The Edmonton Adventure

Well, this is my last post about Edmonton, but I couldn't NOT comment about our Hope Mission friends! Bruce, their CEO and our friend, has taken us under his wing since Day One. We have appreciated getting to know him and all the help his mission has provided us.

Where we have been around for nearly 7 years, they've been operating for 77! Where we have two facilities, they have 9! Where we have a budget of $600,000, their annual budget is 8 MILLION! Where we have 10 staff, they have over 100! We can glean a lot of experience and wisdom from them!

One of the fun things we got to do was visit the Mission's Bible camp. They obtained a beautiful, large piece of property called Brightwood Ranch. There, they reach out to 70 impoverished youth per day, offering a full camping ministry, including an extensive horse and outback program and a petting zoo! We met some of their key staff and were excited to see how "on fire" they were.

This city girl was very excited about all the barn kittens!

It had rained and mud was EVERYWHERE. This is Ken trying to dance it off his new white shoes. Blinding!

None of us could resist the petting zoo! These are our friends, Colin and Lila. Lila's joining our board of directors this month!

All this to say that we are blessed to be part of an association where we are all working hard at "Building Lives Worth Living." What an awesome partnership. Thanks to our Hope friends, Bruce & Karen, and Steve & Debbie. We had a great time!