Day 2-Canada, Maid of the Mist, Toronto, and Compline with the Sisters

Hi folks!  Day two of our trip was pretty eventful.  After breakfast, we headed out to the River Chapel at the Center for Renewal to do Morning Prayer.  However, despite lots of bug spray and real determination, some really nasty mosquitoes and flies chased us into the main Convent Chapel.  After looking around the beautiful chapel, and learning a little about it and the ministry of the Franciscan nuns that were our hosts, we prayed, loaded up, and headed out for the border.

Much to our surprise Canada let us in!  ;-)  We took in a few of the sights around the falls, and then headed down to the Maid of the Mist.  What a cool (and wet) ride!  We were all really glad to get cooled off on what turned out to be a really, really hot day.

A 2 hour drive later (most of which was spent sitting in traffic on the 401!) we arrived at St. John's Convent.  We joined the Sisters for a meal that was spent in complete silence.  That took some getting used to, but we all decided that it was a neat experience.  After the meal, we got a tour from Sr. Mary, including their beautiful chapel(s).  We then settled into our rooms, which are each named for a Saint, and include information about "our" Saint's life and ministry.  The Sisters couldn't be more gracious and welcoming...we are truly blesed to be here!

After a wonderful and peaceful Compline service, we met in our meeting room to begin to talk about what it is that we believe about God.  Then it was off to journal, read, and relax in our rooms (ok, a couple of us did watch a little world cup action).

Wednesday, we are going to brave the Toronto Mass transit system and head out to see God's creatures at the Toronto Zoo.  Pray for us, and we'll pray for you!