Christmas Day and the rest of the Break

This past week back to school/work was really hectic and I am just now getting around to posting pictures from Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and the remainder of our break. Christmas Day, we cooked a traditional meal with hame, chicken, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, greenbeans, peach cobbler and ice tea. Daniele helped with the cooking and everything was good.




A few days after Christmas, we were invited to have dinner with one of Preston's co-workers and his family. There we had a traditional French meal. First there were aperitifs and champagne. Escargots, oysters, and foie gras are very popular during the holidays. Later that evening we attended a gospel concert with Preston's co-worker and his wife, La Nuit du Gospel We had a great time.

The group was from New Orleans and sang a lot of traditional gospel songs. It was really good to hear familiar, spiritual songs. At first it started out like a concert, with most of the audience sitting. But it didn't take long for the music to move people to their feet. I was standing the entire time, singing along and praising God. Amazing Grace, Oh Happy Day, were just some of the songs. Most of the audience probably didn't understand the words or the ministry from the group, but they did enjoy the music and they knew it was the Gospel, the good news about Jesus. Afterwards, we got to meet the group and the band. I guess Preston got a little to caught up in the spirit and invited the entire group back to our apartment for dinner. He invited 12 people to our APARTMENT and it was almost midnight! Fortunately the group declined, but we had a great time hanging out.



New Year's Eve was pretty laid back. We brought in the New Year with 2 other American families. We decided to bring escargots. It was fun to see the reactions on everyone's face as they tried them.