Last Thursday the chickens arrived on the
farm - all 16000 of them!! It was pretty amazing
seeing all so many of them!


In Port Hope (where my church is) the river Ganaraska
has a salmon run every year, where they migrate
upstream - thousands of them! There is a mini-dam
with a fish gate and the salmon have to leap up it to make
the journey.
Amy & I went to see them on Sunday although there
weren't very many of them as they have been
running for a few weeks now.
It is so amazing that they instinctively know what
to do.
Amy caught one bare-handed! (it was actually dead,
she lifted it out for a photo, much to the horror
of the many Chinese tourists who were visiting!)


We met some friends from church and they took
us out for a lunch to an all you can eat buffet.


My brothers dog turned 1 last week. He sent me
this picture - I laughed very hard!


John has built this chapel about 10 mins walk
from the farm. I visit it most days.

John & Evelyn are back from their holidays!
They came in late last night.
It is so good to see them again.
They have driven all the way accross Canada and
back. (they were at 2 weddings)
This is them on a beach in Oregon.

I watched this movie on Saturday night.
It is one of the most impacting movies I have ever seen.
It is about Corrie ten Boom - for those of you who
have never heard of her - you need to watch this movie!
She along with her father and sister were Christians in
Nazi occupied Holland during the 2nd World War,
and they felt God calling them to hide Jews in their
house to prevent them being deported to the
concentration camps.
Their house was raided by the Nazi's, and Corrie and her
sister were taken to a concentration camp.
However, despite their suffering they lived like Jesus
in the camp and spoke of His love forgiving
those who were treating them so badly.
I really saw how true strength is on the inside - and is
the result of a two-way relationship with God.
Thank you Jesus for making this possible............
Once we really know Him, we will be willing to
do anything for Him.
Corrie was asked by an inmate in the concentration
camp - "If you have such a loving God - why are you here?"
She answered "to be obedient".
She also said at another time - 'suffering does not mean that
God loves us any less, Jesus came to this earth and
suffered an excrutiating death on the cross for each one of us.'
Lots to think about..................

I got the other pics uploaded! (see previous blog entry)
This is called the 'Green Road.'

Thought I would include this one - this is actually what Amy
did with the mega mushroom - creative eh! (see last blog entry)
It is a doggie face!

The past week has been quiet here at the farm.
I have been having great God time, and I know that
this time of drawing close to Him is so right. I just
love Him so much, and am looking forward to the next few months.
God is so real and so interested in each of our lives - it is mind-blowing!!

Leanne, Evelyn's neice and I have been looking after the place.
Evelyn & John are due back from their holidays in a week.
They have driven all the way accross Canada and into the US
for 2 weddings and to see their son Terrence who lives in Alberta.
John loves driving apparently - good job really as they have
covered a lot of miles.
Leanne is a great cook - this is her and one of her own pear pies!
I also made more scones - they were nearly edible this time, at
least they looked the part.........



Amy came to stay at the week-end. She went for a walk
and came back with this huge mushroom!! Isn't it massive!


I have been having lots of great walks with my doggie friends.
I had a few other pics but they won't upload!
The country-side is really green because of all the rain.
It has reminded me a lot of N Ireland recently!
It is starting to get colder here, summer seems to definately be over.


In church on Sunday evenings, I have started a course called -
Renovation of the Heart. It is about becoming more like Jesus.
We watch a video, and then the pastor leads a discussion time.
It is for the next 13 weeks, and I know that it will be challenging.


There is a supermarket here called No Frills. I was doing some shopping
last week and a lady overheard my accent and we got chatting.
She moved here from Portadown in N. Ireland 30 years ago.
She has invited me round for dinner! The Irish certainly are a
hospitable lot!

This is my brother abseiling down the side of the Europa Hotel, Belfast.
I'm very proud! He sent me the photo today. Looks quite scary!!

FRIDAY 25 AUGUST 2006
Lat week-end Amy, Monique, Sylvia & I went camping in a teepee!
It belongs to friends of ours who live in Perth which is near Ottawa.
This is us inside!


THUSDAY 31 AUGUST 2006
This was Monique's last night in Canada. We took her into town
for a dessert to say good-bye. She has gone to live in Australia
to be nearer her boyfriend Martin who lives in Sydney.


FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2006
I decided to do some home-baking and make some
Irish scones. This was the result!!
How embarrasing! They were about 2 mm high........


SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2006
Today my brother abseiled down the side of the Europa Hotel
in Belfast (see pic below) to raise money for the RNLI.
(Royal National Lifeboat Institute)
It is high! Tim - I am proud of you!!

Here in Canada I went to see Robin Mark playing in concert
at a place 10 minutes drive from the farm.
He is a worship leader from a church in Belfast and is really
popular here.


SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
The service was really good today. The presence of God was so tangiable,
I didn't want to move!
There was a BBQ lunch for the Sunday School in the basement
with games and all the church were invited so I headed down there
afterwards.
Here are some pics. We put our name down to bring chips (crisps)
- look at the size of the packet!! Everything in Canada is huge!