On Thursday morning we went back to Niagara Falls for a couple more hours. The weather was beautiful, so I was able to get some good pictures. I walked upstream a bit to take some pictures from above the falls. As I walking back, lo and behold, who should be walking the other direction but SFUMC’s own Wes Bunkley! A random meeting to be sure. He was in Toronto on business, but had flown into Buffalo rather than Toronto. He was driving by Niagara Falls on the way back to Buffalo and decided to stop to walk around. Small world.
In the afternoon on Thursday we went on the Whitewater Walk, which allows you to take an elevator down to a walkway along the Niagara River below the falls. There are some Class 6 rapids in that stretch. Class 6 rapids are considered to be unnavigable by even expert kayakers.
On Thursday we sang at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Ontario. We sang there on our previous trip to Niagara Falls, 6 years ago. They were a very gracious audience, as they were in our previous visit. The pastor there is Dr. Philip Wilson, an excellent preacher who relates well to the kids. Madison Johnson, one of our 7th-graders, did a really good devotional on 1 Cor 13:4-7 (“love is gentle, love is kind ….”), and Pastor Philip followed that with a short lesson on how that passage is really speaking from the perspective of God saying, “MY love is gentle, MY love is kind …”. We even broke into small groups for a few minutes to discuss it further. Kudos to Madison for leading us into a great time of spiritual discussion.
Andrew Duggins was sick last night and had to sit out the performance, so Michael Hebert stepped in with only a quick piano run-through and sang his solo on the concert! Michael has worked hard in his years in God’s Light, and is well-liked by everybody, so it was a lot of fun to see him get a moment of recognition.
Now we’re headed to Romeo, MI.