Feeling the Heat and Enjoying the Tunes in August 2023
After a busy summer and some wonderful days of rest in early September at my son Joshua’s house, I’m ready to post about my month of August 2023 serving with LAMP, at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, and with the Bethel Senior High youth mission trip to El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. August began with my trip to Cat Lake, Ontario. Let me begin by noting that I did not see any cats in Cat Lake…a little disappointing. I mentioned my time there in last month’s blog… “I hopped on a plane to Winnipeg, met up with Darlene Heide, and we drove a rental vehicle to Dryden, Ontario. We were hosted by Judy and the next day, Judy, Peter, Darlene, and I headed up to Sioux Lookout with Norma, one of the organizers of the trip. We boarded a float plane to fly to Cat Lake in northern Ontario. I had never been on a float plane so this was a lot of fun...taking off and landing on the water was great!! Pastor Randy met us in Cat Lake and we prepared to host a three day VBS in the community. A local ...