tuesday, wednesday, thursday

it's going to be a cool evening in paris tonight. the sky is cloudy - threatening rain. i'm hoping to enjoy a good parisian sunset before i leave... but we gotta get these clouds out of here! not to be boring and talk about the weather, but the weather in paris has been pretty moody. you never really know what the day will bring (kinda like michigan...), so when you're out for the day, you probably want to bring a jacket and an umbrella. the times i bring my umbrella, it doesn't rain and the times i don't bring it, it does rain. thanks, murphy. anyways, i like to take advantage of the blue skies when they grace paris with their presence. the sky really makes a difference in my pictures!

tuesday night was the Passion World Tour stop in Paris. i really enjoyed the evening and i hated for it to end! it seemed like a quick 4 hours! there were about 1,000 in attendance which was great because at the beginning of last week there were 200. at any rate, this was the largest known christian college event that paris has ever seen - praise God! it was pretty cool to have a translator for louie (giglio) and french words for the worship songs. my prayer is that there will be an obvious impact on the city because of this event and my prayers also go forward to london where the passion team is tonight!

wednesday began round 2 of classes for me at the alliance francaise. this week is an oral workshop. again, i am really pleased with the teacher and my classmates. i wish i could take more classes! after class i had lunch with another american, katie. i had a really good time talking with her over sandwiches. she has a pretty interesting story. i'm praying that i'll have the chance to spend time with her. she mentioned that she wanted to go to the picasso museum while she was here - which ironically (or, divinely?) is on my list! it'd be cool if we could go together! i like crossing paths. after lunch i wandered around the 6th & 7th districts (Paris is divided into 20 districts) until i stumbled upon Saint Sulpice church - an amazingly large and ornate cathedral that has been around for hundreds of years. i took the opportunity to look around there for a while and sit and reflect. pretty cool. i headed back to the apartment around dinner time where i was on childcare duty! al & nicole went out for the evening with some passion leaders while i watched the kids for them. i think they enjoyed getting away for a bit and i was glad to help :)

today was a good day. part of my "internship" with al is cultural immersion. this includes a variety of things from going to the market to visiting a museum to watching the news. one of my 'jobs' is to see a french movie. so this morning, i headed downtown to catch a flick. after doing some research, i found that a morning show is "only" 5.90 euros - translate that into USD... i won't be seeing any evening movies here! anyways. after the movie, i wandered the streets (my favorite thing to do!). today i saw part of the luxurious fashion paris that is famous around the world. i felt like i couldn't even walk by with my jeans and flip flops on! haha - i don't think i'll be doing any shopping in those neighborhoods, but it is sure fun to window shop!


grace, peace, and love.