Canada Day - July 1st 

There are several Canadians studying and teaching here at Au Sable this summer.  At dinner we had some fun celebrating Canada day.  There was some singing and the kitchen crew decorated the pudding dessert with a coconut shaped maple leaf.

The best part of the day was enjoying an evening trail run with Merriam to Eagle Lake. We laughed, enjoyed conversation, and were rewarded with several lovely views.  She challenged me with a questions that I am still considering - What is concrete about your faith? Encouraging one another along is faith is important. We all need people in our lives who we can be honest with and consider what the scriptures have to say and how they impact the way we live.  This is one of the beautiful things about being in a Christian Community - not that we live separate or in a bubble, but that our faith can be strengthened as we are prepared to go out!

As we ran back, mostly uphill through the woods it there was some light rain.  I said, we should look for a rainbow when we get to the field since the sun was still shining through from the west.  Sure enough as we emerged out of the woods there was a double rainbow going across the sky!  Since we did not have a camera we took a mental snap shot - Merriam stood between me and the rainbow jumped into the air exclaiming "this is the best Canada day ever"!

We ended the night with a group swim in Big Twin Lake.