Monday, October 12, 2009

Our week long Mission's Trip!

It has been a long day of cleaning, putting in the outer winter-windows on the house, dumping all of our flower pots, drying the fresh herbs from our little garden, and completing our French homework. Kami has a turkey in the oven in honor of the Canadian Thanksgiving Day and it is smelling really good!

Here are some highlights from our trip we took to be a part of Golden Harvest Baptist Church's Mission's Conference this past week:

We arrived on Saturday and enjoyed a wonderful dinner with the Pastor, other missionaries, and some church members at the Swiss Chalet which is known for their roasted chicken! On Sunday, I taught the young convert's class and presented our work and goal for the West Indies. Here is a picture of all of the missionaries and the Pastor and his wife....Lunches were served at the church except for Wednesday. Pastor Smith is an old North Carolina "boy", here he is playing his "jug", "washboard", and "washtub"!!!.......(by the way, he makes a "mean" BBQ!).......
On Wednesday, all the Missionaries were taken to the Mandarin, a chinese buffet...but none like I have ever seen! Their were so many choices, including a carving station, and probably over 40 desserts of all kinds!....this is all of us and we are stuffed!.......
I preached on Tuesday and gave a personal testimony of my salvation and call to the mission field on Wednesday. Kami also spoke to the AWANA girls on Wednesday evening as well. After the service on Tuesday, the church showered us with presents in what they call their "Missionary Christmas".....we were overwhelmed with the generosity and love from such a mission's minded church!.......... It was a great week of preaching from all of the missionaries and I enjoyed hearing the great testimonies of salvation and the different works and ministries going on around the world. While in Niagara Falls, we took several trips to the Falls. I have to admit, the Canada view is much better than the American view.....especially at night, the Falls are all lighted up with brilliant colors! On Cliften Hill Avenue, down by the Falls, there is so much to look at and do. We told the kids that they could pick one thing for our family to do...they picked the Crystal Caves which is a mirror maze. We had to each wear plastic gloves and what a great time we had bumping into walls and losing our way around this maze!
We did plenty of sightseeing as well in between meals and services. We had so much fun and fellowship with everyone at Golden Harvest Baptist Church. They truly love their missionaries and they all have such a giving heart! What a great week!

We are also glad to be back home and starting back in language school tomorrow morning! Here are a couple pictures for you to enjoy.......