Finally spring is here. Last week we went from barely making it above 0 C to having three nights in a row where it didn't go below 0 C.
And there seems to be less than average water sitting around, I guess we can thank the lack of soil moisture going into winter. Now we are having a spring rain and soon we'll hear the frogs singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeoNF_DwyRU ( A URL to the sound of Manitoba singing frogs). I love that I live in a place with seasons.
I didn't get to hear the speakers (Barbara J. Newman & Brian Doersksen) but conference attendees said they were excellent, moving speakers. We also got compliments on the conference food, I would like to thank the Transcona and Covenant CRC members who donated fresh fruit, vegetables, dainties, cookies and cheese. A big thank you goes out to the businesses that donated food - Lucerne Foods donated milk and the Carver's Knife donated luncheon meat. With these donations we could put on an impressive lunch and two coffee breaks for just $100, feeding 111 hungry conference attendees. One more thank you goes out to the ladies and teenagers who helped us assemble the food and decorated the venue, you made us look good. It is impressive the amount of people God is using to help us achieve our Sea to Sea fundraising goal.
In the end we had food left over which we were able to sell to the sold out crowd for the Brian Doersksen concert. This went towards the Hope Center Ministries Fund raising efforts.
On Sunday Harv & I and Bonita treated ourselves to a nice 25 mile (40 Km) bike ride around Bird's Hill Park. We finally were able to take off our winter clothes. Harv says if you laugh at his legs you have to make a donation. Them are the rules. A you can see most of the snow is gone. This will likely be the last time we can use the snow drifts as a bike stand.
I'll end this blog by posting the URL to a song that Brian Doerksen sang at the concert that closed the IN Conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGkXleEBbZ0
Joyce
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