I am getting so spoiled here! My “mom” doesn’t really want me to help with the dishes or chores, and she is waiting on me almost hand and foot! My “mom” spent most of the evening helping me with my homework: she would walk around and draw pictures until I got the concept. I am loving this; but it will be hard to go back to being on my own… Today I was wishing that I had my jeans cleaned and when I got home my mom said that she had washed them, yeah I could get used to this!
Today my class went to the Musée de l’Histoire de la Renascence. This was really hard on me because it was all about WWII and the concentration camps. I haven’t been able to completely escape learning about the camps, but I do try to stay away and today was too intense for me. Never before have I been so close to what happened and the rooms looked like the gas chambers. After going through the musée, the class watched a documentary showing testimony from some of the survivors. I was never so glad to not understand what was going on. It was still hard to catch bits and pieces like one woman was set on fire and another watched her parents get shot in the head… After the film a survivor came in and gave q talk about his experience. I was so glad to get out of there!
I had this pain in my side reminding me that God takes care of the flowers and that he can take care of his people, but I don’t understand why he let the holocaust take place…
Other than that horrible few hours spent at the muse, class today went pretty well. I didn’t do too much and I understood a lot more today. Also I am finding it q lot easier to get around Lyon and talk to my host parents.
I can’t wait for the weekend, all this French is making me crazy! I keep switching back and forth from thinking in French to thinking in English then who knows what will come out when I do speak…
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Sorry there are no pictures up yet, i had a lot of trouble posting this and ran out of time...
Sarah,
I'm glad to hear that your French mom is so helpful. That is sure going to make things easier for you. The WWII events and pictures are terrible. The result of sinful people!!! Dad says to tell you hello. He is leaving for work right now. Well, have a great weekend! I can't wait to see pictures.
Hey Sarah,
It sounds like you've got a great family there, I'm really happy to hear that they're making things easier for you. That's one thing I know I'd be worried about doing what you're doing.
It sounds like you had a pretty intense experience on that field trip. I've wondered about that too, I've wondered about depravity, and I know it is total, affecting every part, but seeing things like that makes it feel complete... like it couldn't be any worse. We have been redeemed from so much, to think that I could be like one of them. God is good indeed, but things like that don't make sense.
Anyway, I hope you're having a good time there in Europe, I'm praying for you, Sarah, have a lovely weekend!
Hey, I found your blog! Don't worry about no pictures. We've been home from Bear Trap for almost two weeks and still don't the pictures from it posted.
We went to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC over spring break, and I found it totally draining---very hard to take, so I can understand your reaction.
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