Some Pictures

Spring in Pass Lake! This was taken April 7!













On the way to Duluth, pre-deer collision.

Goodness Gracious

Well, I had no idea it had been so long since I had updated! I'm so sorry. Life has been very busy here in Pass Lake. At the end of April I attended the MNO (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario Synod) Convention in Dauphin, Maintoba. We flew to Winnipeg, spent the night there and woke up to snow and ice. It was quite the bus trip from Winnipeg to Dauphin with ice and snow on the highway. It was a great convention but quite exhausting, lots to take in and many late nights. Sometime since my last post I travelled with some women from the congregation to Duluth, MN for a daytrip of shopping. Unfortunately the trip back included a collision with a deer, not a pretty sight. I now understand one of the reasons why it's good to have a big truck. If we had been in my car it would have been a much more serious situation. The deer are all over the roads in the spring in this area. I try not to drive after dark as they like to run out on the road unannounced.
Last week I was in Minneapolis for 5 days for the annual Festival of Homiletics (preaching). It was an incredible week packed with many worship services and speakers. Over 2100 ministers from all over North America and a few other continents attended. The speakers were the cream of the crop. Many of them I had read and it was pretty incredible to hear them speak about preaching and most of all to hear them preach. It was also nice to spend some time in a city. We stayed right in the centre of downtown Minneapolis and walked all over. I even had an opportunity to experience the Mall of America, just a really big mall, I didn't find it all that exciting. It was nice to catch up with friends and make new friends.
This week is catching up after a week away, getting ready for confirmation Sunday coming up this Sunday and continuing to plan for the youth trip to Whitehorse this summer and other summer events.
Spring is very slow in coming to this part of the world. It was beautiful and warm in Minneapolis last week but rained all weekend here. Monday at one point I looked out the window to see wet snow falling!
I haven't had my camera out much so I don't have any pictures to share right now. Hopefully I'll get some from friends in Minneapolis and share them soon.
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