Salut!

I was talking with a guest in my flat this afternoon and this THING was flying around my flowers, seemingly drinking from them.  As those of you who know me can imagine, I wasn’t that calm!  Anyway, I was brave enough to take a photo.  Does anyone know what it is?  (Click on picture for bigger view.)  It was about an inch and a half long with a long curly tongue that it dipped into the flowers.  Ewwww!!

I’m EXHAUSTED!

Friday I set off on the train to Nantes.  I attended the Alpha training weekend there.  Here’s proof…  Yes, man back to front!

The weekend was really useful and very encouraging but totally exhausting.  There were 200 Catholics and 50 Protestants.  The Alpha course is really a ‘Catholic tool’ here in France which is quite surprizing considering its protestant roots.  This is the French Nick Gumble:  After a long weekend I travelled with Jan, another ECM missionary to her flat in Le Mans and spent the night there.  The next day, Monday, we travelled over to Tours for the ECM team day which turned out to be not very relaxing.

Off on my travels again, by car this time, with Susanne and Fritz and their baby Kevin.  We arrived back late in Orleans in time for a good meal and off to sleep at 10pm.

 

Tuesday was spent in a LONG meeting all day with the baptist pastors of the central region of France discussing our next move in terms of church planting. 

Phew! 

Tomorrow morning me and Jean Marc have been invited to lead a 2 hour discussion / class at the local Catholic high school.  Our theme is eccumenicalism…I can’t spell it or pronouce it, so I’m sure everything will go great!  Please pray for this and the seeds of the gospel we will sow in the students minds.  Also please pray for energy for me to keep up the pace, we seem to be speeding downhill towards Christmas now!