peanut butter

no more nutella....although I may have purshased a 7 dollar small jar of skippy peanut butter (only 3.40 euro)....and yes, it was most certainly worth it. why they do not eat peanut butter here is beyond me....I found it in the specialty section.

I just want to thank all of you who read this and who have supported me and made it possible for me to be here....know that your prayers and support are the reason this team is in France and being used by God...your prayers are heard and answered...you are part of bringing the LOVE of JESUS CHRIST to this spiritually dark city! I thank you so much for letting God use you in such a powerful way...more powerful than you know.

so our 2 goals of the summer are:

1. to make French friends
2. to learn how to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit

It has been so cool to see God teach us more about walking in His spirit, and I am AMAZED by the number of French friends the team has made.

God is doing some mighty awesome things. In just a few minutes my friend and I are meeting our newest French friend, Sophia, who I had asked for prayer for. Earlier she had said she couldnt meet until next Thursday, which was just a big bummer because we leave the Monday after that, but now just texted and said she wanted to get lunch this afternoon (at Mac Do)..frenchy name for MCDONALDS! This girl is searching SO much for meaning in her life...she is struggling internally with continuing to live the way the world lives, or giving over her life to something bigger!

God has really been teaching me a lot about trusting Him and trusting that he is guiding me. When we ask his spirit to fill and lead us, we can BE SURE by faith that he will do this! Our team has really been focusing on unity this week, and the importance of being united as one body this summer in order to God to use us. Everyone has so many different talents and gifts that the Lord has given them, and if we are all seperate, not united as one, the "system" will not be able to function effectively.

UPDATE: I JUST RETURNED FROM OUT MEETING WITH SOPHIA. We ate with her in the park and she said she had lots of things to tell us. She said she told her dad about when she met us, and he told her we are bad and that she shouldnt see us again. He said we are probably with a sect and if she does not do what we want we will want money or something from her. She knew inside that this was not true and she wanted to hang out with us more. PLEASE PRAY FOR HER AND HER FATHER and that God would protect her and help her to experience His love. Praz against any lies or things that would keep her from the love of Christ. She trusts us, praise God!

She is such a beautiful girl, and i so hope we can be friends beyond this trip. It was so good to talk about all of these things with her. She said she had never looked at a bible before, and likes to learn. We gave her the new testament in French and together we read almost 4 chapters of John. She would just ask questions if she had any. She wants to hang out more and read more and learn more. I am so overwhelemed by Gods goodness and hand in this whole thing. Never can I do anything to change Sophias life...but GOD CAN! Pray that she would continue to feel loved and cared for.

praying for you all! peace!