Bigwigs

This week I am overwhelmed with guests. I have my friends Matt and Cristina Price visiting from Nantes, four hours north of here. I spent a week with them in August touring their beautiful area, and this week is their turn to visit Bordeaux. I'm thrilled to have them staying in my apartment, since among other things, it means playing board games until late in the night--something I haven't done since I left language school.

However, I also have two important guests coming tomorrow: my area director for Western Europe, Gerald Branum; and the All-Europe director, Greg Mundis. They will be arriving this afternoon to spend time with another missionary couple tonight, and tomorrow I will be touring them around the IC France ministry at our office building, as well as taking them out to lunch before they catch their train back to Paris for another meeting. It's a big deal to host two men who are my "boss" and the "big boss" as they say in French. I've met them both before, so it's not too intimidating, but still . . .

I'll keep you informed.