Sorry for the lag in posts. Life is flying by. Definitely a busy season for us. I only have two and half weeks left in my communications course! It will be nice to have a short break before jumping into the next one. More posts, pics of Aidan (I can’t believe what he is saying and doing these days!), etc., when we get a chance. In the meantime, here is a picture I took last night. A massive storm rolled in and I hiked a short way outside of the village and saw this:
I think I mentioned before that Aidan is obsessed with tractors. He probably says the word “tractor” well over a hundred times a day, although recently he’s been saying “ackle” (motorcycle) a lot too. Last time I was in Nyon, I bought him a matchbox tractor and we took a video of when I gave it to him. I love this video because 1.) he responds to all of Becka’s questions with the word “tractor” and 2.) he also uses another one of his favorite words, “uck” (stuck) when he realizes the tractor is “stuck” in the packaging.
This weekend we had Friday off so we took advantage of it and spent the day in Geneva. Geneva is only about 25 minutes away by train, but that’s after a bus ride down the hill to Gland. I’ve been looking forward to this since we arrived in Switzerland; Geneva is one of the world’s influential cities and was a key place during the Protestant Reformation. We hardly did it justice in a day, but it was still fun. We strolled by the lake, walked through downtown, ate lunch in a park, went to the Museum of the Reformation, Reformation wall, and finally Maison Tavel. I was hoping to go to the Palace of the Nations, but maybe next time. Here’s some pictures from the day:
From a distance; Geneva fountain
Reformation wall
Swiss chocolate: window shopping
The flower clock
Ancient/modern city
swinging
I spent the rest of the weekend working on a major research paper that is due in June. The actual paper will be fairly narrow in what it covers, but broadly I’m studying postmodernity, Christianity, and mission in Western Europe. I’m really enjoying it, mainly because I’ve chosen to read some authors who are arguing that postmodernism is the best thing to happen to Christianity in a long time. I’m finding it’s a refreshing perspective, as theologically you end up with a far more relational understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. If I get a chance I’ll write more on some of the data I’ve found on Western Europe-it’s fascinating stuff.
On another note, Becka broke her toe this weekend! She doesn’t think it’s too bad of a break, and there’s not much that can be done but trying to stay off it. We’re thankful it wasn’t a leg!