Château de la Grifferaie, S5, E25 "Alive"
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- The students are here and the Chateau has come to life. Watch this one to see what it's like to live in a group of 24 young people on a study abroad program in a chateau. As well we face challenges from a small flood, locked doors, and weeds.
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Great to see all of you doing so well! The house is full of love, life, and laughter! We are all one big family! AMEN! Thomas!
What a lovely video....may God be with you all each and every day.
It is very gratifying to see what a special place you have created! What a treat for these young adults to learn in such a special environment. Congratulations for creating your vision and may it change hearts and bring glory to God.
Hopefully this will go on for years to come. It would be wonderful if my niece and nephew who are still 16 and 15 could go when they are old enough. What a great place to grow in the Lord and see the world.
LOVE YOU AND LESLIE! You're oozing the joy of having your students back. So very happy for you all and looking forward to more adventures. Thanks for sharing! God Bless from Indianapolis, Indiana
You're good people. May God bless you abundantly ❤
Thank you for sharing this video! It is fun for us viewers to see this property come alive with students after all of your hard work.
I've watched you guys from the beginning and I've often thought how much I would love to send my children, when they're older, to stay with you for LVSA.
I don't want to get too deep, but religion has not been a large part of their upbringing.. But the way it is presented by you, I would trust my children to learn from you. I completely respect and appreciate everything you show us. Thank you for that.
And we are moving to France next year from the US... :). We'll be neighbors to the south by an hour or two!
We'll keep our fingers crossed:)
You are a prince among men, Rob!! Between you and Leslie, you make things so good for those around you! You are a blessing for those young people. 👑
This is so wonderful to watch everybody having a blast. The house is very happy looking. God bless you all. Enjoy the fun. 😘🙏🇺🇸
Mr Bingly is in his element. He loves being a part of the group and is the perfect ambassador for your program. Blessings
The Chateau my not have a Soul but what it does do well is within its walls reflect and amplify the Joy in all the human Souls. I am not a religious man but even I can see the plethora of joy pervading your lovely Chateau. It is beautiful to see so much authentic real joy and happiness. ❤️ What you two are doing. 😁🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷
You are a good person Rob. God has a special place in heaven for you.
You are an amazing leader. It is so lovely to see the Chateau full of laughter ❤❤❤
It is truly wonderful to see all the young people enjoying one and others company in such a wholesome way.
What a beautiful glimpse into the students time so far. Thank you for your servant leadership, what you and Leslie are providing for these young adults is going to be carried with them for a lifetime! Blessings on you and your ministry. L. Harley
One my very favorite movies!! Pride and prejudice!! Never get sick of it!!💜🌈💜
Hello from Ottawa Canada! I absolutely love watching your videos and seeing the wonderful work that you both are doing.
I love the house full of activity and laughter!
So fun getting an update. The Chateau filled with joy and laughter. Thanks for taking me along
Great group of kiddos! It will be a great session! Leslie and Rob are great leaders with great hearts for Christ! Cheers!
nice to see another bunch of young folks getting to know each other and learning about the world and {more of} the Bible - the Chateau indeed seems to come alive with them there, and it's lovely to witness once again how this happens... surely it has to do with the people 'running' the programme.... 🌷
Love this video Rob! Teenagers are wonderful, seeing through their eyes is so rewarding and pleasing. I am sure your home is enjoying all the laughter and fun of all. Thank you! 🇨🇦❤️
Sandbags in front of the doorway to keep the water out. And to build up the sand in front to slope away from chateau.
Rob, I would buy some sand bags for that doorway and leave them there until you figure out how to redirect the water. This solution helped us in Calgary during a rainy summer. Lord Bingley is so darn cute. Really enjoy the chats.❤
Great coverage of your week!! Thanks for sharing!
The chateau comes alive when there lots of people around ❤❤
Such a magical, peaceful, enriching experience...how would anyone ever want to leave!?
Ugh. Not another flood. Perhaps you need a French drain, lol. What I like to see is instead of a bed and breakfast for random tourists, you are giving the Chateau experience to the family you are creating with your program. I'm sure thirty or forty years from now they will remember this time in their lives and what you did for them. Not just a hotel or student housing, but a beautiful historic place that will foster their creativity and imagination. That was a great compliment to Leslie's cooking. And good on you, Rob, for thinking ahead and making the sacrifice so the students could enjoy two of France's most important sites without worrying over their suitcases! Cheers til next week.
Saumer…when my family lived in Orleans and Chinon, my dad commanded a base there so we got to see some interesting events. One of those was a military exhibition in Saumer. There were equestrian exhibitions, motorcycle and other vehicle exhibitions. They got over 20 soldiers on a motorcycle! My dad worked with a colonel in the French army. We went to Angier and he interpreted the guide in the Apocalyptic Tapestry for us. What a treat to live near there
My father in law was on a ship, on D day. He passed away. He watched a lot of his friends die!! He was on kitchen staff the day all his friends got into a boat and never came back! House full of love and happiness is what I see. I am so glad you have this program for kids! Lots of love from Tennessee USA!!
