended up going back into place by itself before we saw the doctor, and thankfully before we had to pay :) I don't know if I mentioned last time that we (my AVF french class) visited a museum that had an exposition on the French Jews during the second World War. It was very interesting and led to me being able to share about my two grandfathers times in the war during class. </div>
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The 11th I had a meeting with the AVF regional committee. It was a good time to meet new people, and get to know our local people better. I usually do not share much when I am outranked, as just vice-president, I usually leave the speaking to the president. But this time I was asked specifically to share my ideas, which I think encouraged those who I will be leading next year, they liked my thoughts and also the fact that I shared more than usual. The following day, I had fever again. Wierd. </div>
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The 14th was our big kickoff for the Friday evening Bible Study. I put a message on facebook ( which for this who are reading and also see my facebooks post...when I post something in French, it is not meant specifically for you, but for the large amount of facebook friends that I have here in France, that is why I don't usually bother with putting a translation, just so you know). We had a good study, 6 visitors came. They all seemed to have a good time, in particular with decoration the cupcakes that Lauren had baked. Saturday, I helped a lady move into a new apartment. It was an all day move, but thankfully there was several helpers. She was single with two children and so I was glad for the opportunity to help and to build another relationship that I hope we can continue. After church on Sunday we had a basketball tournament. The boys and my team played real well, winning all three games by a clear victory. Last week was even busier than normal because I preached in Barcelona, two messages. I also designed a logo for the ministry team that we have coming in June. </div>
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I am getting more and more excited about this team, and I specifically hope that some from our sending church will come along and experience God's work here in Limoux first hand. I did work in a skype call Wendesday with my friend James in Kenya to ask loads of questions about his church planting experiences. I also managed to get our new bank account up and running. Our former bank started charging ATM fees and a monthly fee. The new one looks as if it will work well, even though it was a three week, 20 phone calls, lettes, email. . .sum it up by saying a long and at times frustrating process. Saturday Angie went to youth group, and I was planning to take to kids to an exposition of models, but I forget to get the car seats from Angie and so we just hung around the house and enjoyed the nice mild weather that we have continued having here. Lauren did have us over for supper that evening. The services in Barcelona went good. </div>
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Two ladies from our group here went with us, and everyone had a good time. Angie stayed in Limoux with the girls because Lilia had a swimming competition (where she got first place in the 100m butterfly). I always enjoy visiting with the church in Barcelona, they have jist started renting their first meetings place. Now I need to run get the kids for lunch. This afternoon I am going to start TESL (teaching english as a second language) classses. God bless, JASON</div>
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The blog shows the last time I posted was the 16th of January. Let me catch you up to what has happened since then. The 18th we had a familly over for fried chicken, evidently unknown here in France except through KFC. The 19th after church we had a basketball tournament, and Lauren went with us. </div>
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The kids playing Monopoly on one rainy day. The weather had been mild, but we have been getting a lot of rain. Some places in France have been flooded for weeks. </div>
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Saturday the 25th we had a game against another city. It went real well in spite of the fact that they were older, taller, and more in number than we were. </div>
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Thursday, I had a regional AVF meeting in the morning about an hour drive from Limoux. I made it back right in time to leave with Lauren to pick up her parents from the airport in Toulouse. The greeting is pictured below...</div>
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The 30th, we had a meeting with the AVF about helping the elderly. It was very imformative considering we have a team coming in June, and we would like to be able to visit the nursing homes and help shut-ins. Lilia left for her school ski trip on Feb. 5th. She had a good time, you can check out her facebook page for pictures. Below is a picture of our English Bible study, Lauren's dad, Mike, taught our lesson.</div>
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Lauren teaching the kids lesson, in French.</div>
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We have changed the Bible study to Friday evening, in hopes that it will be easier for families to come. Thursday, Arianna had fever. Friday, I picked it up. Saturday, it was Angie's turn. So, currently things are slowed down. Angie and I are still feeling poorly, Arianna as well. But, at least I have the time to blog :) God bless, JASON</div>
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Let me try to cath you up. After Christmas comes New Year, we had a party were we invited our friends over on Monday night. Only about half could make it but we had a good time sharing about past New Year's memories and traditions. As you can see in the photo above, we had plenty of food and snacks.</div>
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As far as our New Years, we decided to actually let the kids stay up this year. About 11:30 we all had a snack of pancakes (pictured above). The kids made it to midnight - were we had a time of prayer as a family. <br />
