Finally internet

Hi Folks: I am in Limonges where I finqlly hqve internet qccess. Limonges is a very large city qnd reminds me a lot of Boston (they even have their version of the Charles River, called La Vienne!). According to a French womqn I met along the way, the French are very resistant to having internet cafes around the country. Well, how about some summaries: First, Taize was a wonderful experience. The week I was there, there were approximqtly 4500 people there. They were expecting even more the following week. Our daily schedule looked a little like this: morning prayer qt 8:30 follwed by breakfqst qt 9:30; Bible study was from 10-11. Most groups then broke into small groups to discuss the Bible lesson, but becuase I was in the silent group, we broke for the rest of the day for individual silent reflection on the passages qnd to explore reflection questins that our leader hqd given us; Afrzenoon prayer was from 12-1, followed by lunch until 2. The other groups then had their second small group time. Between 3 and 7:00, there were various workshops. Dinner was at 7 followed by evening prayer at 8:30. Evening prayer officially ended at 9:30, but often many people would remain until well after 9:30. At the Friday night candlelight, there was the acceptqnce of q new brother into the order and observance of Easter vigil (the Taize practice is to observe Easter vigil every Friday and celebrate the Resurrection every Sunday). The service ended around 10 but many people remained in order to go the the cross qnd present qny troubles or burdens they were experincing; I left the service around 10:30, and the chapel was still full of people. Some of the young people remqined in the chaple through the night and slept there. It was an incredible experince. The other thing qbout Taize is that everyone works; we all have chores to do while we qre there: I had bathroom duty with q team of 5 other women. They were mostly Portuguese qnd we had a great time cleaning together. It was absolutley amazing how so many people from so mqny place were able to unite in prayer, Bible study and work and have such an enriching experience.