This trip has been a pretty good experience for me. It has stretched me farther than I imagined in faith, and is quite fun. Going through the city of Toronto is something every person who has not been in too many major cities should do. But as you walk around you can really see a difference in the Upper Class and the Lower Class—something that you might not always see. Everything has been going well on this trip so far, and let’s hope that it will continue to lead us in a strong faith.

Jonathan Witham


Yesterday we started the day with our usual morning devotional. Then we went to Dailey Bread food distribution. There we sorted a lot of food into separate categories. We were so fast that they ran out and I had to help the other part of our group who were sorting merchandise. We got the whole job done in about 2 hours. Next my group went to the Regent park area to pick up trash. There was trash everywhere. We got a lot of it though. Next we came home and made sandwiches for what we were doing later. We ate dinner at a Somalia restaurant. It was some of the best food any where. There was goat, chicken, soup, potatoes, rice, and some tea made from spices. It was all really good food. Next we went to a men’s shelter to hand out sandwiches. It was raining. I got into a conversation with this guy named Bron who was a recovering drug addict and was staying at the shelter. He was a very interesting guy. We talked about hockey and about how he was. All in all it was really big day.

Jon Reinbold

What a great trip…So far, this has been great experience. Yesterday was a lighter day but we impacted many people. In the morning we went to Dailey Bread food pantry as a entire group. While we were there we broke into groups and separated food and different kinds of merchandise. Later we broke into smaller groups and handed out water to homeless people to start a conversation with them. This was called Operation Hydration. After that we went back to the church to make sandwiches to hand out to people at shelters. When we were through with handing out the sandwiches we went to Tim Hortons and had some food. Then we came home and went to bed.

3.0

The trip has been great. On Monday, we were given two Canadian dollars and went with a group and had to think of where we would sleep and get food. It was really hard to actually find food except for some fruit and stuff. On Tuesday, we worked in a warehouse packaging food and diapers. After lunch, we walked around on the streets and handed water out to the homeless. We went to dinner after that and it was good. The goat tasted like roast beef and I really liked the rice. We handed sandwiches out to some homeless people and it rained a lot. Florida sounds really good right now. Love you guys.

Tyler Timmerman
Hey all,
The trip is going great. I am having loads of fun getting to know everyone. On Monday night we were given two dollars and told to go find dinner. This was part of a activity where were put into the life of a 14 year old runaway. We had to find shelter, money, food, a place to wash up, and entertainment. That was a vary different experience but it helped me to kind of see what these people are going through. Last night we went and handed out sandwiches to some men at some shelters and had a chance to talk to a few people. I have been doing a lot of different types of things this week and its been tons of fun.
Miss you all,
Elise Terpstra