Snow Boots

I had a Canadian moment on Sunday. David and I went to some people's house for dessert, knowing we would have to walk through snow. So, for the first time in my life, I left my shoes at home and did what I told myself what I would never do...only wear boots somewhere, but alas, such is the place I have moved to - the Muskokas of Canada, the land of snow!

(David's boots are the huge ones...nearly 2 feet tall!)

Minnesota to Ontario

My parents blessed us greatly and gave us their car! Originally we were just going to borrow it to bring my things from Minnesota to Ontario, but decided to take up their generous offer so that I would be able to drive our car (David's car was a standard) and it should last longer (hopefully!).

Thank you to those of you that were praying about importing it...David was able to get it all taken care of in time! Praise the Lord! The whole thing ended up costing more than we had anticipated because of passing the safety, but David's Grandpa worked with several weekends to get things taken care of! What a blessing!

It is a little sad for me to lose my last declaration of "I am from Minnesota!" wherever we drive, but it's a necessary part of moving to Canada.

End of the parties

We just came from our last Christmas Party - we ended up being involved in 5 clubs over the last two weeks. David led Christmas songs with his guitar, we played games, learned "Luke 2:10-11", had a snack, I told the Christmas story - or the story within another story, David did some Gospel Magic (the kids loved that and it helped them grasp the message!) and did a craft! Three more parties were originally planned in schools but because of lack of invitations, things didn't quite happen. We had a range of 49 to 13 children at 3 public schools, 1 Christian school and 1 church that's right next to a public school.

14 kids came back to talk with David or me for counseling, with 6 seeming to make a decision to follow Christ! Please pray for these new believers and those that are still searching to know Christ.

SNOW!

Winter is truly upon us! It has snowed everyday for the past month (except one or two days) and is to keep snowing! David already had to shovel off the roof last weekend! Thankfully we are still loving winter and David gets a thrill out of driving in 6 inches of snow, so things are good! Thankfully weather hasn't been a problem to get to any of the Christmas Parties so far!

The 1st picture was taken way back in October...so just add 3 more feet on to it!

So now, this is what the door to the garage (which leads to the stairs down to our apartment) looks like after David shoveled!

American Thanksgiving

My first time to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving arrived this year on October 13, but I wasn't sure what to do about missing "American" Thanksgiving as it now has to be called. The 4th Thursday of November had always been the time to stop and thank God for His blessings while joining my family in Minnesota...but not to be these year.

David's mom was wonderfully thoughtful and decided to make "American Thanksgiving" for us - a first for these Canadians. It was a fantastic time together, tasting very close to home for me, even doing my family's tradition of the "5 Thankful Corn" kernels (where you say something you're thankful for, for each! U.S.A. flag napkins were even pulled out to make sure it was known that it was "AMERICAN THANKSGIVING"! I am so blessed!

Christmas Banquet

I love Christmas - the reminder of God's greatest gift to us!

We were invited to share some things for the kids at the Highland Lakes Community Church in Minden at the Christmas Banquet. I got to tell a story about a boy at Christmas who dreamed everyone gave his presents away and David loved having the chance to do more Gospel Magic using 3 ropes "Goldy", "Franky" and "Myrrhy"...I'm sure you can guess who they were!

Teacher Training

David teaches so excitedly that he's hard to catch in a picture!

We had a blast doing an all day Teacher Training at Evangel Temple in Toronto for their children's workers, around 45 workers came out for the training! "I've wanted to share the message of salvation with my Sunday School kids but I didn't know what all to tell them, but now I do!" one enthusiastic lady told me afterwards.

A Blog at Last

After many people asking if we have a blog...we can finally say "YES!"

Summary:

• We have officially been married for 6 months as of November 24!
• We love living in Port Sydney, Ontario!
• We're full time workers with Child Evangelism Fellowship!