Kneel in France

May 6, 2009 Our travel day in Lyon, France

Praise the Lord. I could not have asked for a better travel day than this. I couldn’t begin to tell you how many times zones we traveled, only that we left San Francisco in gloom and arrived in Lyon to glorious sunshine! This is a wonderful beginning Lord. We left US soil in the afternoon on Tuesday and arrived in Lyon on the following day with five hours sleep for most of us. We were able to stay up until 11:30 plus that evening. Jet lag? Well it hasn’t reared its ugly head too much just yet, but we’re waiting. My room mate Terri and I hit the sack at 12:30 and are now up and about at 7 am. It’s looking pretty good. What’s that you say, “Pride goeth before the fall?” Oh, yes. I have heard that before. Anyway, we are praising our Jesus for a great start.

Our group, which has now expanded to seven, started out sightseeing, well actually looking for dinner, at 5:30. Pure Lyonaise. Lyon is known as the food capital of France. We were entertained by the wait staff, enjoyed wonderful local delicacies like tripe, and sampled every dessert on the menu. Why leave the sweets behind? A good time was had by all We didn’t eat until after 8 PM. The locals eat very late around here so we were able to do some sightseeing. This can be a challenge when your tummy is on another in another time zone. Laura and Carrie had the worst of it as they hadn’t eaten since 5:30 that morning.

We did have one mishap. Emily was pick pocketed while on a very crowded bus on our way downtown. Fortunately, Emily had been focusing on credit cards, so she has limited cash on hand. She is now our guest until back up finances arrive. A small price to pay for her company, and a lesson to be learned while away from home. She took it like a real trooper saying, “They must have needed the money more than she,” but still it’s a rough way to start out. We are thankful that it’s only stuff and that we are all well and safe in this beautiful city on the Lord’s mission.

We decided to walk the few miles back to our hotel along the beautiful Rhone River after dinner. Don’t worry about us husbands. We were well protected by our Lord as we prayer walked our way back and enjoy the well lit city that is also know as the “city of lights.”
Magnifique!
Carrie and Laura, missionaries from Africa, have joined us while on sabbatical. The rest of us are from Northern, Central, and Southern California. This cadre of travelers are the afore mentioned Carrie, Laura, Terri, Emily, Diane, myself, and our fearless leader Janice.

I will apologize now for any misspellings or grammatical errors, etc. that might appear on this sight. Yes, I know that I’m a teacher and should know better, but I don’t have my trusty editor with me. Miss you honey. My soul purpose(multiple meaning here) is to keep you informed about our comings and goings, but mostly to let you know what our sweet Jesus is up to while he takes us on this wonderful journey. Thanks you Lord for this opportunity to serve you in this way.