Our "Pizza" Oven

Some of our wonderful friends gave us a great Christmas gift a few years ago. And if you come to our house for supper very often, you are likely to see it in use at some point. We can use it outside, or slip it into the fireplace during the winter. It makes wonderful pizzas, but is really a flammeküche oven. Handmade in Alsace.

Flammeküches

We start with a sour cream base with a touch of nutmeg,

And add onions and chopped bacon.

And toss it in the oven,

For Philip and me!

Bible Contest

Each year, the youth from our church participate in a Concours Biblique (Bible contest) on November 1st, All Saint's Day. This year was no exception. Well... it was an exception! But I will get to that. Our boys, Peter and Nathan were part of the team. 

Each team consists of five members, with each person memorizing one chapter of the assigned chapters. This year 1 Peter was the chosen passage.

This year for the first time the contest was divided into three locations: St. Dizier, Paris, and Lyon.

In the morning rounds, each contestant answers two memorization questions (this is not as easy as it sounds: an extra "a" or "and" and the point is lost.) and two context questions. By the end of the morning we were tied for 4th out of seven teams.

Here is our team hard at work.

In the afternoon, the speed rounds have tight competition. The contestant has to be the first to push his buzzer AND have the answer ready immediately. Here is Nathan competing against the other contestants of Chapter 1. (The three judges are in the background.)

Our champions!!!!! Myriam, Peter, Jonathan, Débora (our niece), and Nathan. In spite of having three first-timers on the team, they won the 1st place trophy.

Seven teams of five contestants = 35 young people memorizing scripture!

And since there were three contests in France, 100 young people memorized a chapter of 1st Peter!