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New Years is the day were all the kids get measured. Arianna is pictured below. I posted the numbers for the year. Arianna once again won the trophy for the most growth at 11cm. It is good to see that Lilia is slowing down, if not she would have certainly been taller than me. <br />
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The days following New Years, Angie and Lauren did some site seeing. They visited the Walled City of Carcassonne, Queribus (view from the top pictured above), and the gorges of Gallumus. They had a good time, and if was actually the fist touristy stuff that Lauren has gotten to do. Soon school started. The Christmas vacations went very well. A lot of good time with the family.<br />
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Everyone got right back into the swing of things. Arianna drew the above picture at school one day, and when I asked what it was, she said that it is baby Jesus and that she told all her friends about him. How sweet! </div>
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One afternoone, when we returned from guitar lessons, we noticed the above note attached to our door. Caleb was explaining the he walked over to a friends house. We thought he did pretty good for his english considering. Other things happenning . . .We are making plans for a English teaching/VBS team to come see us in June. We have been busy getting prices figured out so we can get a figure for how much the team members need to raise. We have a lot of exciting things planned to do with them, even delivering homemade cookies to the firemen. I am also helping Lauren purchase a car. She shopped around a little and finally settled on one. We finished the paperwork for it today, a Toyota Yaris, and she will be able to pick it in a week. Now she just needs to learn to drive it, as it is a stick shift. :) I have also been helping repair computers for several people. It seems with Christmas arriving, several people asked for computers and need help setting them up. I don't mind as I gives me good contacts and helps me stay up to date with what is new. Currently Angie is taking a friend to do some paperwork and I will soon need to get the kids. Market tomorrow, meeting in the afternoon. Computer repair Saturday morning, meeting to look at a rental house for the team saturday afternoon, saturday evening guest will have supper with us. Sunday morning church, afternoon kids basketball game, sunday night English service, Monday I have a couple of meetings and hopefully can do some work on the growing honey-do list. God bless, JASON </div>
abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-62898032772408848192013-12-26T17:56:00.000+01:002013-12-26T17:56:00.718+01:00Christmas TimesLet me catch you up on a few highlights from the last few weeks. Let's see...<br />
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Friday the 13th, I went with our french class to have lunch together in Carcassonne and also tour the War museum there. They were having an exposition about the time between the two world wars. I had a great time visiting over lunch and touring the museum. The exposition was real good and I learned a lot of History as well as insights to that generation.</div>
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The 7th, we were invitied to attend a Pantomine in English. This is a play with interaction with the crowd (a british thing). We had a good time, the kids really enjoyed it. Above they went up on the stage to help the crowd learn a song.<br />
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Friday the 14th, we had a Christmas dinner with the church in Carcassonne. We invited a family from Limoux to come. We had a great time of food and fellowship. And some heard the Christmas story for the first time. Pictured above is the kids singing a Christmas special. The following Sunday afternoon we attended the kids basketball tournament. That evening for our English worship service we had guests, a British couple visited in our English services, as they had in our French services the Monday before. </div>
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The following Tuesday, the 17th, was Caleb's 11th birthday. He had a small party Wednesday with two of his friends. <br />
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By this time, Christmas was in full swing. I was busy helping a friend move out of a house he just sold. It was a lot of work because the house was an hour away up in the moutnains and we were working in snow and ice. He really appreciated the help and I was also able to give him spiritual counsel. The kids last day was Friday, but I had an all weekend training sessions for Coaches. It was long, but I enjoyed it, and was able to renew some contacts made with the basketball outreach last June.</div>
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The Sunday night before Christmas we got together at Laurens for a special English Christmas service and pizza. Lauren shared a book about the Christmas story, and we also made some crafts that Lauren's parents had sent for the kids. <br />
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Monday before Christmas, everyone was occupied for the adult Bible study, but Lauren had a lesson with our kids, they decorated cookies as well. </div>
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Tuesday, Christmas Eve, Lauren came over for a Christmas Eve dinner of chicken and dressing. <br />
For Christmas day, the kids made it to 7:00 before Christmas started. They opened the first wave of toys with just us. Then Lauren came over and brought the second wave of toys that she had brought for them..Then came the third wave of toys that Lauren's parents, and some members of their church had sent. The kids were spoiled as usual. Arianna is sporting her Princess outfit.<br />
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Just woke up and ready to go.<br />
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The annual in front of the tree picture. God bless, JASON</div>
abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-14314137220349683682013-12-09T11:27:00.000+01:002013-12-09T11:27:16.408+01:00ThanksgivingLet me try and summarize the last two weeks. Thanksgiving! One of my favorite times of the year. We were going all out this year with 40 people invited to our Thanksgiving meal. Monday morning, I prepared the Bible Study, and the quiz that I would be handing out for Thanksgiving. Monday afternoon we had our weekly meeting with Lauren to plan things out for the future. We finallized athe plans for Thanksgiving, discussed the English services Sunday night to see how we could improve them, and planned for a group coming in June. Monday night, after running Angie to her palates class, Lilia to swimming, Bible study went well. Lauren is continuing to teach the kids on Monday night and it is going well. Tuesday morning, I met with out French class, Angie did some shopping. Tuesday afternoon, I had my computer class which went well. There were a few new students and we talked about connections (VGA, HDMI, USB, WIFI, Bluetooth, 4G, etc.). Pictured below is the class from Friday evening. <br />
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Tuesday evening at Basketball practice,while confirming the presence of my teammates, I realized that everyone had planned on bringing their children (surprise), meaning in a room for 40 people we would have about 60. Thus began the scrammble to add the those we already had avlaible to watch our kids so that we could provide babysitters for those who did not have any and wanted some. Wednesday, the cooking began. Thankfully we had Lauren to help divide the workload with.We were responsable for the rolls, sweet potatos (just the baking), String bean casserole, devilled eggs, cheesecake, cranberry sauce, ice tea, and wassail. I do not think I have ever seen such large pots so full. . .<br />
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Wednesday afternoon's basketball practice went well. Getting the kids ready for another tournament mid-december. Wednesday night, Angie and Lilia had practice. We took team pictures at practice because the club is planning to have calenders printed to sell. That seems to be a popular thing to do. Several times a week we have people knocking on the door selling calenders. Thursday morning I met with my language helper as usual, we went over the Bible study text and also the quiz to make sure everything was well written. I usually make errors when writting with the grammaire still, and occasionnally I write a word how it sounds orally but not how it should be written. Thursday morning and afternoon, I continued to help Angie cook, we took a break the afternoon to go pick up the keys for the room we have rented. This room is provided by the mayors office for 100 euros. It was nice and clean. Someone had reserved it on Friday night and it was ours all day saturday (foreshadow). Thursday evening, Lauren invited us to have a more personnal, relaxed thanksgiving meal with her. Pictured below. Very nice and appreciated.<br />
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Friday Morning, Angie and I had a meeting to renew our visa's. The process goes well, we have the routine down. Thankfully next year we will be able to apply for a ten year visa, and stop having to go every year ( and pay every year) to renew. We also pickud up a few things from the store and borrowed some tables and chairs from the church in Carcassonne. Friday afternoon, cooking again. Friday evening I had my other computer class. Lilia went with me because right afterwards we had a Trophy ceremonie for all the sports clubs. Our basketball team was awarded for getting second place and Lilia was awarded for getting third with her school swimming team (pictured below).<br />
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Saturday was the big day. Caleb and I went first thing in the morning to get the heat turned on in the room, only to find out that the place was covered with red mud and dirt. We spent the better part of an hour sweeping and mopping. I took plenty of pictures to show later and complain. After we stopped by the store, we took Angie's place so they could go set up the decorations. Lauren planned out the decorations and did a good job. <br />
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We got everything cooked up. Our friends who do the turkey for us every year brought it over, cooked, sliced and ready to serve (what a blessing!). We made our way over, several trips in both cars, and around 7 started welcoming our guests. We sat and started eating around 8:30. It went wonderfully. Inbetween courses I would go over teh quiz, or talk about the history of Thanksgiving, or lead in a prayer. Everyone enjoyed most of the food. We had more that enough. There ended up being right at 40 and only 7 kids. Before the dessert, I had everyone change places to get to know more people. Everything was finished up around 11. We made it back to the babysitters around 11:30. Stayed and visited with them and other parents until about midnight. Angie crashed on the couch right away. I stayed up until 1:30 putting things away and getting ready for Sunday. <br />
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Sunday we had a meal after church services, which helped to get rid of leftovers. The English services went well Sunday night. Monday morning I worked on the Bible study. Monday afternoon we met with Lauren and worked a lot on details for the trip in June, and sharing about how Thanksgiving went and how we could improve it next year. Monday night, Bible study was semi-cancelled. Lauren still did the kids lesson, but everyone cancelled except a young British lady who called a quarter after and wanted to come. We had a good visit with her. She teaches English at the High School in Limoux three days a week. Tuesday we had our French class in the morning, and computer class in the afternoon. Wednesday was basketball day. Thursday, met with Eric. Friday, went to the market, had some good contacts, in spite of the cold. Friday nights computer class went well, we talked about word processors. Saturday we had a christmas lunch with the AVF. We had a good visit with those seated at our table. We had to leave a little early because Angie had youth meeting. Lilia was gone attending her regional swim competition. She did well finishing 38th out of fifty. She knocked another second off her best time. Not bad considering those who finished inthe top spots were several years older than her. AFter the youth group, we went to a Pantomime in English that our friends from Carcassonne invited us to. It was real nice. The kids really enjoyed it, even Arianna. We got home late, but had a lot of fun. Sunday after church we were invited to eat with a teammate of mine. We had a real good visit with them about our work and what we believe. Sunday night services went well again, Arianna fell asleep before the songs we over. Below is the basketball calender. God bless, JASON <br />
