We awoke on Sunday morning and were greeted with 5 cm of snow. As compared to the splurging of the night before, this morning’s meal was simple: ramen noodles and orange juice. Packing was hurried because we had quite the drive to make and the weather was definitely not cooperative. Our Pontiac G5 slid a couple of times as we headed onto the highway while the digital readout on the car's dash flashed the obvious “Possible Ice Conditions”.
Medicine Hat (2 hours past Strathmore)
Medicine Hat is considered to be the “Florida” of Canada. Many Canadians come to retire here during their twilight years. Judging by the cars I saw on the road and the homes we saw perched on the hills; it was easy to conclude that these individuals were pretty well off. I counted 5 BMW X5s within 5 minutes of each other.
We were here for another Town Hall Meeting to be held at the local church school. I was impressed to learn that due to generous funding provided by local church members, this K – 8 school offered free schooling to all limited only to available seating.
The meeting lasted three hours and I was starving. Fortunately they had prepared a lunch for us and after many years I was plunged into a vegetarian SDA meal! Yes complete with Soya blueberry cheese cake! That stuff was mmm mmm good!
Calgary Filipino Company (3.5 hours back to Calgary)
A Company is a group of individuals who meet regularly for church on Sabbath in the hopes of becoming an official church. They usually have a more official name but this one escapes me as I write this. My father and the financial vice president had to meet with the governing board to discuss some financial issues.
This Company had the youngest governing board I have ever met. Most of them were in their mid to late twenties. The group was being supervised by a college mate of mine: Andrew Roque. Although the nature of the meeting was serious, we managed to catch up and I promised to help him with the plans for this summer's Filipino Camp meeting.
Red Deer (11 pm)
We arrive home and collapse into bed... zzzzz...
Medicine Hat is considered to be the “Florida” of Canada. Many Canadians come to retire here during their twilight years. Judging by the cars I saw on the road and the homes we saw perched on the hills; it was easy to conclude that these individuals were pretty well off. I counted 5 BMW X5s within 5 minutes of each other.
We were here for another Town Hall Meeting to be held at the local church school. I was impressed to learn that due to generous funding provided by local church members, this K – 8 school offered free schooling to all limited only to available seating.
The meeting lasted three hours and I was starving. Fortunately they had prepared a lunch for us and after many years I was plunged into a vegetarian SDA meal! Yes complete with Soya blueberry cheese cake! That stuff was mmm mmm good!
Calgary Filipino Company (3.5 hours back to Calgary)
A Company is a group of individuals who meet regularly for church on Sabbath in the hopes of becoming an official church. They usually have a more official name but this one escapes me as I write this. My father and the financial vice president had to meet with the governing board to discuss some financial issues.
This Company had the youngest governing board I have ever met. Most of them were in their mid to late twenties. The group was being supervised by a college mate of mine: Andrew Roque. Although the nature of the meeting was serious, we managed to catch up and I promised to help him with the plans for this summer's Filipino Camp meeting.
Red Deer (11 pm)
We arrive home and collapse into bed... zzzzz...
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