So Much to Do...

...so little time!
It is hard to believe that only 1 month of CEM remains!
This past week was our only hard-labor week of the year at Centre Bonnefoi with a group of 40 Americans organized by and mostly constituated of the Pitman Road Church of Christ. My first ever mission trip, where I first learned that I could serve the Lord by cleaning toilets and other manual labors, was to Centre Bonnefoi in 2003, so being on a work week again there kind of brought my CEM/France experience to full circle; coming back to the roots of why I ended up here for a year.

Photos of our diverse projects are available thanks to our team photographer on the Pitman website:
HERE BE PHOTOS

The highlight of the various projects on which I worked was an erosion-control attempt to prevent a mountain from eroding over the roof on the side of our annex building. Sound almost impossible? We called ourselves "Team Mustard," because with faith as small as a mustard seed, you can tell mountains to fall into the sea. We were hoping that with our faith and some preventative meausres we could prevent the mountain from falling on our building! We're not expecting too much, given the tough winter snow melts that our little terrace and water-velocity breaking rock sachets will have to endure.

Upon return in Marseille, we exchanged our 40 visitors from the States for 50 visitors from the US, Belgium, France and Switzerland for a week of Mission in Marseille, called CEM Ete, or Christians on Missions Summer Session. It is a one-week version of my year, and a great week for the young people of Europe to do some intense service, evangelism, and take some good Bible classes as well. We have 2 classes each morning, then the usual and formidable 2 hour lunch break, then an afternoon activity (i.e. attending a Bible study or visiting the nursing home), then choir practice, then dinner hosted by Marseille locals (which includes me this time!) Our CEM Summer chorus will perform concerts on Thursday and Friday.
Well underway!