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I read Jesse's blog about being tagged and thought it would be interesting to see what the sixth picture in the sixth file of my "mypictures" folder would be...Here it is....

This is in Marseille, France (my last area) We hiked up to Notre Dame de La Garde. It's one of the oldest cathedrals in Marseille. I got kicked out by a priest because I saw something that made me really mad. In the sanctuary there is a crucifix of Christ and the Virgin Mary next to it. Well, in bold inscripted letters above Christ's head it says: "Be saved by God through Mary".

It made me so livid. I'd never read such an asinine thing before in my life. Well, I went up to this priest and asked him how in the world he could believe something like that...a small crowd had gathered and he didn't like it. I quoted a few scriptures to him and told him how sad that statement was and was not so politely escorted out of the cathedral and asked to never come back again. Thus, one of many interesting experiences on my mission (almost as good was the time we snuck into a monastery and secretly taught a Franciscan Monk and got chased out by nuns!)

This was by far my favorite city of my mission I spent almost a year there. I would give anything to live there. It's beautiful. Though this picture doesn't do it much justice.