Summer Highlights in Nantes

Due to the fact that the french get 5 weeks of holidays per year, it's my task to adapt to the system as part of my cultural studies.
I'm loving life, living simply and feeling very spoiled... Bonnes Vacances!

Highlights: June & July

• House sitting near the centre with Shagate le chat
• Meeting missionaries, mostly americans
• Picnics near the chateau and near the Loire river
• Bikes rides, fixing my bike, then more bike rides
• Long walks of reflection and prayer
• More reflection, more prayer
• Reading
• Playing guitar and singing
• A little dancing
• Staying cool on hot days
• Encouraging conversations
• Making new friends
• Seeing people leave, sniff sniff...

More to come...

 

 

Time Goes Fast

I have this perpetual feeling that time is going by so quickly. There is no way to stop it. I am in a car driving and I cannot stop. Time won't stop itself and I can do nothing to stop it.

This may even clarify the dream I had the other day. I was driving my dad's car with my sister, Tiffany. We were driving down a street with trees on both sides. The car suddenly started to accelerate and I panicked. There was something ahead that I could potentially crash into so I stepped in the brakes. They didn't work and I had to make a quick decision. I remember telling my sister I would have to use the emergency brake. I grabbed it with my right hand and pulled up. The result was stunning. The top detached from the bottom leaving the wheels and seats while the rest flew off. We were still safe and the car but it was wrecked. I freaked out because I would have to pay for it. Then my sister decided to say something. She said "Tell them you found it like this already."

Sometimes we start things that we cannot stop, this it could be a good thing.