One of my life-long friends has just left town after visiting us for a few days and it was great to have him here. Matt, as some of you might know, has been my friend practically from birth. Since he is currently working with a church in Ireland, he came down to see us. It was kind of awesome. We traveled to Paris (stories to follow in a later post) for two days and also saw Lyon the morning of his flight out. We also shared a slightly frustrating situation when I picked him up from the Lyon airport where, as best I can figure it, the train station inc0rrectly labeled what I thought was our train and we found ourselves in middle-of-nowhere France.
There are countless stories from the weekend, but the best parts were the times where we were able to talk, laugh and pretty much have the closest thing to true Christian fellowship I can imagine. One of our conversations led us to discuss the celebration that we should be living in daily due to the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. By the end of his time here, I felt greatly encouraged and ready to buckle back down for a new month of classes.