Day 6 - May 26th - Monday

We left for the BLF office around 8:30 this morning. I woke up with a little bit of a stuffy nose/sore throat this morning, so I thought it might be better to stay away from the paint fumes for a bit; Danny took over my painting job, while I helped a few other girls pack some Sunday school materials into boxes to ship to Africa! I felt better later in the morning, and since we had quite a few working on the boxes and Danny had a lot of wood to paint, I rejoined the painting committee with her. It was so fun getting to know her better!

After we stopped for lunch, we left BLF and drove to Flander's Fields, an American cemetery in Belgium; also the setting of the famous poem by the same name. An American named Chris told us the history of the place and let us into the chapel, even allowing us to sing the National Anthem there! (See video below.) It was an amazing opportunity to be in such an important place on Memorial Day.

After driving back to France, we went to Philip and Heidi Kapitaniuk's house for dinner! While the food cooked we got to play with their kids in the huge barn they converted into a playroom. After a few rounds of Ping Pong Extreme, Heidi served us an INCREDIBLE meal, complete with escargot! By the way, after trying it for the first tonight, I have decided that escargot is probably my favorite food. Ever. After dinner we sang a few songs for them, hung out a little more, then finally said our goodbyes and headed back to the flat for the night. Tomorrow is another BLF day!

Post by Larry Wilson.