A treat from the states

Last Thursday we got to see our latest grandchild, Erik(, who has special significance to my heart), and of course his parents Val and Jason. The Mercados, minus the 3 older kids, are in Geneva for 5 days.thanks to the money from Grandpa and Grandma. So the world wind tour started with , a trip downtown in the area of the Institute. This is where the Reformation Wall is and they attended our New Testament class (which they struggled to stay awake in), Friday we did three big tours. Gruyere. (cheese factory and medieval town), Cailler (chocolate factory) and Chillon (famous prison and Castle) We began the day with a trip to the famous Prevessin Bakery.( For those of you looking for Humanities credit in this course. you will have to refer back to the more detailed info in our blog on all these sights that we visited at an early time).. Saturday we went to the famous Ferney Voltaire Marche, to load up on more good treats medieval town Yvoire, Dowtown Geneva and a Baptism. Sunday ,after Fast and testimony meeting at church we drove to Annesy France where Emily was our tour guide . There we saw the famous Eglise Notre Dame ,and Saint Francois de Sade ,and Womens Prison, Annesy at one time was part of Italy and is sometimes called the Venice of France. On the way back we saw the Pont de Caille bridge. Monday we got up early to feast on strawberry tarts and chocolate croissant. I took it easy hiking the Jura Mountains, just happy to have walked that much this week. Monday FHE was in Spanish and Mongolian and Jason got to use his Spanish missionary skills. Tuesday morning as the family prepared to leave for Paris we had a little time to make one more visit to Nyon, Switzerland to see some Roman Ruins, Pragnin chateaux ( area originally settled in 4,000BC! and much later by Romans and later still Voltaire and friends) So that is why this email is a few days late. We are happy to have the time and share the love and beauty of this area. This morning as I finish this email and later the blog and I reminded again of how blessed we are to be here. Am I tired after all that! YES, but my cup runneth over with love.