Author Archives: David
Hidden Fun in France
After traveling to Versailles and then up to Montmarte and then back to the Tour Eiffel (aka the Eiffel tower) on Saturday I can safely say that the highlight of the boys day was not in the attractions that are … Continue reading
Waiting at La Poste
I had a few letters that needed mailed out so I headed to La Poste. I didn’t put my watch on before leaving because I wanted to practice asking the time, if for some reason I needed to know what … Continue reading
Lost in translation
Today at lunch we were asking the boys different questions in French and waiting for them to come up with a response. We were just asking them if they would like different types of food that we had on the … Continue reading
Our Friend Clem
Last night a dear friend of ours went home to Heaven. Clem was special to our family in so many ways. He was one of the very first people that we met when we first start attending Deerbrook, we sat … Continue reading
Trusted Frenchman
I must have mastered the correct look for a trusted person in France. Yesterday while I was standing in line at the grocery store, sometimes these waits can be 10-20 minutes, the woman behind me began speaking to me about … Continue reading
Study break
We just finished up a week of testing and now we have a week and a half off from school. It felt like a week of finals but we kept having tests on the same subject, either oral, written or … Continue reading
Scripture Celebration
I wanted to share one of the amazing stories from the fall Scripture Celebration in Orlando Florida, where they celebrated the dedication of 17 New Testaments last week. Andy had just finished the New Testament in the Lelemi language in … Continue reading
Bus Stop Advertisement
The following picture was displayed around town on most of the bus stops and as I glanced at it I thought, I must have finally switched to thinking in French, and then I realized I was only reading in English … Continue reading
Walking to School
We have adjusted to the walk to and from school but besides the additional exercise that we are all now getting we are also getting a little over an hour every day for the kids to ask us questions and … Continue reading
Treasure Hunt
Today was the weekly trip to the Massy library, really the bibliothèque because the library is where you go to buy the books and we were just in a borrowing kind of mood. The entire walk there Joshua was insistent … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 