Hot tired and getting sick of baguettes

Well, I'm having a great time here in Marseille. (Besides the fact that God is doing a lot of character building; which I really wouldn't classify as fun)
This evening our team hosted a 'Canada night' and invited tons of people. We all wore red and I made a quiz with Canadian facts and we played games and sang the national anthem and talked about Jesus. It was great! A Muslim lady and her kids came who I met here- I went to visit her today which was cool.
Her husband has a very thick Marseillais accent (the local dialect kind of) and it was so hard to understand him. He talked a mile a minute and I sat there feeling really silly and constantly having to ask him to repeat himself or slow down. Aside from the Marseillais accent, I'm finding it pretty easy to get around. My french has improved by leaps and bounds and I love talking with people. Especially on the bus, although sometimes I get in a little trouble for not paying attention to where the rest of the group is going.
Last night we had a picnic on the beach with the young people from the church here and we played this crazy game where you make two teams and each team holds onto each other like a long snake and the head person has to grab a tail from the back of the last person. There were several injuries and we laughed so hard. It was great to have a break from all the seriousness here.
This Saturday we are helping out with a program the church runs in a poor area here, it's a kids program but a lot of parents come along too. Ashley Scales (from Winnipeg) and I, who are both nurses; are giving a workshop to the moms about healthy living and first aid. Hopefully we'll be able to have some fun demos and teach them what to do if their kid chokes, etc. And hopefully also build relationships with them and talk to them about Jesus.
Like I said, it's hot here and I really need to go to bed as we've been working hard all day. We have baguettes here about twice a day but the nice thing is that they're not really making me constipated. Perhaps it's all the great wine we've been drinking.
lots of love!