Sunday

Our day started off with a traditional breakfast at Tim Horton's ( as will, EVERY morning this week.) We went to First Baptist Church, Fort Erie; next to the matthew house this morning and the youth sang "Here I am to Worship." Everyone was very welcoming and exciting for the work we will be providing this week. We saw lots of kids that had attended the camp last year or in previous years and will also have the help of those older teens, such as Carlos. Carlos is a boy from Columbia who is here with his family. He attended the camp the very first year our church came up to Canada and has been coming back each year to either attend or help with the camp.

After church we met the people staying in the Matthew house; there is family from Columbia, along with 4 boys from Afghanistan. The boys will be attending summer school during the day but the daughter of the columbian family is very exciting to help with the soccer portion of the sports camp.

For lunch we stopped in McDonald's and got everything to go. It was by far the largest order that McD's has EVER had. Did you know that canadian McD's do NOT have sweet tea.. YES that is correct... it upset several people in our group. BUT what they do have.. is a Double Big Mac. yes that is 4 pieces of break and 4 beef patties plus all the toppings. Take a guess which group member ordered that... PEYTON! and yes. he finished it, and some of ali-kates burger!

Today we visiting Niagra Falls, 7 of us road the Maid of the Mist and man what an experience. The Falls being one of the 7 natural wonders are incredible. It is amazing to see how forceful and how much power the water creates rushing over the rocks. It is also amazing to see the melting pot of people that congregate at the falls. I think you could hear every language you wanted to hear spoken as you walked up and down the sidewalks. As we left the Maid of the Mist we found out the Spain won the World Cup, It was awesome to see all of the soccer fans carrying their spanish flags around and everyone cheering as they walked by or running out in the middle of the street to high five people in cars with other spanish flags.

We also took a very scenic ride up to Niagra on the Lake and walked around for little. We ate at the barrel and are now back at the hotel relaxing. Tomorrow we will be shopping for lunches and dinners throughout the week, doing lots of work on the matthew house, enjoying a home cooked meal and possibly headin to the beach.

Stay tuned for details from tomorrows activities! thanks again for your prayers and warm thoughts as we continue Christ's mission this week!