Quick Update

Yesterday we were in Luzern, Switzerland for a few hours. It was pretty far away so we got see lots of the French, German and Swiss countryside. The city was unbelievably cool. I'll put up some pictures later of the sites. It was a German and Swiss holiday so most stores were closed and the only people on the streets were tourists with no time to spare. We were only there for a few hours ourselves so we weren't able to do any evangelism. We did, however, go into Germany for dinner at an Italian restaurant. There a whole crew from Greater Europe Missions met us and we were able to talk with them. It was a really nice time. We returned sleepy to our host families for a night of rest before heading back to work. Today we are beginning a new phase of the project so things are moving somewhat slowly as we learn new jobs. We are continuing on the trenches and washing the roof (which the school is amazed at-they never knew their roof was white). While replacing roof tiles, Sarah was horrified to find a decaying mouse. Other than that and the bees, we've had pretty pleasant experiences with everything. Oh, also Dustin saw a funnel web spider a few days ago which was fairly horrifying. Soon we'll start putting in some new supports to raise the ceiling to regulation size. Yesterday one of the teachers of the school stood in the garden and began to cry as she saw her dreams for the school come true-more classrooms. The missionaries last night were all amazed at the thought of a Christian school in France, of all places. College Daniel is an inspiration to all the Evangelicals in the area. Its staff and students have been incredible. We pray for each other each morning and play with them during our breaks. They serve us and we serve them. Even in a cross-cultural environment, the church is fulling its purpose and we are all working together. I really think this is how short term trips should go. We invest in ministries already existing that need our help and ask GEM to send a team. Then we can serve them and learn more about the ministries here and spend time with our host families. I think that's the best part of it for all of us-staying with the locals and getting an insider and Christian perspective on the culture and religious climate of the area. I really love how EuroTeam is set up.
Tomorrow we are working as well and then will go into town for dinner (and we're planning on doing some evangelism then-it'll be a Saturday evening) and then we're going to climb up the top of a vineyard-covered hill overlooking the town for sunset. It's going to be an incredible and worshipful experience I think and I look forward to sending you pictures. Thanks for your prayers.