Trois
Église catholique Saint-Christophe à Tourcoing
Dimanche 5 Novembre
Today started with our own Sunday School. We sang a few songs in French. (There is room for improvement! ;) At 11 a.m. we headed to the church above to check it out. The bells were ringing bringing the church goers in as we were driving through the town. It truly was a beautiful church. The singing had lots of repeating, so that was helpful! :)) PRIERE UNIVERSELLE: Notre Père, notre Père, nous te supplions humblement! ((Our Father, our Father, we warmly beg you.) We headed out after hearing some of the singing…before the sacrements started in. From there we started driving into Belgium. We drove by Brother Alberts place and another couples place we will be making contact with in the near future. Then pointed our car toward the Field of Flanders. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM5dhmRlPSsMX6A6jwUMN7bVQVVICAxwh4-S0qK=s680-w680-h510
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields_Museum
On the short drive we saw very beautiful country side. It is very green here yet even though the trees look like fall. There were fields of radishes and we saw blooming sunflower fields, as well as corn fields that had not been harvested yet! Also some dairys and what even looked like chicken houses.
Belgium is known for their ¨fries¨. The younger man behind the counter at the place we stopped at for a very late lunch,(link below) explained that the French got the credit for something that was Belgian. He informed us that ¨Öurs are better¨ with a big smile. Not a normal Sunday dinner, but the restaraunts that were open were far and few between in the smaller towns headed back home. (I think our waiter was happy to try his English out. He told us he had went on a big trip to New York 3 months ago. He seemed pleased when Tyson told him he had good English.)
Belga Frites https://www.facebook.com/people/BELGA-FRITES/100063544421907/ -rw
A piece about French Fries that I found on the internet : It's said that this dish was discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during World War I and, since the dominant language of southern Belgium is French, they dubbed the tasty potatoes “French” fries.
