Blaye photos

The other day being our day off, we took the kids to Blaye. It's a super little town on the Gironde estuary with an enormous fortress by Vauban of Fort Boyard fame, and with nice little shops.

It also has our daughter / mother church meeting in the villages around, though we don't have a meeting place in Blaye for Sundays.

The kids had a nice time climbing all over the citadelle.

And they gave us their approval to move to Blaye if and when God calls, even if that means changing schools!

(Blaye is about an hour away from Bordeaux by car, more from the centre, so living and serving in Blaye would mean an end to regular involvement in the student centre.)
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Anonymous said…
It does look lovely. Was that sunshine?! You do have smashing children - it's all the influences in the early years you know!!
Humanly speaking - you have only just moved, but your willingness to be obedient to God's challenge is an example to us all.
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Alan said…
Oh yeah, but all the time I am thinking "4 years please, 4 years please, before we move again. At least 4 years." (I pluck these figures out of the air!)

(In case folks don't know, Ben di Gedig taught our kids in nursery school.)
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