For Christmas, we bought a selection of games to play as a family. One of them is a traditional French  card game called “Le mille Bornes”. It was created in 1947, and I remember playing it when I was a kid. The goal is simple: you must be the first to reach 1000 kms. There are various cards to attack your opponents and try to stop them. It is fun for kids and grown up from Jean-Baptiste’s age onwards, but a bit difficult for Maxime. I remember playing it as a kid, it’s great to play it again.
Month: December 2011
Christmas reading
I am not on holiday, but I’ve managed to do a bit of reading this week and I wanted to share some thoughts on the books I’ve read in the last few days.
Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Eryl Davies
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[/amazon_link] I had never heard of Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones until I first moved to Cardiff in 1999. I worshipped in the Heath Evangelical Church, and the pastor at the time, Mr Higham had been a close friend to the Doctor, and regularly referred to him. It was also the 100th anniversary of Lloyd-Jones’ birth, and there were special meetings organised, as well as some great offers on the Doctor’s books. At the time, I started reading the series on Romans and I read most of the volumes. It was very helpful spiritually. Years latter, I also read the two volumes biography by Iain Murray. This little Bitesize Biography had been given to us by the missionary committee of our sending Church (which happens to be the Heath Evangelical church). We also have kown the author well. It was a good way to refresh my memory about the life and legacy of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones. I long for God to raise up and call such a man to preach the gospel in France. We need someone to preach powerfully and biblically, who would lead the French Evangelical churches. It was a quick read and encouraged me to re-read some of the volumes of sermons by Lloyd Jones I’ve got.
Christmas Evans — no ordinary preacher, Tim Shenton
A quiet Christmas day
Christmas day was fairly quiet. The children got up early, but not too early. They opened some of their presents before we went to church, and we convinced them to keep some to open after the service. The service was good. I had kept it fairly simple so that it didn’t last too long for people to go back to their families. Somehow, about 20 people turned up, which is great considering it was Christmas morning. About half of the people were visitors who had come to see their families.
Lunch was straightforward. We had some salad with prawns as a starter, followed by “Confit de canard”, with small potatoes and broad beans. All this was served with a lovely burgundy wine. We weren’t hungry enough to have cheese, so we had a break before having Christmas pudding for the parents and Jelly for the kids.
In the afternoon, we relaxed. Dad helped Jean-Baptiste build up his Playmobil Police station, and Maxime’s Duplo farm. We watched Cars 2 which we’d received as a present. In the evening, we had some nems with green salad. We were all fairly tired and had an early night.
It was a blessed day.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25
- Tad Kozh an Nedeleg zo bet 🙂 Nedeleg Laouenn #
- Well said. I will tell my wife but I don't think she'll agree @arontreharne in reply to arontreharne #
- Trying to write at least one tweet a day in #breton sorry if it looks jiberrish to most of you #brezhoneg #llydaweg #
- Ur gaer a vro eo Kembre/ Mae Cymru yn wlad arddunol #
- Kousket em eus mat. N'em eus ket klevet ar babig. J'ai bien dormi. Je n'ai pas entendu le bébé. #
- I was convinced it was La Roche #mentalist #
- Twitted too early. Red john is dead #mentalist What is coming next? Patrick going out with Lisbon? #
- Can't believe patrick jane has found red.john # mentalist what's next? #
- Komz a reomp galleg, kembraeg ha saozneg em familh ha me a zesk brezhoneg. #
- Reading: "Ed Stetzer – North Korea: Some Information and a Call to Prayer"( http://t.co/U3izZNDa ) #
- 8:15 am, yet it still feels like it's the middle of the night. Another gray and wet day. http://t.co/yj0cDcAV #
- I'm having far too much fun playing with Android app Camera ZOOM FX. Check it out!!
http://t.co/wNuzzY2Y # - What about a challenge for 2012? http://t.co/fHLe0yo1 #
- Guingamp loses 3-1 against Sedan… #eag #
- It starts being painful #eag 1 Sedan 3 #
- Half time #eag 1 Sedan 1 🙁 #
- #eag 1 Sedan 0. #
- To the football again #eag vs Sedan. We had a free ticket. #
- This is the way to it soup: with a straw. http://t.co/YKatGED1 #
- N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies http://t.co/pf0qCp1Y Let's remember the underground church in that country. #
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Another visit to the stadium
I had never been to a football game in my life until a few weeks ago when Jean-Baptiste’s football club got some invitations for the game against Bastia (read more about that game here, here and here). Some of you will think it is a shame and that I had never lived until then. But be reassured dear readers.
I have now been TWICE. Yes I know, this sounds crazy. TWICE in a row. Continue reading “Another visit to the stadium”