Western Canada Tour: Week 5

Week five is one for the books! We spent most of the past week in BC, and since several services got canceled, we had a few unexpected blessings from Jesus! One of them being an evening spent bowling. Dad of course won in the end but I was happy to win the first round :)

When things just don't go right you take on different methods of bowling.

:: A classic bowling shoes photo ::

:: The brake shoes on the bus were completely worn down and we needed to pick up a part for it an hour away before bringing it to the garage to have it fixed... while we were there we realized we were only 12 minutes from the west coast so we spent several hours walking around the town, seeing all the fishing boats, witnessing a movie being shot, touring an old fish cannery, and seeing all the cute shops along the way! ::

:: can I say "amen" to that? ;) ::

:: the following day we sat in the garage for hours and hours while these men worked on the tires ::

:: Sometimes it takes a crowd to figure out an Algebra problem ::

(notice the table of card making stuff set up in the back? Mom made 60 birthday cards for the widows while we were parked there!)

:: Between this time we had a few prison services again in the Abbotsford/Chilliwack area so we don't have any photos of that. Thursday evening we met up with Gospel Echoes' group called Crossroads and had a really fun chat time in Timmy's! Such a blast it was! ::

:: Friday, after a service in prison, we made our way to Alberta. When we got to the mountains we came upon sudden, thick fog and decided to park early and drive the rest on Saturday. By Saturday around noon we had made it to Banff, AB and stopped just long enough to have lunch and stretch our legs a bit. The parking lots were so full that we had a hard time finding a spot, but it worked out eventually. The weather was beautiful but just cold enough that the packed snow in the parking lots was as slippery as can be, so Ty put blocks in front of the wheels so that we wouldn't take out any vehicles in the process! When time came to leave we had a whole episode of trying to get the blocks out (apparently they had helped a lot) and leaving the very crammed parking lot. ::

:: We got to Lethbridge, AB by Saturday evening and have been spending some wonderful time with cousins since then! It's so good to see familiar faces and people that feel like home when you're with them... and I'm blessed to call them family! ::

Thank you all so much for praying for us in the past week and encouraging us, it's had some really difficult challenges but we've been loved beyond measure!






"Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue, only a moment. Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy." 
Proverbs 12:19-20