Lossing it.

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lost it!!! I lost ALL of it!! Grrrr. Ok… cool down. *Whew* Alright. So right now you’re thinking what did he do this time? Well I’ll tell you. I was on my way back to Spain from France by way of train, which was going well. I made all my connections and managed fine. I did get worried on the last leg of my trip, I was in the 2^nd to last car and couldn’t see the names of the any stations we came to, so I got a little nervous when I arrived at what I thought was Girona I had to get my main bag from the over head compartment I had to use two hands to do this and so I put down the one thing that wasn’t attached to me… my “goodies” bag. Then I went to the door and got off the train with my one bag. I was so happy to find that I was in Girona and not lost that I forgot about my other bag and left it on my seat. I said hola to the Banegas family and got in the car, we started to drive away, about 3 minutes after getting into the car it hit me. I left all my gifts on the train. Thank the Lord that I didn’t put anything important in that bag. I did almost put my camera in it but didn’t (Thank you Lord).

We are trying to see if anyone found it but there is nothing in it that says my name or any other contact details, but we are going to call and ask anyways.

This is everything I wrote on the train before I lost my bag:

I had a great time with David and Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard. They were great hosts and made me feel right at home. I got to see a lot of Paris, everything from the sewers and catacombs, to the tops of the Arc De Triumph and the Eifel Tower. (Yes Anna I did get pictures.) As I said before I had an awesome time with the MKs in Austria, and think that they encouraged me as much as I did them.

I am looking forward to this last part of my trip and hope I can be a big help to Alex (the film guy who’s working with Jonathan) and to Jonathan. Please keep praying for me and for my time here, also pray that I might find that bag.

I always need your prays and am very thankful for them.

As always,

Alec

I'm back

Hey,
I just got back from Austria! In case you do not know what I was doing, the Blanchards had to attend a TEAM France missions conference at a castle in Austria. David and I hung out with the youth and had our own teaching time with leaders who came just to teach the missionary kids. I found out a lot about the MKs, and I say "MKs" with hesitance because one of the things I got out of this trip was that "MKs" are just like any other kid you might meet and just because they are in another culture doesn't mean that they are not Americans or French. One of the hard parts of being a MK is that you are put into a box and made to feel like you do not belong in any culture, because the French call them American and Americans call them "MKs" or third culture kids instead of just treating them like everyone else. But at the same time some of the youth say that they like to be called MKs and that it makes them unique, mostly because they are, not a lot of youth have lived in two country's and know what other cultures are like. I guess what I want to get across is that MKs are just like me or you but with more cultural experience.
I was also able to get some more filming/editing practice because all the youth made a movie, slide show, and a song. I think it was a good experience and will help me be able to communicate with the children of our CBC missionaries.
I have some pic's of the conference. I know it looks like I was just having fun. But that s mostly because I was. It was a great time to make friends and fellowship with David and the other youth. Thank you for waiting for this post I couldn't get internet without paying for it in Austria so I waited till now.
PS. I did not have to wear a speedo in Austria only in France. So no pictures for you. ;)

To close

Hey, I'm still in France and am having a good time with David.
I had a little bit of a scare the other day. I was doing some computer stuff with David when I had a fatal software error. My computer shut down and whenever I turned it on as soon as the start up screen would load, it would shut down again. So David and I worked almost all Saturday trying to fix it. We eventually were able to start the computer using Linux. From there we could back up any needed files. We could then wipe my hard-drive. All we had left to do was re-install everything on my computer. Well I hope that we don't have any more problems and that we can enjoy the conference that starts this Tuesday. I might have to get a speedo or the French will not let me swim.
Thank you for your prayers,
Alec

I am now in France with David. I Didn't have any trouble at the airport.
I did type up a big long message telling you all about last week but right before I was finished I hit a wrong button and lost the whole thing! So I will type it again later.

DVD

I just finished the 1st week's DVD. I (and everyone else) am quite pleased with it. The only thing that we do not like about it was the fact that one of the three videos has some pixilation problems. Today, I will be trying to fix this with one of Jonathan's friends who is studying film in college. The next week will be even more fast-paced than last week! I have three days to do what previously took me one week. So I everything I did last week for the first DVD I have to do again, but in three days!! I will need your prayers this week more than ever.
As always thank you for wanting to know what I am doing.

Work.

I just finished the DVD labels and thought I'd take a break and tell you whats what.
It is 6:54 and I have stopped working only once and that was for lunch.
I guess this makes up for the 1st week. The 1st two days of filming have gone well, my only qualm is that things are moving much faster than I would like. As you know I have to film and edit the video each day, which is fine, but it can be hard to edit at times because I only have parts of the whole video. I also found out today that I will have to make three DVDs instead of two. (One for each week.) I would explain why but it is very confusing, I don't think I quite understand it myself.
Thank you for your prays. I please keep praying that I would not worry about it and just do what needs to be done. It can be a little overwhelming to think that this whole thing depends on me and whether or not I get this done in time. That's all for now. Back to work! *whew*