As unto the LORD

We just returned from a fabulous week in Canada. Debbie and Bethany drove in to Adrian from Iowa, spent two days here and then the three of us drove to Cobourg, Ontario. Debbie's husband John was the evening speaker for the Lakeshore Pentecostal Camp. (They are the Assemblies of God of Canada) It was a beautiful campgrounds located on Lake Ontario. The people were very friendly. This a picture of the tabernacle. It was quite unique. The camp itself is 100 years old. The tabernacle is also very old. However the the building has been refurbished on the outside. A foyer and restrooms have been added but the inside structure, the pews, etc., have been preserved. You could see the past history of the building as you sat in the service and yet it was very comfortable with the improvements that had been made. Wouldn't it be great for if that could happen to us who are getting older. That is, keeping who we really are on the inside but upgrading that which is falling apart on the outside! Oh well wishful thinking!!

We had a very exciting thing happen. We feel it was a miracle. John flew out of Iowa on Saturday morning. He had to fly into Detroit and then on to Toronto where he was to be picked up and taken to the camp grounds in Ontario. He got into Detroit and his flight was cancelled. They only flight he could get was into Washington D.C. ....then another late flight which would get him into Toronto at 10:00 pm. He really had no choice so he boarded the plane in Detroit waiting to take off to get him to D.C. Debbie, Bethany and I left my home at about 8:30 am to drive into Ontario via Detroit. As we were driving by the Detroit airport, John's Cel phone rang. He wanted to let Debbie know about the delay. He asked where we were and when we told him we were 2 minutes past the airport...he said, "swing around and pick me up." He managed to get off the plane, get his luggage off, get a $200.00 refund and a $30.00 food voucher. This was certainly divine intervention. He was able to be with his family for the drive into Ontario, arrived several hours earlier that the flight and received the refund and food money." God is a great, mighty, faithful God and always works on our behalf. (Picture is of John getting in our car at the airport.)

One of the most spectacular sights on the campgrounds was this picture taken at 10:00 pm one evening. The picture probably doesn't really show what we saw. ( This will be my excuse for getting a new camera). There was a full moon and it was shining across the lake. I had Bethany stand in the picture. Lake Ontario is 193 miles long and 53 miles wide and yet at some points we could see the New York Skyline. It really was a breathtaking, romantic sight. I had plenty of breath but not a lot of romance. However I had Bethany and I wouldn't have traded her for all the romance in the world.

It was a wonderful week, we met a lot of wonderful people, make a lot of wonderful new friends, heard wonderful preaching and saw a lot of God's wonderful creation. All of these things are enjoyed so much more for we who have experienced the wonderful love and grace of our wonderful Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Even thought I am 75 I am still full of wonder at God's marvelous creation and of how much He loves each of us.

We left Cobourg and traveled to Niagra Falls (the Canadian side) Bethany had never seen the falls and I had never seen the falls from the Canadian side. They were beautiful I believe these are the "Horshoe Falls." We left there and arrived in Windsor about 6:oo pm. As we drove across the Ambassador bridge, we heard the news about the bridge collapsing in Minneapolis. Once I again I was reminded how very fragile life is and how important it is to walk close to Jesus every day.