Work Continues on Monday and Tuesday

Monday was a beautiful and sunny day. Our work consisted of painting and mortaring. Real changes are happening here at the France YFC Training facility. On Tuesday, the weather turned cold and rainy again. The locals say this is very unusual. In the spring they had summer and now they are having spring! The wall in the kitchen is nearly complete. Matt has been hauling trash – old lumber pieces and broken mortar to the dump with Luke, a Frenchman who volunteered to help clean the place up. Luke doesn’t speak English and Matt doesn’t speak French, but they’re able to use gestures to get the job done. The ladies continue to paint the walls and their bodies. Philippe and Janelle continue to provide us with great French food. Tuesday evening we visited a French sawmill. One of the eight remaining craftsmen who make wooden shoes in France put on a demonstration on how he makes the shoes. It was a community wide event with many people there, plus vendors selling wares. Some of us bought and tasted a wood fired baked pizza. We returned back to our “home” where Philippe had made us French onion soup. Janelle explains to us that it is a French custom to end a social gathering with this soup. It was a delicious end to our last Tuesday in France.

These are the days my friend,

Jim “Train”