Liberty and Van are doing well in their schooling. Actually, we think they are pretty amazing considering that they entered the school not knowing French! Fortunately they have made several friends, and even a few who speak just enough English to help them with school assignments and telling them what’s happening in class. Both Liberty and Van tell us that often they are working away, and they sort of hear the teacher saying something, and suddenly everyone is getting up and leaving… and Liberty nor Van know what is happening! But praise God, they have done well, academically and socially. Liberty has been getting involved in sports. Van has had to deal with a bully, and managed to do so in such as way that he and the bully are now friends, high-fiving each other when they see each other.

Each day for lunch at school they have a 4 course lunch, which they thoroughly enjoy. As well, there have been many opportunities to play and do sports. In the first month they have gone on a 2 night bicycling camping trip, archery, fencing, another bike ride to the seaside, various trips to galleries and natural museums, handball tournaments, a soccer tournament, and this week they are starting volleyball. Wow.

One activity we thought we’d be doing a lot of in France was bike riding. We had thought everyone would be riding bikes here and there. Well, it isn’t as widespread as we thought, but we still wanted to do this. So this week we finally bought a bike for Michelle. Now, she and Liberty and Van all have bikes. What about me? Well, I signed up for Velolib! So I can use a bike for a small fee/per use for the year.