Here's Liz at the beach with Fabienne and Suzanne, two of the sisters in our ward. They shook hands with her the first Sunday, but have since taken her completely in and she gets lots of "bisous" (kisses on both cheeks) at all the meetings and activities. Fortunately, they don't give the male missionaries the same, although they do for the male members of the ward!

After spending time at the beach, I went back and got a partner and joined the boules game in progress. The ground was rough and covered with pine needles and branches, which made it even more difficult, but we all enjoyed it. Except that our team of 4 lost by 1 point. That was okay, since it was my first time ever to play it.

After watching the men play boules (or petanque as it is also called), Liz and our Relief Society president, Tove Rigby, got a set and started their own game. They did well and had a good time. Liz got one her boules up against the "cochonet", which is the ultimate goal in the game. You can see one of her tosses coming down the path, still in the air.

Down the beach about 1/4 mile, there were a number of these sand sailers. A few came whizzing by - with a good breeze they really whipped along. Now I wonder if that qualifies as an accepted activity for missionaries since we can't sail in the water.

This is me at the beach at La Faute sur Mer. I decided to build a "sand temple", but it had to have a good wall because of the wave surges. It lasted a couple of hours. I got sunburned a bit - we now have hats and sunscreen!