Day 1: May 14, Departure
Overnight flight to Paris! 

Day 2: May 15, Arrive Paris, City Tour
Arrive in Paris with a brief tour of the city, including one of the main Jewish areas (Le Marais). (D) 

Day 3: May 16, Worship Service, Jewish Quarter, Concentration Camp
Morning services at the Central Baptist Church in Paris. Afternoon visit to the Jewish quarter (St. Paul), the Great Synagogue of Paris, the France-Israel cultural center and Drancy, the French concentration camp on the North side of Paris from which 70,000 Jewish people were deported to the death camps in Eastern Europe.
Evening: Testimony service with Pastor Philippe Pluchon, our IBJM representative in Paris; he will report on the Jewish ministry through his church in Paris. (B) 

Day 4: May 17, Medieval Museum, Notre Dame & Chateaux Fontainebleau
Visit the medieval museum in the Latin Quarter (Musée de Cluny) and then the Ile de la Cité where Paris was born prior to Roman times. Stop at the Sainte-Chapelle, and Notre Dame de Paris. Afternoon trip to the Royal (Renaissance) Château of Fontainebleau, where Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes (1685) heralding more than a century of persecution of believers in France. (B, D) 

Day 5: May 18, Walking Tour & Paris Churches, Louve
Morning Reformation walking tour of Central Paris: learn about Jacques LeFevre-Etaples and his translation of the scriptures; visit the remains of his Abbey of St. Germain des Prés, then on to the memorial to Henry IV, the only protestant French king, whose mother was a fervent Christian. We will move on to the Right Bank to see the Oratoire Church where a 19th century revival broke out under the preaching of Adolphe Monod, and we will see the square where the St. Bartholomew Day Massacre of believers began in 1573. After lunch, an afternoon visit to the grounds of the Louvre. (B, D) 

Day 6: May 19, Marseille
Early morning fast train (TGV) to the South of France, where we will meet up with our IBJM missionary in Marseille, Didier Silberstein. There will be an afternoon visit to Arles, an old Roman city. If the Apostle Paul ever did travel west, he may well have stopped in some of these French coastal towns. (B, D) 

Day 7: May 20, Huguenot History
Morning travel to Anduze (Mas-Soubeyran) to visit the Huguenot museum, the Museum of the Desert, located in the ancestral home of one of their leaders. Then on to the restored medieval city of Carcassonne where we will have dinner (a regional specialty called Cassoulet) in the old city. (B, D) 

Day 8: May 21, Museum of Inquisition
Visit the old city of Carcassonne, with a guided tour of the Château and city walls. Visit a museum of the Inquisition, as the city is located in the heart of an area where various groups of believers as well as certain sects were persecuted by the Roman Catholic Inquisition. Visit the Cathar village of Minerve on the return trip to Marseille. (B, D) 

Day 9: May 22, Aix-en-Provence
Morning visit to Aigues-Mortes, where the Tower of Constance is located, the famous prison for Huguenot women (Marie Durand was its most famous prisoner). Afternoon visit to Aix-en-Provence, a charming Mediterranean town. (B, D) 

Day 10: May 23, Worship Service, City Tour
Morning bus ride to worship with the Bible Baptist Church at Marseille. Afternoon tour of the city, including the historic Great Synagogue; we will perhaps join Brother Silberstein for a literature distribution in one of the Jewish quarters.
Evening: We will have a concluding testimony service and Brother Silberstein will present the Jewish ministry in Marseille. (B) 

Day 11: May 24, Homeward
Transfer to the Marseille airport for the return trip to the USA, as the group says Au revoir to the Lawrences and to France. (B)

The itinerary may be subject to change while touring for the best interest of the group.