Color-Man, 14 June, Southern Switzerland
Birth rates are dropping all over Europe. Experts in Switzerland have already predicted when the Swiss people will die out. Italy has the lowest birth rate, I’ve heard, even though they are a Catholic country. I stayed with an older couple with one child in France. To have one child is stylish and convenient in France.
Drew and I are much alike in many ways. We both like writing and good books and The Chronicles of Narnia. We like to talk about ideas and enjoy good, warm thinkers. We love a Proverb a day. We both tilt our heads back and open our mouths and breathe hard when we sleep on trains. We are practically the same height and weight and arm length. And Drew and I are two of seven name-bearers in the Belz family. The other five are Aaron, Elijah, Adam, Max and Matt. As for birth rate and pro-creation, Drew and I are determined to do our part.
Traveling through Europe with him makes me think of the missionary journeys of Acts. The gospel is new and exciting to a lot of people in Europe. Five or ten have asked us why we read our Bibles. Some people are hostile too. Europe is rich and well-built, but needs spiritual life. I can also more clearly understand the conflicts of those early missionaries, like when Paul and Barnabas separated.
We are coasting into southern Switzerland, to an Italian city called Chiasso. South of the mountains is the Italian part of Switzerland. East of Basel is French-speaking, and the rest speak German. You can see it in the names—Chiasso, Zurich with an umlaut, and Geneve with a French acueil. The mountains are warm and green and full of forests and waterfalls right up to the clouds. Some are bare and snow. They are wonderful mountains, but it isn’t the mountains I marvel at. It’s Him.
Sam
Drew and I are much alike in many ways. We both like writing and good books and The Chronicles of Narnia. We like to talk about ideas and enjoy good, warm thinkers. We love a Proverb a day. We both tilt our heads back and open our mouths and breathe hard when we sleep on trains. We are practically the same height and weight and arm length. And Drew and I are two of seven name-bearers in the Belz family. The other five are Aaron, Elijah, Adam, Max and Matt. As for birth rate and pro-creation, Drew and I are determined to do our part.
Traveling through Europe with him makes me think of the missionary journeys of Acts. The gospel is new and exciting to a lot of people in Europe. Five or ten have asked us why we read our Bibles. Some people are hostile too. Europe is rich and well-built, but needs spiritual life. I can also more clearly understand the conflicts of those early missionaries, like when Paul and Barnabas separated.
We are coasting into southern Switzerland, to an Italian city called Chiasso. South of the mountains is the Italian part of Switzerland. East of Basel is French-speaking, and the rest speak German. You can see it in the names—Chiasso, Zurich with an umlaut, and Geneve with a French acueil. The mountains are warm and green and full of forests and waterfalls right up to the clouds. Some are bare and snow. They are wonderful mountains, but it isn’t the mountains I marvel at. It’s Him.
Sam
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1 Comments:
sam, good 2nd paragraph and last sentence. the length of both your entries too...are good. I always way over did my lengths. You each have the gift of pointing out the quirks of a place and then leaving your readers with something to rest in our thoughts...or wrestle in our thoughts. Its good. I know you like to be critiqued too...I'm still thinking about it.
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