Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
KATHLEEN!!!!!

18 already! Time flies!

Palm Sunday

They lined the streets, crying "Hosanna! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!". They threw their cloaks and palm branches on the street to prepare his path. Children ran before him, filled with excitement. The crowds of Jerusalem joyfully worshiped God, thanking him for the promised Messiah who had finally arrived to free them.

And yet, five days later, these same crowds would scream "Crucify him! Crucify him!".

It makes you think, doesn't it?

Saturday

Saturday, my day off. Felt good to sleep in.

I was forced to make a difficult decision, though. Do I spend my afternoon getting my homework done, so that I could have a calm, pleasant Sunday evening, or do I spend 4 hours of my life building a jousting helmet out of linoleum flooring?

Actually, the choice was easy.

Teen trip to Naples

Well, I haven't been blogging for a while, but Dad says there is no such thing as "blog guilt". Good, it's nice not feeling guilty.

In the news here: during the second week of April the CEMists went to Naples, Italy, with teenagers from the churches in Lausanne, Geneva, Marseilles and Lille for a week of missions.


So, we sang for residents in a senior center, a foster home, a public elementary school, in the streets and for a concert organized by the Church in Naples. We also went downtown to give food to the homeless, we spent time visiting with members of the church, eating, singing and playing soccer with them. A great experience.

If you want to see some photos from the trip, click here and here for pictures we took.

Very mature

What to do when you arrive early to the young adults group at church.



Of course, it doesn't always work...

Sleding in Ardèche

Two weeks ago, we went up to the Bonnefoi retreat center for a bit of maintenance and cleanup. After a bit of trouble with the icy roads we made it too late to get any work done. However, we did have a bit of fun on the snow (snow! They have snow in Ardèche!).



The next day was very busy with moving beds around, cleaning storage rooms, finding a few dead mice, et cetera (no photos, that was boring).

One we were done, we had a bit of time to sled on the beautiful slopes on the grounds. The snow was frozen, which meant that the sleds went really fast, and that the only way to break was to jump off the sleds. Fun!

I'm back!

Well, much to Raphaël's joy (and mine), my computer is up and running! I can now blog again! It's a good thing, too. A lot of bloggable things have been happening, so I have a bit of catching up to do. But first, here's a picture of two long-lost friends finally reunited: