The youth group from Centre Evangelique Protestant of Colombes, France departed on Sunday afternoon, October 30. Donna, the bus driver, is the red-haired lady standing, and Elodie, our French church member who translated, is sitting below Donna. Their airplane departed the Savannah airport shortly after 4:00 p.m. (16:00 hours) on Sunday.

While riding canoes in the Ebenezer Creek, the French youth saw an alligator on the shore!

The French team road canoes down the Ebenezer Creek north of Rincon, and saw beautiful cypress trees in the water.

French youth group were amazed at the action at the American football game.

The French team enjoyed shopping in Savannah on Saturday. Sherri Gordy (wearing the “Georgia” shirt) was the American coordinator for the trip. She did a wonderful job, and Sherri was able to join us. We were also very grateful to the host homes and to the bus drivers: Donna Avera, Larry Matthews and Bryan Gilde.

The French team enjoyed seeing an American football game. They really enjoyed the atmosphere of the game and the very good team from Savannah Christian School, which won 45-0.

Pastor Thierry finds a crab on Tybee beach.

Youth from France ride the ferry across the Savannah River, looking back at the city of Savannah.

Youth from Colombes, France visit the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah.

The youth from Colombes, France visited Old Fort Jackson, a fort on the Savannah River. The guide pretended to be a Confederate soldier who had the youth pretend to be soldiers and march into the fort.

The youth group from Colombes, France visited Forsyth Park in Savannah, Georgia.