Edmund Lucien Foucachon

Edmund Lucien Foucachon was born on June 30th, 2009, at 9:37 pm, weighing 8 lbs 1oz.!

Welcome to the Covenant People of God Edmund! May you walk in the faith of your fathers all the days of your life. May the fear of the Lord reside in you, making you fearless among men. As your name, Edmund, signifies, may you be a Prosperous Protector, blessing and protecting others with the blessings and strength bestowed upon you by God. And as your middle name, Lucien, signifies, may you be a light among men. May you carry on the faith of your great-grandfather, Lucien Foucachon, to a thousand generations.

 

 

 

 

Unless the Lord builds the house,
they labor in vain who build it;
unless the LORD guards the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early,
to sit up late,
to eat the bread of sorrows;
for so He gives His beloved sleep.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
so are the children of one’s youth.

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
they shall not be ashamed,
but shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
    ~Psalm 127

Blessed is every one who fears the LORD,
who walks in His ways.

When you eat the labor of your hands,
you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the very heart of your house,
your children like olive plants
All around your table.

Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the LORD.

The LORD bless you out of Zion,
and may you see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.

Yes, may you see your children’s children.

Peace be upon Israel!

   ~Psalm 128

Last Disputatio of the Class of 2009!

Can you believe it? We just had our last Disputatio as a class at NSA?

God has been very good to us, allowing us to travel thus far. I am very grateful for such a wonderful class, and I hope we all keep in touch. To that affect, I plan to keep THIS blog going as a place where we as Alumni can come and keep getting NSA info, or see what’s going on in Moscow.

Here are the two videos I presented at Disputatio.

• The first is a slideshow of some photos I through together of our 4 years here. It is only a tiny sampler of all the photos I have!
• The second is a compilation of spliced videos from our 4 years. Again, only a sampler of what I have! I had to cut some GREAT stuff! (such as some of our declamations).

I uploaded a bunch of videos not shown here on a YouTube playlist called “Live in Moscow as an NSA student,” which you can find HERE

 

Enjoy!

 

NSA Spring Concert Video

 

The New Saint Andrews Spring Concert is up:

http://www.foucachon.com/nsa_spring_concert/

 

Dr. Erb did a wonderful job conducting and organizing the concert!  I believe that this is the largest choir in the Moscow region.

Represented were: the NSA choir, the Christ Church Adult Choir, the Christ Church Youth Choir and the Trinity Reformed Youth Choir.

The concert begins with the blowing of the horn calling the singers in – very impressive!

Lydia’s Thesis Defense

 

For a streaming file of Lydia’s thesis defense, click HERE.

To download a high quality version, right click, and “Save link as” HERE (610 MB).

666 – The French, the End Times, and the Mark of the Beast

The following was sent to me by my friend Luke Welch:

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Truth be known, all the following information was developed by me.  So don't go off and write your own personal end-times book without giving me credit for the beautiful proofs I am about to lay out for you.

----begin----

666 is made of 3 sixes.  The sixth letter of our alphabet is "F"
666 = FFF

Qu'est-ce que l'FFF?

La Fédération Française de Football.  AKA - the devil.  Here's more.

When did the FFF last win the World Cup? 1998.

How many times has the FFF won the World Cup? 3.
1998 / 3 = 666

Still not convinced?

What shape describes the geography of France? the HEXagon!  Hmmm!?   See it all coming clear?

NEED MORE PROOF?

What is the FFF's Website?
http://www.fff.fr

Let's break this down:
http://   w    w    w    .    f    f    f    .    f    r
            23   23  23          6   6   6         6 18
             2 * 3 = 6                           18 = 6 + 6 + 6

So:       6     6    6           6   6   6       6  6  6  6

10!!!!!! 10 sixes!!!!!!

And Daniel, if that's not enough - take this last little bit of evidence that something funny is going on with French people:

What color is the devil?  Red.
Does the devil have horns? Yes.
What animal has horns? A Bull.
Is a pentagram a five pointed star? Yes.
How many points does a pentagram have? 5.

So the perfect picture of the devil would say : "Red Bull" and have 5- Five-pointed Stars.  And a 666.
Enjoy the photo:

 

(www.youtube.com/foucachon)

It's a Boy!!

 

For more photos and even some videos of little guy moving around, click HERE.

Daniel et Lydia - Un Poem

L'Ouest américain les a fait se rencontrer
Et la vie qui parfois sait vous jouer des tours
Sous le ciel d'Idaho, ils se sont bien trouvés
Pour conjuguer ensemble ce que l'on nomme l'amour.

