les Davey de France

and I am charging round the streets like an idiot !

It is, though, isn't it ! And it's a bit of a joke, really, because everyone knows that everything in life costs money. Three basic approaches. 1) We don't talk about that. We just talk about the work and if people want to contribute financially then they will. I suppose one great example of this was George Müller. It's a noble tradition. 2) We tell people very clearly that it's their responsibility. I think of the pastor who said "The good news is that God has already given us all the money we need for the building project. He has put it in your wallets and bank accounts !" I think this may be a little too forthright for my sensibilities ! But it is a delicate matter. I tend to end up taking a third way. I think about it like this : You are our partners in the work here. You take a serious interest in it, you pray for it and you give towards it. You invest in it, you give of yourselves. We are thankful for that and we respect it very deepl...

Second day of Brevet. History/geography. Gwilym felt that yesterday's tests in maths and French were not too difficult. In theory the exam lasts 9:00 to 11:00 but yesterday they all finished an hour early.

Loads of forms asking things I just don't know and needing to be returned before Monday or he can forget that place in Lycée Pro...

Gwilym is in his exam. It works out pretty well because he has to sit his brevet in a college in Villenave d'Ornon and I have a meeting in the same town to talk about the future of the Christian bookshop in Bordeaux. A friend told us what one traditionally wishes for a kid doing their brevet but we decided to forgo this particular tradition...

Gwilym has his brevet exams tomorrow and Wednesday. Basically he needs to get 3/20 to pass so he's quite relaxed about it. The other, bigger news is that he has been accepted to go and do a Bac Pro in Métiers de l'automobile at the lycée Alphonse Beau de Rochas. Cracking.