On Sunday we finally made it to church. There is only one protestant church in the valley and the website told us that it was not meeting on last few Sundays of August. We didn’t know quite what to expect when we arrived at the community center of Bourg St Maurice down the valley from Ste Foy.
But God had a surprise in store for us.
Turns out, it’s a small church. A very small church. The presence of our family more than doubled the attendance on this particular Sunday. There was Vincent and Elizabeth, a husband and wife pastor team. Caroline was only attending for the second time. She is a British teacher on a sabbatical of sorts and looking to find work in the valley this winter.
The other two attendees were our neighbor, Viviane, and Agnes, one of the school cafeteria ladies! What a surprise! Of all the people in this valley to attend this church! We felt God's hand and were grateful for how He has orchestrated all the details beyond what we could imagine for us to spent a year in La Mazure.
We worshiped and celebrated together in French and English and the kids were quiet for 1.5 hours that the service lasted!
After church we drove up the mountain above Bourg to the ski area of Les Arcs for a picnic. The scenery was beautiful yet the ghost town feel of the resort was a bit unnerving.
Annelise holding a Cannele, a cinnamon desert the local bakery in Bourg makes which is quickly becoming our favorite reason to drive down the valley to Bourg!
This week all the regional protestant churches are meeting near Grenoble about 2 hours away. So the church decided to have a potluck on Saturday since few of us will make the long trek tomorrow. Viviane hosted us at her house and we spent a good part of the afternoon under the sun enjoying a great meal and conversation.
Lunch in Peps and Viviane's yard in La Mazure.
Steve Montgomery and John Creasy, check out the oven that Peps build for his bread baking!
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