Daniel et Lydia

Edifier un futur c'est là leur avenir
Des coeurs pleins de projets, une période heureuse
Vécue dans l'allégresse, une vie à bâtir
Un chemin de bonheur, une route joyeuse

Daniel et Lydia

Construire une famille sur un modèle ancien
En être héritier, ne pas rompre la ligne
Aspirer à poursuivre pour unique seul bien
Le désire de savoir et d'en demeurer digne

Daniel et Lydia

Chemins riants ou sombres, ils la parcourront
Cette vie de bonheur parfois semée de peines
Mais quelqu'un leur dira qu'il leur fait tenir bon
Quelqu'un qui les chérit et quelqu'un qui les aime

Daniel et Lydia

L'océan nous sépare des êtres qui nous sont chers
Cette lointaine Amérique qui pourtant les enseigne
Voyageurs en recherche, ils sont loin de leurs pères
Consolation pour nous car là-bas la foi règne

Daniel et Lydia

-Lucien Foucachon, written on the occation of our wedding, June 2008

30th Anniversary

     My parents celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary this month! And not just thirty years, but thirty years of loving each other, sacrificing for each other, being an example to us kids, and teaching us through their lives and their instruction how to fear and love God. I am especially thankful for my parents this Thanksgiving!

Still as much in love as ever, and I hear even more so!

 

 

 

 

  The photo is a bit blurry, but that is a Chateauneuf-du-Pape from 1989! I hear it was exquisite.

A Huguenot Tradition - Advent Breakfast

The French are not big on breakfast. Often very light like a Croissant with coffee. However there are four breakfasts in the year which are exceptionally special. There is a Huguenot tradition in France of having a special advent breakfast that my father grew up with and then did with us, and that I am now continuing. It is often not a huge breakfast, mostly because we would otherwise be late for church, but it is always very special and unique. There are a few things that always accompany it, such as a tangerine with a candle stuck in it, as well as Papilottes (which we didn't have this time since you can't get them in the states. Papilottes are a Christmas-only chocolate that is wrapped in a foil with a joke inside and sometimes a little firecracker.)

Other than those, it varies from time to time. This morning we had eggs, toast, and breakfast sausage; a donut (with coconut on top), fruit cake, a slice of pound cake, a chocolate cigar, peanut butter cups, and hot cider (and of course the orange).

Here are a couple photos of our first advent breakfast:

A Little Announcement

Wedding Webcast

Dear family and friends,
For those of you who can't make it to our wedding, there is a live webcast that will be available on www.foucachon.com/wedding at 2 p.m. (Pacific) on Saturday the 14th.

Chère famille et amis,
Pour ceux d'entre vous qui ne peuvent pas venir a notre mariage, nous aurons un "webcast," video en direct sur www.foucachon.com/wedding . Le mariage aura lieu a 14h, le samedi (23h en France).

affectueusement,

Daniel & Lydia

Engagement Photos with Mr. Lamoreaux

Mr. Lamoreaux thinks Lydia looks just like Grace Kelly in this photo. :)

You can see the rest of the photos at http://flickr.com/photos/foucachon/

Wedding Website

Lydia and I are happy to announce that our wedding website is now up and running!

www.wedding.foucachon.com

A Happy Announcement - December 24th, 2007

Something happened exactly one month ago, on the Eve of Christmas, which I have not blogged about due to a rather full life. But, it is most certainly worthy of note. It all started about two in the afternoon, when my favorite person, a most beautiful, wonderful, godly, cheerful, delightful, pleasant, funny, cute, adorable, intelligent, classically educated, (and did I mention beautiful?) girl came over to spend "a few hours" with me. We went four-wheeling. It was below freezing, a bit windy. We four-wheelered right onto the top of the big "wheat dunes" (now tilled, frozen, and covered in snow). The day was absolutely magnificent. The sun was shining through the clouds in long bright rays towards the South, and Moscow Mountain was looking a blue-ish, grayish colour which made it look like it was a painting rather than real life, except for the vividness of the colours. The snow was wisping over the hills all around us.

After about an hour of that, we returned onto our land. I told Lydia that we could park on the flatter part, out near Mr. Merkles old truck, and take a walk. We arrived there and got off. We started walking in the direction of our house, and I commented to Lydia, "look at that rock, I don't remember that being there..." to the side of the path in front of us lay a large, 400 lb block of solid stone. We had been talking, quite "randomly," about how nice European houses were all made of stone, and how that was nice. "Now that's the kind of stone I want for the cornerstone of my house one day," I told Lydia, trying to sound off-hand. We walked towards it, and I stopped in front of it. I was fumbling with something in my pocket. Then Lydia let go of my arm, and went and looked on the other side of the stone. She had her back to me as she did this. On the other side of the stone was written "The Cornerstone of the Future home of Daniel and Lydia Foucachon - December 2007 - Psalm 128." She looked at it a bit, and turned around. I was on one knee, and was holding a ring. She said yes!

We were out there probably about an hour, and it was really cold! But I had a provision for this. Sitting on the edge of our land, in all its glory, sat The Indefatigable, Mr. Merkles old Ford 72 pickup truck. In the truck were blankets, two candles, my camera (had to have some pictures), and hot chocolate, which we completely forgot about.

After spending some time getting warmer in the truck, we headed back in the four-wheeler. My parents were waiting for us, so we got our first round of congratulations which, thanks to Valerie filming, was filmed. It has now been a month, and a wonderful month it has been! I didn't think it possible, but I love Lydia more every day! Sorry guys, the best is taken...