Château de la Grifferaie, S5, E25 "Alive" 

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.

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

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.

Great video. Very enjoyable.

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.

Hello from Ottawa Canada! I absolutely love watching your videos and seeing the wonderful work that you both are doing.

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!

Great coverage of your week!! Thanks for sharing!

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. 😘🙏🇺🇸

It is truly wonderful to see all the young people enjoying one and others company in such a wholesome way.

So fun getting an update. The Chateau filled with joy and laughter. Thanks for taking me along

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

You are an amazing leader. It is so lovely to see the Chateau full of laughter ❤❤❤

I love the house full of activity and laughter!

Mr Bingly is in his element. He loves being a part of the group and is the perfect ambassador for your program. Blessings

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! 🇨🇦❤️

You are a good person Rob. God has a special place in heaven for you.

One my very favorite movies!! Pride and prejudice!! Never get sick of it!!💜🌈💜

The chateau comes alive when there lots of people around ❤❤

Such a magical, peaceful, enriching experience...how would anyone ever want to leave!?

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!

Sandbags in front of the doorway to keep the water out. And to build up the sand in front to slope away from chateau.

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

Thank you for that last thought . I will be thinking of that one for a long time. Very good! Ty😊

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 group of kiddos! It will be a great session! Leslie and Rob are great leaders with great hearts for Christ! Cheers!

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!!

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. 😁🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷

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.... 🌷

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. :)

Love the comments by the students next to Sir Grif.

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.

O yes you have frogs ,we have them here to they are all in the farmers lake south western France 🇫🇷

House is so beautiful!! Just love it at night!!

Love seeing the chateau so alive!!!

It’s nice to hear the contentment in your voice over having the chateau full of young, vibrant, joyous voices and energy. There were a couple faces that seemed to be saying escar-no! at the restaurant. 😂 Love how much Mr Bingly enjoys the students too. Keep up that strong leadership.

The ping pong game is fun!!

TWO upright bass players?! Loire Valley Study Abroad Rockabilly Style! Oh, Lord, let it be!

Well done managing it all !

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 😊

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.

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

Love love the video … God bless AII of you 🙏🏻🇨🇦🥰

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

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What a fun group

Hi from South Africa

Can hear your excitement w having the students around... It's your passion, obviously along w the chateau.

Love the videos ! Have you thought about a French drain for in front of the basement to keep the water out? God bless!!

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. 😉

Great video.

Great video

You are doing a great job,love hearing about all the adventures with the students. God bless your work. 🙏

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.

my favourite Pride And Prejudice is the Keira Knightly one of course!!

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

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!

Really appreciate your thoughts on Leadership. Have fun providing this excellent opportunity for young people! 🥰

Lovely.

What a lovely group of young people! Gives me hope for the future! Love from the Midwest🥰

What fun! Lucky kids & blessed YOU!

Great video ! Have a wonderful time!❤️

Great video! Thx

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! Thank you for sharing! Enjoyed from Texas!

Amazing.. God Bless you. Blessings,

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?

Devil sign at 2.28.

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Are the kids responsible for paying their meals when not at the chateau?

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Politicians and leaders are two opposite things....

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

Pride and prejudice, BBC for sure number one LOL