Month: January 2012

I’ve got a challenge for you.

A young man who seems to have genuinely been converted a few weeks ago asks me to help him build up a small library of Christian Books before he moves from where he is living now. Here is your challenge: what would you suggest? I am not sure of his budget, but I know it will be limited. The books will have to be in French.

Here is what I thought to get started:

What else would you suggest? I thought of a good Biography, or something to do with church History.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15

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  • 8 am, wednesday morning (no school on wednesday). Kids still sleeping, baby back in bed. Bliss, waiting for my cup of coffee. #
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It was worth waiting in the cold

This morning, I visited the market in Lanvollon. It is a small town, about 20 minutes drive from us, with a small weekly market. I was on my own, with our small stand. I arrived at 10 am and stayed until about 11:20.

It was cold. There weren’t many people around. Most people walked passed me looking down and avoiding eye contact. A few others said hello.

I didn’t get to speak to anyone until the lady from the oyster stand next to me walked passed on her way to get herself a coffee. She stopped and we had a little chat.She was very enthusiastic about reading the Bible and had never read it. I offered her one, but the print was too small. She said she’d come back after her coffee to check if she could read it with her glasses.

She went back to her stand but I had to leave, so I stooped by her stand and asked if she was still interested. She was. She got her glasses and had a look. She could see the characters. So I left a Bible and a tract with her. She seemed excited at the idea of reading it. Let’s now pray that the seed of the Word will fall on good ground.

I tested the Leclerc e-drive for you

Folks in the UK and in major French cities have been able to do their food shopping online and have it delivered for a while. But if you live in a small French town, you haven’t been able to do that, until recently. Some supermarkets have started providing an online service recently. It works somewhat differently: they don’t deliver at home but you can order from your computer, and pick it up in your local shop, or in a purpose built warehouse near you.

I had meant to try this service for a while and I have at last done it. We have a Leclerc drive here. It’s not a shop, just a warehouse. You do your shopping online, decide when you want to pick it up, pay and print the receipt. Then, you go to the warehouse, scan the barcode on the receipt, and someone comes out of the building with your shopping and puts it in the boot.

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