From "Across the Pond"

Hello to all you dear ones from Paris! We're doing well here; neither of us has had any jet lag to complain about. We've stayed busy enough that we sort of collapse and die in bed each night and sleep until morning, so that's good.

Yesterday, the men were off to a plant visit and meetings a couple of hours northeast of Paris by train near the Belgium border. The ladies spent the day in Versailles, visiting the palace, gardens, and area there all designed in the 1800s during Louis XV reign -- pretty opulent and impressive and at least partially leading to the revolution when the royals had so very much and the common folk were starving.

Today it's the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower. The men get to tour with us today.

I just wanted to send you our love and greetings from here while I had the opportunity!

Sovereign Lord

"Just when I think I know what God is up to in my life, He changes directions and does something I'm not expecting. Although it's disorienting at times, I know God has a bigger and more intricate plan for me than I'll ever foresee. Each change of direction reminds me that I'll always need an attitude of waiting. I'll never arrive spiritually at a place where I can predict God's ways."

Brenda Quinn

"It is not because things are good that we are to thank the Lord, but because He is good. We are not wise enough to judge things, to know whether they are really in their essence, joys or sorrows; but we always know that the Lord is good, and that His goodness makes it absolutely certain that everything He provides or permits must be good; and must therefore be something for which we would be heartily thankful, if only we could see it with His eyes."

Hannah Whitehall Smith