Wonderful slice of life at the chateau with the students. I laughed and cried with joy to see this group of young people enjoying the company, the food, games, and sights in Paris. This would have been a dream for me when I was young. So grateful that you had the vision and have the energy to make this study program a reality! Also, hurray for you that all the students pitch in to keep the chateau functioning! Magnifique!
Having navigated the trains in Paris and Versailles with a a suitcase, I am imagining the trouble you went through, Rob, in order to save your young people that exhausting experience. Rob and Leslie, you are special people who are bringing so much joy to these groups of young people who come together to share their faith and love of travel and togetherness. It will likely be a highlight of their young lives. God bless you. 6:55 It was also great to see Mr. Bingley right in the midst of that joy. Lovely boy. :)
Thank you for that last thought
. I will be thinking of that one for a long time. Very good! Ty😊
Great video. Very enjoyable.
Love the comments by the students next to Sir Grif.
Praise GOD, my heart is so full watching this, the idea of chateau learning lab is a GOD idea and a good idea, and such a blessing for the world, I hope and pray that my grandchildren will get to go…
I love the confessionals
House is so beautiful!! Just love it at night!!
O yes you have frogs ,we have them here to they are all in the farmers lake south western France 🇫🇷
Love seeing the chateau so alive!!!
You were in my neck of the woods (I live about 40 miles from Mont-Saint-Michel). And I love Bayeux. That sound you were talking about, besides the smaller birds, I heard those pigeons/doves doing their love calls, but that must not be what you were talking about. About the leadership thing, there's nothing inherently wrong with doing it for your own benefit, where that goes wrong is for those that think it's OK to force others into doing things against their own best interests (see every dictator and wannabe dictator). And ultimately, that sort of "leader" actually makes things bad for themselves as well. And one other point to think about for those that like to lump everyone together and trash them (for instance, "All politicians are corrupt", or "all big business is bad", does a disservice and is actually a dishonest proposition). When you unjustly condemn the good with the bad, it's only the bad that benefit, because in a way it sanctions them, and it can demoralise the people/businesses that ARE trying to do the right thing. It's like what's the use, they think we're just as rotten as the ones that truly are rotten.
Great video 👍 So the hard graft starts now I think your flooding was compounded by the new gravel 😢, you need to put in a Drain soak away in the basement it'll help 😊
Love love the video … God bless AII of you 🙏🏻🇨🇦🥰
Enjoyed this video very much. The military action at Pointe Du Hoc was the US Army (Rangers) not the Marines. Might be worth correcting the record, those guys care about that sort of thing. 😉
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Love your channel and everything that you two do. Those kids are lucky to be around you
Pride and Prejudice..difficult to pick..both versions are great in their own way
The ping pong game is fun!!
as beautiful as your chateau and the castles are, they are nothing compared to the beauty of heaven that awaits us saved Christians! God bless ya'll
TWO upright bass players?! Loire Valley Study Abroad Rockabilly Style! Oh, Lord, let it be!
You are doing a great job,love hearing about all the adventures with the students. God bless your work. 🙏
Love the videos ! Have you thought about a French drain for in front of the basement to keep the water out? God bless!!
What a fun group
Well done managing it all !
What a lovely group of young people! Gives me hope for the future! Love from the Midwest🥰
Hi from South Africa
my favourite Pride And Prejudice is the Keira Knightly one of course!!
Great to see the chateau filled with lots of people. That's what it was built for.
Looks like such a nice group.
Are you going on your trip round Europe again this year?
Beautiful.. I pray, God willing I'll be able to come visit and help. ❤️🙏🇨🇦 Lord.. bless them.
Jesus washes the feet of his disciples.
What fun! Lucky kids & blessed YOU!
Really appreciate your thoughts on Leadership. Have fun providing this excellent opportunity for young people! 🥰
Lovely.
Amazing.. God Bless you. Blessings,
I REALLY enjoyed that video! I predict your enrollment will go up with more vids that give the opportunity for folks to see what you're doing. Thanks!
Great video.
Great video ! Have a wonderful time!❤️
Great video
Great video! Thank you for sharing! Enjoyed from Texas!
They need to form a new group: "The Grifs" 🎶 haha!
What I wouldn't have given for a summer like that. Looks like you're giving them the experience of a lifetime ❤
Great video! Thx
Devil sign at 2.28.
Your chateau is "filled with the patina of a bygone era." I picked that line up from the movie The Good Life with Russell Crow. In other words, the stone steps outdoors look nice. On another note, does Leslie try to cook French style? Or, Canadian?
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May God continue to bless you and Lesley and all those whose lives you touch. I love watching your videos and will continue to do so as long as you are doing them. -Mike in Colorado
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Politicians and leaders are two opposite things....
Pride and prejudice, BBC for sure number one LOL