Allez Les Bleus!

Imagine a month of Superbowls. So big that the entire world is watching and competing. And you live in the the city whose team will be playing the returning champions this Saturday July 1st! Of course the game is not American Football, but it is what the rest of the world refers to as FOOTBALL (including England). Yes that's right, last night after a super exciting game France moved ahead and will be playing against the infamous team of Brasil (Brazil) this very Saturday. Every game (especially those France plays in) is a good excuse to throw a true party in the spirit of the "Superbowl". We've hosted one others in the Spiritual Family have welcomed us into their homes, and yet others have organized gatherings in restaurants and cafes around town where they have set up "big screen" systems and which are guaranteed to offer a great ambiance and frequent cheering.

Go Team

Check back soon to see our great articles on the recent I-Go-Pray-4-Paris Mission Trip.

p.s. we are awaiting photos of this trip, participants please send photos asap.

Tropical Paris

Welcome to Tropical Paris!!!

The past two weeks have been hot and sunny here. I am avoiding the metro as often as possible, choosing busses instead that are air-conditioned. In homes and museums air-conditioning is not catching on in France. Parisians choose to open their windows and let in the fresh air rather than invest in air-conditioning that is known to lead to illnesses. It gets up to 80 most days and sometimes a scorching 90! I'm not crazy about the 90 degree weather, that usually means our 5th floor apartment starts warming up about 5pm and will still be registering a steamy 80 degrees around midnight. So when we leave the house in the morning, we also try to stay out all day rather than coming back just to walk up 102 steps and enter the sauna where we live. This habit of staying outside all day is great for hanging out with people, but not so great for the pocketbook :) Especially this month - today begins a complete month of sales like America experiences between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The warm weather mixed with the long days brings young adults out into the streets. We have daylight until 10pm so the streets below are quite noisy until 2am. So if you think about it, pray that we get some sleep depite the craziness below.