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Our day began with a 7 a.m. Metro (subway) ride to the train station for an 8 a.m. train to Namur in the French region of Belgium. After a one-hour train ride our partners and friends in Namur met us to transport us to their new home. We spent the morning talking and praying together about what is happening in their lives and how life has changed since moving to Namur. The major differences are being away from team members who speak English and living in an all French-speaking region. Major adjustments to say the least are happening in their home.

After a time of talking about what we could possibly expect to go through in our transition to Belgian life the ladies on our team walked with E to the local school their children attend. Wednesdays are half days for school age kids in Belgium. We had a great meal together and then prepared to go into town to walk, pray and meet new friends.

Namur is what I would call a quintessential European town. The buildings are close together with narrow alleyways that open into courtyards with cafes and sideway tables filled with people gathering to meet and discuss. People where moving everywhere. As we walked along the streets we did attract onlookers as we spoke an entirely different language that isn’t often heard on these streets.

Jordan and Cassi had the assignment to try and engage people for directions to a local attraction, the Citadelle. Each one of them took off and walked up to people and began trying in their best English to communicate with locals who spoke French. People were very friendly and helpful even though there was an obvious communication gap. They both overcame the gap and found out how to get to where we needed to be as a team.

After along walk (which we have had each day) we reached the overlook of the city from the Citadelle and we took time to pray a blessing over the city and ask God to move powerfully.

On another note, our team was able to reconnect with a friend we made on our last journey to Namur in March. Some of our team members have been communicating with her back and forth through Facebook. They were able to meet and spend a few hours together meeting face to face and then I had an opportunity to see her also. What a great time of being able to develop our friendships through technology and also seeing each other again in person. I am praying we get to see her again soon.

Great day. Continue to pray for us.