Le Papillon

Salut à tous ! I hope all is well wherever this finds you!

Let me fill you in on what's happened since my last post. The month of March went by so quickly even though there's not much to report. It was my regular routine of classes every week day and resting from travel on the weekends. So far I haven't learned many new pieces of grammaire or new phonetique sounds. Rather it seems to me that at this level one is learning the nuances and exceptions (there are many many exceptions in French) of the language and tweaking any bad habits and correcting misunderstandings. This has been very good for me as many of my mistakes are fairly minor ones such as according a verb to its pluriel, feminin counterpart. It's been great because I have noted a change in my grades and in my dictations. The probleme I am running into at the moment is incoporating everything I have learned as I speak and speaking with fluidity.

In other news I will be moving into the OIKOS house (the house where most OIKOS interns reside) come May as it will be simpler to move at that time than in the summer when Jonathan will be in Africa, I will be working at a camp and will visit the states. While I will no longer have two French roommates and live in such close proximity to a church (just below me) the move will put me closer to a RER (train) station and to my director Jonathan. It has been a great experience living at this location!

Come next week I will be on Easter vacation for nearly three weeks! What will I do? As I am saving for a plane ticket to visit the states, and please be praying for a good price (God willing), I will stay here in Paris and try to visit some sites I have not yet had the opportunity to see. Perhaps the book I just bought "Paris 0 Euro" has some suggestions. I certainly plan on taking advantage of the beautiful spring weather. It's been 12-18 (53-64) the past few weeks. I certainly am not missing the feet of snow that Breckenridge has recieved in that time :)

I forgot to take pictures, as usual, but last night I had friends (from the college Bible study I attend in Paris) over to cook and play some games. It was a blast! We had potatoe and leek soup with chicken cooked in a white bacamel beer sauce and three different deserts!

Prayer Requests: 1. Lk. 9:24 2. Ability to incoporate all that I am learning 3. Fluidity in speaking 4. Nearness to God 5. Make the most of my two years here

Praises: 1. That God has enabled me to survive the 3-6 months in a new culutre (generally the hardest) 2. The abiblity to communicate in French 3. The friends I have made over here 4. The opportunity to visit my family (especially my niece Mya) in June 5. My health 6. God's faithfulness in all things 7. The college Bible study in Paris (GBU)