Until we get the blog up and running with archives, here are our newsletter archives.
Newsletters from Life in France:
Official FEU Newsletter (Fall 2017)
We are now on Instagram! Follow us @ feu_de_grenoble to keep up to date! Le FEU has started off the new semester with a bang! Freshers’ Week In order to make contact with as many of the 50,000 students as possible we organised a jam-packed week of events from the 4th – 10th September. Each day we delivered flyers on campus and played some very intense volleyball games on the court beside the university halls followed by a different event every evening [...]
Recent News: Life Goes On
By David on 10, September 2017
Life goes on without us. It's something that we've become acutely aware of while living abroad and only coming back to the USA for a few weeks each year. Little kids become teens. Teens become adults. Friends and family get new jobs, move away, buy new houses, new cars, get new pets. Our hometowns get bigger and more developed. We now have a Whole Foods?! A lot changes in a year [...]
I Hate Weeds
by on June 8, 2016
Are You Prepared
by on February 6, 2016
Since the day we found out that we were going to have a baby we’ve been in preparation mode. Preparing fun ways to tell our families and friends. Preparing baby things to take back from the States that we can’t find here in France. Preparing our apartment with all sorts of baby furniture and cute […]
Hope That Doesn't Disappoint
by on January 9, 2016
A recent article (link below) explains the scientific reason that only 8% of us are successful at achieving our New Year’s resolutions. It’s called “False Hope Syndrome” and basically states that our expectations are unrealistic and our dramatic midnight resolutions are doomed to failure almost immediately. The solution? We should be more realistic and set […]
It Is Finished
by on November 6, 2015
“When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished,” and He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” (John 19:30 ESV) My (David’s) parents were just here for the past two weeks helping with much needed bathroom renovations at the FEU. You might remember the flood stories we’ve shared in the […]
Anything but Normal
by on May 16, 2015
At one of our last church visits before we came to France, a long-time family friend said to us: “Once you get there and settled in, it will be just like living as normal, right?” This is my last month of intensive language classes before we come back to the States for a few weeks this […]
You Do Not Have the Priority
by on January 19, 2015
With a Frenchman hot on my tail, I approach yet another traffic circle and flip my left turn signal on even though I am about to make an obvious right turn into the multi-lane whirlwind of traffic already whipping around inside. I successfully get in the circle and make my way towards the exit on […]
Wish You Could See This
by on December 4, 2014
Many times while biking or walking around our city of Grenoble something really stands out and I think to myself (or say to Rachel): “Man! I really wish [insert someone’s name, usually my sister] could see this!” Whether it’s the majestic mountains that turn my often downward gaze needfully upwards, the river Isère relentlessly rushing […]
Lead Me To The Rock
by on October 8, 2014
“Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I, for You have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.” (Psalm 61:1-3 ESV) My dad wrote the underlined portion of that passage on a large rock […]
Leaving This Fall
It's Getting Real
France 2.0 Summary
France 2013 Days-1-14
by on November 9, 2013
I have been posting daily updates on Facebook to keep many people informed of our recent activities. For those who prefer a more traditional approach . . . I give you this: Day 1: Reading to Newark to Philadelphia to Zurich to Geneva to Grenoble = 24 hours of travelling. After meeting our hosts and […]
Focus
Not My Will But Yours
Fruit of the Spirit
Quitting Again
Refiner's Fire
My God Will Never Forget
Reflections on a Year
What's Next
by on December 10, 2012
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go (“in your going”) therefore (Luke 24:47 includes “beginning from Jerusalem”) and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded […]
MOP to CWC
Living Water
Far More Abundantly
David & Rachel's 3 Things
by David & Rachel on July 14, 2012
Let’s play a game called “Things”! Has anyone played this game? If not, you should. It’s really fun! My family plays this game a lot (as well as “Picture Down the Lane”) because you don’t need anything except paper, pens and a sense of humor. Each person writes down a category that begins with “Things […]