Well as Kristin and I just discussed over a rather late dinner it feels like today was actually a week. This morning we made a huge breakfast with the Babyak family and then afterwards bid them bon voyage! Today they will take a cho cho train (aarons new word) to Paris and then tomorrow morning bright and early they fly to Senegal, Africa. They are about to embark as long term missionaries. It was amazing not only getting to spend time with them here at Champfleuri and enjoy their positive personalities, but also to hear some of the details of preparing and planning their trip. As many of you know both Kristin and I feel a call to missions and so hearing firsthand the stories and hardships of actually going out into the world was really inspiring!
After the family hit the road we proceeded to look over out new abode. The chalet is a little house that sits right in the heart of camp and has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a dining/living room. It's sooo exciting to actually get a whole house to ourselves and to finally have the chance to move out of our suitcases. So this morning we began the long and very trying process of cleaning the whole house top to bottom. Boy have I gained an appreciation for moms as they do spring cleaning. This is a small house with no belongings strewn all around and it has taken us the better part of today and will take us all of tomorrow to finish! So far we have finished our bedroom and the bathroom. We still have quite a bit of work ahead of us! Kristin also learned how to mow the lawns at Champfleuri today with the genius help of Allan the Great. This guy is amazing and multifacited! He can do anything! So today alone he taught us to mow, fixed the broken toilet, ate enough food to feed a small village, taught Kristin to drive a stick in France in the Alps, and managed to fix all the camp computers...well thats a typical day around here folks! Ahh my favorite story from today has to be Kristins account of Allan finding a new toilet seat as we seem to have broken one.
While sorting through all sorts of mowing equipment (ie. the gas, oil, etc) Allan suddenly emerges from the shed and points in the direction of the other end...
Allan: Hey, look what I found, a toilet seat!
Kristin: wow we just happened to have one of those lying around?
Allan: Actually I got it off the toilet we just happen to have hanging around!
yea thats it!
Anyways back to the day here. I think we paused for lunch, but I don't really remember that much about it. Afternoon was filled with tons of cleaning and music. Kristin learned to mow and drive a stick with allan's help. And then this evening has been filled with amazing pasta and meat sauce, garlic bread (without dairy), and french fries! ahhh a perfect dinner after a long day of cleaning. Now we are off to move all our stuff to the perfectly cleaned room we have set aside. It had three beds, but one was a trundle so now we have tons of space and if anyone needs a place to crash we have the spot...let us know! Next we're going to continue walking around searching for anything deserted around champfleuri for our new home. Already I have scavengered some speakers, a headset (that may end up being blains...we'll see if he goes on a rampage anytime soon :)) , a light, mirrors, shelves, a table, shower curtains, towels, blankets, shoes, and i think thats it sooo far. Champfleuri is awesome in that theres tons of stuff just lying around waiting for the taking...and we've got our eye on a toaster! So I'm off to move and then unpack some. Tomorrow will be filled with the rest of cleaning, moving totally into our house, and decorating!!!! I'm sooo excited about this one. It's such a cute little house and its nice to finally be settling in somewhere!
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