Thankfully, travel went very smothly. We left Miami at 5:30 pm on Sunday evening and were downtown Paris by 3:00 pm the next day! (8:00 Monday morning in Boca!)
We've seen everything one could possibly see in Paris. Our 2 short days have seemed like a whole week. Yesterday we started at the Louve, walked to the Arc de Triomphe, up 284 steps to see the beautiful 360 degree view of the city. Then we took a boat ride on the Seine River...some of us dozed off and some snapped a zillion pictures of the beautiful bridges and buildings going by. We had a picnic...bagettes and cheese..at the base of the twinkling Eiffel Tozer at twilight. (By the way the sun sets around 10pm!) Then it was up the tower for the city view by night!
Today we got up refreshed and very thankful that we were finally able to stretch out! We had breakfast by the Opera House and headed downtown. We saw several churches including Notre Dame. As we walked through the churches we each saw different spiritual analogies come alive. The first thing I noticed was that the church was absolutely beautiful...the architecture, the stained glass and sculptures were amazing! However, as we entered the church, instead of people worshipping they were taking pictures, talking and laughing, and wandering around. There were very few people that had actuqlly stopped to worship or pray. It reminded me of my own life...I may look like I have it together on the outside, but it's really my heart that matters. What are my priorities? Is my heart focused on worshipping God or on everything else?
We ended the night wandering around cute little streets shopping and eating. A perfect ending to a wonderful 2 days!
Tomorrow we're off to the real, exciting part of our trip! We'll be on planes, trains, buses and taxis before we finally settle in our hotel in Kharkov. Please pray for safe travel and good rest so that we can be ready to go and serve with Vitally and Anna.
For the rest of the team...
Rebecca
posted by BRCC Missions @ 1:55 PM
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