Quiet Week!

It has been a quiet week, so our Blog won't be too exciting. We have done a lot, a lot, and a lot of books. We don't know where we're at with the count, but Kathryn said today she's getting a callous on one of her fingers. But needless to say we have managed to stay busy with getting into quite a routine here in France, church being one that we do a lot! We go to French church on Sunday mornings - which lasts 2 full hours, and then we go to the English church on Sunday evenings - that lasts just about an hour - maybe a little longer, but then you stay and visit for quite a while! Then Kathryn goes to the young peoples service (with the French church) that meets every other Saturday evening - and last but not least - with the people associated with the library - we have prayer meeting every other Friday morning for 2 hours! So we stay pretty busy just attending church! Kathryn mentioned to one of her friends back home about how much she goes to church, and her friend teased her that she was going to come home as a nun!


Kathryn - being the very hair-conscientious person that she is - was going crazy with her hair - needing a cut and highlights terribly! After finding an ok establishment she has been on cloud 9 ever since having it done! It was the highlight this week - pun intended!

Debbie went with to help with some of the translation; we could only imagine what a disaster it could end up being? There were some words Debbie didn't know, but tried! If you need highlights - that would be called ‘meches.’ Of course you need to choose the color from - oh say - 50 choices! And you need to say if you want wide or narrow highlights, and you need to tell them just how you'd like your hair cut. Luckily we brought a picture, which is worth a thousand translated words! Then comes - do you want your hair washed, conditioned, dried, styled, teased, waxed or shaved. "I don't know" isn't a good answer, as well as you really might not want to tell them to do what they think is best (we heard the result is never good); either one could give you many more bad hair days then you ever thought possible. In the end the result is wonderful and we are all so happy with it, Kathryn says she's been French-i-fied! Elle est tres elegente! Ce n'est pas?

Debbie has been feeling discouraged with French. She didn't know as much as she thought she did when she got here, and what she does know isn't coming out too well. But she is working on it. She is realizing that she could benefit greatly with more school, but it's all good because for the most part, she is able to at communicate what is needed to get us both by - even if it's pretty primitively!!!! She has been meeting once a week with a older French woman that lives down the street. They have a wonderful time speaking ‘Franglish,’ eating French pastries and enjoying each others company.
I think we are getting to experience another of Southern France's wonderful weather phenomenons - the mistral. Ten inches of snow in 8 hours was pretty exciting, but it's been cloudy and rainy for 2 days - and now the wind is blowing like crazy!!!!!!!!!! We shut the shutters to the French doors in our salon (living room) so we don't accidentally end up redecorating in a sort of out-doorsy look complete with real leaves and tree limbs. Maybe between the mistrals and the catholic population here in France, this is where the Flying Nun was inspired.

Kathryn and I will be coming home as flying Nuns!