There's a beer store on every corner. No, really. It's like McDs or Tim Hortons. Every few tenths of a mile. They love their beer.
They are very eco friendly! We saw several wind "farms" with many wind turbines. Not to mention that almost every farm we saw had solar panels! Pretty cool. Also, every farm or home that you see is neat as a pin! We noticed this before when we would drive into Canada from Maine. You could always tell you had crossed to border.
This is St. Thomas, ON. Really sweet town of about 38,000. They have a couple of larger churches there. Roger talked with a Pastor of one of the churches who said they would welcome the help- that they are not reaching the younger crowd.
Main Street, St. Thomas, Ontario
They like their coffee too- Tim Hortons, Second Cup of Coffee, Coffee Culture, and of course Starbucks!
There is one of these in every little town. A Catholic Church. They are all beautiful and well kept.
St. Thomas has a lot of American "chains". Walmart is at the end of Main Street.
This town was my favorite- Chatham in Kent. About 100,000 people. Very quaint and sweet downtown on the Thames river. We met several "persons of peace" while walking the streets briefly on our way to Windsor. Again, same story. The churches are not reaching the young people.
Windsor, Ontario is a nice city of around 220,000 people. We visited with the Director of Missions and the Missions director from the Michigan Baptist Convention. They drove over to Windsor to meet with us and to probe the area a little with Roger. The kids and I drove through the neighborhood below- it's called Ottawa Street and there are 2 Ukrainian Banks there and an Orthodox church.
Holy Toledo! Is that some cheap gas? Why yes, found in Toledo, Ohio!
We stopped in Fort Wayne, Indiana for the night on the way home. Fort Wayne- lovely town- who knew? We spent the morning at the Botanical Gardens, History Museum, and the Children's Science Center. It is really a nice town- reminded me a lot of Greenville, SC.
Isaiah loved the butterfly hut!
Sam did not love the creepy talking tree!
Emmie really can make friends wherever she goes!
We had a great trip. We made some really wonderful contacts and gained a lot of information on the state of the evangelical church in Southern Ontario. There is so much work to do there, but we are very encouraged by the show of support and interest throughout Clear Creek. It's a God sized job- can't wait to get started!
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