Salut!

France has got to be king of bank holidays!  May has 3!  2 are on Thursdays so you can ‘faire le pont’ (make the bridge) and have a nice 4 day weekend.  This weekend Thursday and Monday are holidays so "c’est la fete!"

Yesterday a farmer in the church organised a 40km bike ride!  There were 19 of us who set out mid-morning from the church leaving sun cream vapours trailing behind us.  We arrived at his farm around 1pm after riding though beautiful countryside full of vivid green barley and sunny yellow rape seed fields. 

We enjoyed a sun soaked BBQ where it was plainly obvious we were in France and not England - everybody (very sensibly) sought out the shady areas! 

We arrived back late afternoon tired, somewhat red and, for the most part, smiling!  

It was a lovely day and I’m very greatful to God for allowing me to minister in such a beautiful country!  However, continue to pray with me…all is not what the eye sees.  This country may be blessed with natural beauty but it is suffering from spiritual destitution. 

Every 1st Wednesday of the month at midday all public buildings are required by law to test their fire alarms!  Can you imagine the din?!  I live next door to a school and not far from an industrial estate so each month it sounds like we are under nuclear attack! 

I have had a LOVELY weekend!  The bank holiday here is on a Thursday so most people take off the Firday and take a little holiday.  I went down to the dordogne in Fifi to meet up with a group of people I met on holiday last August.

It is seriously the most BEAUTIFUL place.  All weekend I kept exclaiming, "Comme c’est beau!"  I had to try and stop saying it because it was getting annoying!

We stayed in caravans and ate breakfast each morning on the verada to the sound of cookoos and frogs!  During the days we went on walks through the lush country side, visited castles and caves and eat lots and lots of the delicious food.  Great holiday!