One week exactly

I spent one week at The L'Abri Fellowship. I arrived between 2 and 3 on Monday, and I left between 2 and 3 on the following Monday.  

I walked away from L'Abri with renewed inspiration and hope for the future. There was such an atmosphere of hospitality toward every person who walked through that front door. You're given a thorough tour on your first day so that it's easy to figure out the routine right away. On your first full day you're thrown into that routine by being assigned to work in the kitchen or gardening or laundry help. For basically anything that you enjoy at L'Abri, you know who to thank. You can tell Eve how great the lunch was, or Thomas thanks for delivering new clean sheets, or tell Josue how nice the lawn looks today. When new people arrive after you, you see all the workers and helpers make sure they know where they need to go and that they've been fed. 

Edith Schaeffer had hospitality as one of her priorities. A book of hers that is on my read soon list is The Hidden Art of Home Making. She explains that this art is to be developed, and is an important part of your Christian witness. 

These are the things that inspire me to make where ever I live a home that displays attributes of God through love and hospitality. 

Andrew Fellows, the former director of L'Abri England, spoke twice during my week there. He spoke on the state of Europe currently, which is quite a topic considering he spoke the day after the referendum...

His talk was prepared long before the results were known, but it was a very relevant topic regardless. 

His first talk left me a bit worried about what's going to come next to this world, but the second left me hoping in the good things to come which God has promised us. All is not lost, though it seems like it at times. 

I highly recommend you listen to his talk, which can be found here: http://ipc-liss.com/sermons?podcast=701

I also highly recommend L'Abri to anyone feeling in need of hope or inspiration, or anyone who has questions they've been grappling with. Take time to get out of the busy cycles of life and focus on finding the answers God has blessed us with. He does give answers, sometimes they just take longer to find.