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abainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762047454087194991.post-56559480243377116602013-11-22T11:57:00.002+01:002013-11-22T11:57:38.994+01:00Rain, RainThe biggest news from the last two weeks would be the rain. We have had rainful almost constantly it seems. For 8 days straight we had rain, and for at least 3 of those days it was non-stop. <br />
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I don't know if you can see in the above picture, the rocks peeking up out of the water on the far side. That marks the edge of what is usually a parking lot. Currently the weather has gotten colder, and we are getting sleet mixed with rain. Things are going well with the AVF, we had a meeting last week and I was voted to be vice-president. I am enjoying the computer class, each time we meet, it seems there are new students. I think there are about 15 now. We had a dinner with the AVF yesterday. I had a great time meeting everyone, and had some good conversations about religion and our church planting efforts. There were about 70 present. Sunday, the boys had their first basketball tournament of the season. They played three games, lost the first one 0-2, and won the next two 2-0 and 14-1. They had a good time playing and everyone scored. I hope that reflects my coaching skills. </div>
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Bible study is going well. Along with Lauren we have some things planned for the future. We will soon have a kids Bible study time during the adult Bible study. We are also looking at the possiblilty of having English courses, and maybe some groups coming. </div>
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A friend gave us a couple of Courges that were enormous. With the weather like it is, I think soup is on the menu. God bless, JASON</div>
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Early Friday morning, Angie and Lilia left for weekend with the youth at a camp north of Toulouse. They had a wonderful time, and praised the music, the sermons, the activities, pretty much everything. Lilia is picture below, with two youth from Carcassonne. </div>
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Meanwhile, I hung out with the other kids here at home. Friday was a holiday, and we just chilled out at home and played outside. Saturday, I wanted to build a cat toy with the kids. We went and bought the stuff we needed and had a good time working on it with the kids. They did most of the work, I was only there for the heavy lifting. I even made the boys do all the math. So here is what came out of a couple of outdoor rugs and some scrap wood we had laying around. </div>
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Sunday services went well, we stayed and ate, which went well, in spite of the absence of Angie. They made it back late Sunday afternoon. Monday, my computer started acting up, which started a week long process. I was able boot it up and back it up slowly and by rebooting multiple times, before it stopped loading windows at all. Then, after trying restores and repairs without any change, I was forced to restore it to the factory default, and start the process of putting all the free software back on. Thankfully I was able to back everything up. Bible study went well Sunday night, we are continuing the study of John and enjoying good discussion. Tuesday morning, Angie and I had our AVF French class, and Thursday afternoon, I had my AVF computer class, which went real well. Our subject was computer security and there were five new students. Several of which talked with me afterwards, asking why I was in France, which I gladly explained. Tuesday evening we had basketball practice. Wednesday, I worked on the computer more and had a visit that afternoon and had basketball practice with the kids, getting ready for our first tournament soon. Thursday morning I got the computer up and running and started loading software. Thursday afternoon, I gave the guitar lessons. Thursday after getting the kids from school, I had meet the teacher night with Caleb. It went well even though we only were able to see two teachers because of long lines, but I did get to visit some with other parents. Below is the main building for Caleb and Lilia's school. <br />
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We left the teacher meeting and I headed to basketball practice. Friday morning the market went well. Lauren stopped by and I was able to introduce her to a few people. Lauren is doing good well with the language. She has some private lessons by several different people in Limoux and does not have to travel to Carcassonne everyday. She had no electricity over last weekend because we didn't get all the information that needed and so they eventually cut it off instead of contacting someone. She stayed in a Hotel since the weather had turned cold. Friday afternoon I met with Lauren planning out the future. Angie left for a scrapbooking meeting, and I took Lauren to work with Sophie, which gave me the time to finish getting the computer restored. Friday night I had my second computer class time, we had two more new students. It went well, I had to leave a few minutes early to head to our adult basketball game in a village north of Carcassonne. It was a hard game and we ended up loosing by six points. I scored only 11. The good part was getting to renew the contact with the people we had met in June with the american team, as this was the team that had taken us out the eat. Saturday, I slept in a little, and woke up to head over and help a couple of hours with one of our bible study people moving into a new apartment. Saturday afternoon, Angie and Lilia headed to the youth meeting. Sunday services went well. Today is a national Holiday (army/veterans). I took the chance to give Lauren some driving lessons. She had never driven and stick shift, but picked it up quickly. Bible study will be in a little bit. So I will sign off. Blessings, JASONabainfrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949429239884455854noreply@blogger.com0