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Two plus one: Gap; one last hoorah; the end cometh - Ossau Valley, Cauterets, Mountains

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Our Church Week —This week has been one of closing everything down, packing and making our way East over to Lyon to pick up Nadya.  As you can imagine, we couldn’t think of much else!  It’s surprising how long packing can take as we were packing things down to the ounces.  Coming in winter with all our winter gear—long wool coat, boots, sweater, etc on—and leaving in summer (100F) has its drawbacks.  Alas that phase was over and we took to the road.  Next week “Our Church WEEK” will be one day long.  We literally have one day left on our Mission, tomorrow, July 22 nd .  It’s a day we knew would come the minute we started.  But still, it takes you by surprise at how quickly it comes.  What a wonderful time we have had getting to know France, and its people.  Friday night, the Mission President and his wife had us over for dinner in Lyon with their 2 younger children who live here with them and 3 other grown children visiting this we...