I am now at the University in Paris working with the Summer of Service and it has been amazing so far!!! However there is unfortunately very limited internet access so I'm using one of the three computers here to give an update :)
Our days have been so crazy busy! We have breakfast every morning at 7:30 and then worship and a teaching at 9:30. Then lunch at 12 and a short break after that and before we go out with our specific teams at 2:30. Then we have an open air service from 8 to 10:30 and since it takes us over an hour to get back to the University I usually end up in bed by 12:30 at the earliest. Then we wake up and do it all over again! Every day is so crazy though nothing feels redundant which is good. There are so many amazing people here and it's been so encouraging to talk and spend time with them. There are around 80 participants in the program and they are all from over 15 different countries. Having such a diverse group always makes everyday things much more interesting :)
Saint Denny is the area we go to work with muslims. Yesterday was the first day we spent out there and since it's hard to do much as an English speaker I spent the afternoon interceeding with another girl for the rest of the team. It was really good but I'm also really excited to go out and talk to people later this week or next. Going into this area feel like you're walking into an area of North Africa. I've never seen anything like it. There are so many people that you can tell are from so many different backgrounds just from the way they dress and carry themselves.
France is such a diverse country and I think its often forgotten how much need there really is here.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Day 22
It's been so long since I've written! For the few people reading this, my sincerest apologies :)
I'm in France! Just outside of Paris, in the region of Champagne (where they make Champagne if you couldn't guess that). We've been here since last Wednesday and have been helping out with a youth camp that was hosted by the YWAM base here. It has been very very interesting. Our roles were to be the servants of the base, so we have mostly been cleaning and serving and preparing meals and things like that. But because of the unexpected low attendance, we were also able to attend the different workshops and services and things. There were actually three people from the Bethel school in Redding here as well and one of them was a speaker. Its been really crazy experiencing so many differing theological beliefs and practices. However, I have learned more about unity in the church than I ever could have hoped for in a one week period. It has been amazing getting to know the whole team and of course Art has been incredible.
We've also gotten to travel around this area a little bit since we've been here. Yesterday we went to this Medieval village called Provins (I think) and the day before that we went to a winery for Champagne tasting which was also really exciting. And on Sunday, since we're with art, we all went out for pizza to this little restaurant and filled the entire place with something like 30 people (most of them were our guests).
Tomorrow we're headed back out to Paris for a few days of sightseeing before we start the Summer of Service on Monday. With the Summer of Service program we'll be staying in some university housing with a bunch of other teams and break up into different evangelism groups. I was hoping to be with the Muslim evangelism team and to my excitement I got an email two days ago from that team leader telling me I would be part of it. So I think the next two weeks will probably be the best yet! And I will definitely not let 10 more days go by before I post again!
I'm in France! Just outside of Paris, in the region of Champagne (where they make Champagne if you couldn't guess that). We've been here since last Wednesday and have been helping out with a youth camp that was hosted by the YWAM base here. It has been very very interesting. Our roles were to be the servants of the base, so we have mostly been cleaning and serving and preparing meals and things like that. But because of the unexpected low attendance, we were also able to attend the different workshops and services and things. There were actually three people from the Bethel school in Redding here as well and one of them was a speaker. Its been really crazy experiencing so many differing theological beliefs and practices. However, I have learned more about unity in the church than I ever could have hoped for in a one week period. It has been amazing getting to know the whole team and of course Art has been incredible.
We've also gotten to travel around this area a little bit since we've been here. Yesterday we went to this Medieval village called Provins (I think) and the day before that we went to a winery for Champagne tasting which was also really exciting. And on Sunday, since we're with art, we all went out for pizza to this little restaurant and filled the entire place with something like 30 people (most of them were our guests).
Tomorrow we're headed back out to Paris for a few days of sightseeing before we start the Summer of Service on Monday. With the Summer of Service program we'll be staying in some university housing with a bunch of other teams and break up into different evangelism groups. I was hoping to be with the Muslim evangelism team and to my excitement I got an email two days ago from that team leader telling me I would be part of it. So I think the next two weeks will probably be the best yet! And I will definitely not let 10 more days go by before I post again!
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