Hello to all blog readers!
This is Riane McCallum, writing to you from Perth-Andover, New Brunswick. We on team two have had a great week, full of ministry and adventures!
We started out our week on the beautiful island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This week truly was blessed in many ways. We began in Reserve Mines, where the people who welcomed us in were truly amazing! We felt so loved and welcomed and we knew that we would miss them when we left! Through the week we made stops in the beautiful towns of Cheticamp and Sydney Mines. In Sydney Mines, it was really neat because Trevor had an opportunity to visit long lost relatives. On we went accross the Causway to Pictou, NS. This retreat was a real blessing to witness. We only had about 16 youth and during the prayer time we had two priests hearing confessions. After about ten minutes none of the youth had gone and I was begining to think that none of them would go. It was really cool though, because one guy made the decision to go, and he walked to the front of the church and had confession, which started a stream of confessors. By the end of the prayer time, almost all every retreatant had their confessions heard! Praise God! The next day we travelled to Sydney River, NS. Again, this retreat was a great experience and we could really feel God working! Many of the youth were really inquisitive and had a lot of questions to ask. At the end of the night, a couple of guys retreatants hung out with us and played guitar for a while. It was great!
After leaving Syndey River, we spent the weekend in the beautiful town of St. Peter's (as seen in the Tim Horton's commercial in the Olympics!!). We had an opportunity to tour around the area a little bit, and let me tell you, it is just as beautiful as a story book! We ran an Encounter Evening on Sunday night, and again, our time there was blessed. We really felt God working through all of the youth that came, and it was so beautiful to see many of them take advantage of reconciliation! They also really participated in the night, singing the songs and engaging in small groups. It was a great night!
St. Peter's was our last stop in Nova Scotia. We were very sad to leave but consoled by the fact that we would spend the next two nights in Anne's land of Prince Edward Island!! PEI is my very favourite place in the whole world, and I was SO excited to visit! I have to admit that on the drive over the magnificent bridge, tears of joy were very present in my eyes! We attented a Chrism Mass at St. Dunstan's Basillica in Charlottetown, where we were very suprised to bump into a former NETter, Katrina O'Brien! We had a great night visiting with her and it was such a blessing to see her! The next day we had a team day. In the morning, the ladies toured Charlottetown and, in true "Anne" fashion, drank some delightful raspberry cordial, while the men toured the Cavendish beach. We all met up later in the day at the home of my kindred spirit, Anne of Green Gables! It was great to tour Green Gables and see the famous "puffed sleeves!" I am a huge fan of Anne's, and for many of us girls the visit to Green Gables was a childhood dream come true! The next morning we bid farwell to the rolling hills of PEI and landed in Perth-Andover, NB. Tonight will be our last night in the Maritimes, and we have enjoyed every minute of our time here!
Tomorrow we are journeying accross Quebec and landing in Ottawa for the Easter weekend!
I hope you all have a very blessed Easter weekend!
God Bless!
Riane
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