Repairs

Some of the produce from our friend's garden - tomatoes, 
black tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, strawberries, peppers, cherry
tomatoes, Coeur de boeuf tomato, and zuccini. 

Candid shot before going for a walk to
fly a kite.

The weekend went well.  I thought I did a decent job at church Sunday. This has been a week of getting several small jobs done. Monday and Tuesday I prepared the lesson for Tuesday night.  I also got our financial report sent in. Wednesday I fixed a leak under the hot water heater, fixed a broken doorknob, and washed off the wall of the back porch that was growing moss.  We also placed a few orders for items that my parents will bring when they come.  The weather has really been cool and rainy these last two weeks. Today was the start of a couple of days of sunshine, so I should be able to mow the yard.   I plan on setting up the stand in the market tomorrow morning, and then I am having my lesson with my language partner.  We are trying to translate a really difficult text.  We have been babysitting the garden of our friends who are on vacation for a few weeks.  We are being blessed with all kinds of good stuff. God bless, JASON

Mother's Day 1

This is the first Mother's day of the year so far. Mother's Day in France is in June. Angie will be treated twice, which she deserves. The Bible study went well Thursday night. There were two who came, and we had a good study and fellowship. Friday, I spent getting paperwork done and doing some shopping. In the afternoon Angie, Andrew and I visited the jardin aux plantes, a plant garden here in Limoux. It was like a zoo for plants, with labels and information on all kinds of plants. There were two acres and we could have stayed all afternoon, but Andrew was not as interested as Angie and I. They had plants from all over, I think there were at least 10 different types of Roses alone. Saturday, I took the kids for a hike in the hills behind our house. They all really enjoy walking around and exploring. Lilia was facinated by the streams that had formed in all the crevices in the hills. They had formed from the three days of rain that we received. Services went well today. Had a nice restful afternoon, got some reading done, listened to the services at our sending church. Angie is preparing a lesson for the kids at this moment and then it is off to bed. I have attached pictures of us planting our strawberries and tomato plants. They look like they will survive the cold weather and snow. God bless, JASON

Stormy Weather

A storm came through last night right at the kids bedtime. Micah was a little worried and it took a while before he went to sleep. I brought the lesson at the church in Carcassonne before the prayer time yesterday. I enjoyed it, I hope that everyone understood what was said. They laughed when they were supposed to, so that is a good sign. It helped me to see just how long it would take to prepare a short message in French. The answer - a long time. Wednesday I took the boys for a hike. I will attach those pictures later. Attached picture is of our cactus garden and of the sun rise a few mornings ago. We are still waiting for out interent connection. I will stop by there today and see if there is a problem. Lilia's table arrived that we have been waiting for over a month, so I will pick that up as well. I stopped by the Library this morning to see what was required to get the kids library cards. I also stopped by an "association", club, that has information and activities for people trying to learn French of other languages and people who are new to town. Lilia and Caleb have been loving their swimming classes on Wednesday. Also this week I have averaged 4.1 liters/100 km or 57.359 miles to the US gallong. That has to be a record. Looking forward to a good weekend. God bless, JASON

Today is Monday.

"Today is Monday". That was the phrase that Caleb got to teach his class in English this morning. His teacher has been helping him teach the English classes a little. He seems to really enjoy it. I asked him if he knew all the days of the week in English and he did not, neither did Micah, so we will spend the next few car rides practicing the days of the week in English. We had a good weekend. Saturday, Angie and I worked on the yard all day. We transfered some cactus (aloe vera) and cleaned out the flower bed to get ready for some flowers. The new cactus garden looks really nice. I will try and get a picture of it posted next time. Sunday services went well. Being the first of the month we treated ourselves to Dominos Pizza. We saw it a few weeks back and it was great to get to enjoy some finally. Sunday afternoon I got some good studying done, spent almost and hour looking into one Hebrew word. Afterwards I was even able to get a small nap with Andrew. Hopefully this is the week that our internet will arrive. God bless, JASON