Terri Bittenbender and Keegan Reilly
Carol Parks and Pam Zavadil

Charis Gibbs, Carol, Keegan with DX, Phillip and Dawn Taylor.

We had some interesting experiences on the metro. Many people notice our neon green t-shirts and try to read the back - which has John 3v16 in French. We rode the metro each day to VBS and back.
Here were some of the reactions:
1. A woman addressed us in English and said that France is a secular state. We are not allowed to share our religion in public. Kelly reminded her that each person in France has a right to their opinion and religious clothing is only forbidden schools. ( In public schools, the Catholics must take off their crosses, the Jewish children must remove their yamakas ( sp?) and the Muslim girls can not wear their veils).
2. A girl came up to us and asked point blank if we were Christians. When we said yes, she got all excited. She is French and a Christian. She felt she was the only one in France and wanted to get connected, so Kelly gave her the address of the church.
3. A Muslim woman squinted to read the verse and asked if we were giving away t-shirts. She wanted one to show her children about other religions. I had just changed out of mine, so I gave it to her. She was thrilled. ( I hope she washes it before showing it to anyone!)