Day 3: Wild Weathered Wednesday

Today we walked and walked and walked for the second day in a row. Oh, and it did not rain. In true Maritime fashion, it POURED!

We finally found the homeless today! Instead of heading to the tracks, we had to head to the docks and the bridge. Had great chats with several service providers and the community police. I had to laugh at the email advice I received from Mike, our LifeChange Program Men's Resident Manager's. I confirm that we are definitely finding this to be true:

Things you're probably figuring out: There is a little white church and a Tim Hortons on EVERY corner and the Easterners like to use these two references as land markers when giving directions. (ie: Turn right at the Little White Church and it's just past the Tim Hortons). The other is that they have absolutely NO concept of distance or time. 5 minutes up the road is more like 25 minutes. A mile away means 5 or more and it's usually past the little white church.... the good thing is that you can grab a Tim Hortons on the way.

Tomorrow we will be calling Ella, who is paid to know what's going on in the community. In our wanderings we stumbled across young Pastor Dave from All Nations Christian Reformed Church. Ella is a part time, paid church member who is their community liaison. We were so thankful he took time out for us, and that this church is trying to make a difference and impact their community and campus'. And, as you can see by the picture, the architecture of this building is beautiful, complete with rounded wood pews inside. They are blessed, indeed!

At the end of a long, tiring day we had fish soup and half a lobster sandwich. Very yummy! We could get used to this fresh fish. We're off to bed now. It's still raining. Very happy that Hotwire randomly picked the Atlantic 4 star hotel last night. The beds here are the best. We shall sleep well, for tomorrow we may be at the Citadel Hotel.