Friday the 13th

So it's Friday the 13th...and also the halfway point for the month of June, which means I"m a quarter of the way through my time in France. I'm still missing home, but am in a routine and adapting to a life here. Today was an interesting day... I had an exam this morning which wasn't much different from my French tests back home so that was good...hopefully I will receive a good mark! After class, Katie and I were on a mission to find lunch! We'd never gone down the road our school was on in the opposite direction of which we came and I wanted to see what was down that way, if anything. So Katie agreed and we went walking...and walking...and walking...we saw some great scenery! The mountains and the lake were beautiful!! It was just a few miles later that we found civilization again haha. We had been seeing signs for restaurants and whatnot but for whatever reason nothing was open! Finally Katie saw a sign for McDonald's...we walked all that way to find something exoctic and exciting and we found a freaking McD's....what the heck?! Oh well...Katie was happy, it was a piece of home for her...But we had a nice long walk too so that was fun. We saw lots of bikers and rollerbladers while we walked...apparently biking here is like...idk...it's so serious!!! haha Then seeing all the rollerbladers made me miss my rollerblades...weird, I know...missing rollerblades...but it's true. Then after we got back, we went riding the bus to find out where it ended...not the type of place we thought it ended at!! That was funny....ah...

My host parents' grandson is here for the weekend I think, so he was at dinner tonight. He's 13 and seems pretty cool I guess. He speaks really fast so I couldn't understand much of what he said. Tomorrow I'm going to Geneva for the day! It seems like lots of people are going, including my friends, so hopefully the weather will hold out and it'll be a great day!

One of the things I knew God would be teaching me here long before I left was to be a stronger person...not the weak small little Emily everyone knows, but to be able to stand up for things etc. Today, I felt like I was able to see a little bit of that strength come out...On the walk I took with Katie, we walked past this lady at a bus stop who glared at me...I'm not sure if it was something "crazy" or not about it, but I could feel something start latching on to me as we walked past and instantly felt sad. I recognized what was going on and was able to stop myself from falling into that trap of sadness and depression. I was excited to realize that God was giving me chances to practice being strong.