In the French Alps 1

These are a few pictures from the past week in the French Alps with Ariel and her family. It was a neat time to have my French family come up and join us for two days as well. You can see them in the third picture from the bottom. It was a great time hanging out and the complicated language barriers made for the beginnings of several new languages I think. It was an awesome mix of English, Dutch and French, though and our common bond in Christ made the whole thing a great experience and encouragement for everyone. It was great as well to do some snowboarding as you can see, and also to get engaged to my new fiancee, Ariel. I will do another post about that later. In fact, I have several post ready that I am still working on, so sorry for the wait. The second pic from the bottom is a pic of me and Ariel on top of the Alps with the tallest mountain in Europe, Mont Blanc in the background. It was so high, we both got a bit sick on the way up, but the 2 mile ski down was totally worth it. The bottom picture is our engagement photo! We both feel it captures a bit of our personality, though Ariel's mom thinks I look dead in pictures because my eyes are always half closed. Sorry guys, those baby blues aren't on display today. Ariel's a real beauty though isn't she? The first pic is her bros and sis. They are a neat family. The second pic is me and Ariel and her dad getting ready to try breaking our necks snowboarding. It is really tough even for a young guy like me, but I am very impressed with how well her dad did and he stuck with it the whole day. The third pic is Ariel and her parents in a little vacation town in the Alps. It really was a blessing to spend the time surrounded by God's creation with the opportunity to get to know her family more. More to come..........soon.