Sunday, January 28 With the Fellowship

On Sunday morning, we were invited to R's mom's home for breakfast before fellowship.  Since we were not arriving until 9 a.m., I had a little time to sleep in, shower and try to work on the blog.  It seems the wireless and the internet connect were not quite fast enough to post photos or to even correct some of my typos that I made while voice dictating my blog.  I thought I had corrected the errors but they showed up again.  

Evidently the "blogger" app for the Iphone doesn't work anymore.  I found a different one called Blog Touch Pro.  That worked pretty well when the WiFi signal was coming through!

I also thought I had international texting, but I did not.  It took me a while to figure out why I could receive texts but not send them.  I really, really like having data available on the cell phone because when you are out it's like your maps, your phone, your translator, etc.  And not everywhere has WiFi.  So I probably need to have a larger budget to encompass the amount of data I want. Not a big deal, but it's definitely different in each country. 

R and I drove to her mom's home which is also in Torcy. 

When I arrived, the CD of Ann Jones singing and playing the French Sing Along The Way songs was playing on the CD player and photos from the www.theway.org site were on the TV.

Web site on TV

Note the Figures of Speech book

We enjoyed a sweet breakfast of crepes (with assorted jellies) and coffee.  Most of these folks did not drink coffee so it was a blessing R's mom made some for me.  It was always available wherever we went.  R's mom's crepes did remind me of the Magic Pan crepes.  (I didn't get any photos of this meal!)  Before I left the U.S., I had read online that the French people liked maple syrup, which is not readily available in France.  It's pretty American.  So I brought a bottle of maple syrup, wrapped in bubble wrap and two food storage bags.  It arrived in my luggage safely and I presented it to their family.  They were very blessed.  R's brother said that they always see that on American TV! 

R's younger brother led the fellowship and led songs. R taught the Word from the Power for Abundant Living book on So Mightily Grew the Word of God and Prevailed.  After she would teach for about five minutes, she would pause and her sister would translate for me.

Open My Eyes (French)

Are We Downhearted (French)

R's mom made us a wonderful meal with one main dish being Pondu or Feuilles De Maniaoc.  It is made with cassava leaves.  We also had rice, chicken, and goat.  Very, very delicious and prepared with much love.  I was definitely full!

I brought love from Headquarters and explained a bit of what we do in our department.  I showed them how to get to the Flickr feed on the Web site, so we looked at 2017 Anniversary photos together. We got some photos taken also.

Such an enjoyable day.  We stayed fellowshipping and enjoying one another's company until around 4 p.m., when  R and I went to spend a little time together before I had to leave the next morning.