the stricken bank teller.

On Tuesday Kevin and I had the opportunity to have some meetings in Fredericton. We met Venus Coté for lunch, she accompanied us for the afternoon as we did some camp errands. After lunch, our first order of business was to relieve ourselves of over 70,000 pennies and $300 in other coins. The grand total of the 'Plethora of Pennies' was $1,012.77, we have also received a great deal more in other donations for training. A big thank you is in order for all those of you who have contributed to our training expenses in this way!

Each of the grocery pails had almost 200 lbs worth of pennies... it was an interesting waddle to the bank... the tellers looked... stricken.

We met with Sue Bear at St. Mary's and chatted with her a bit about this summers upcoming camps. It was encouraging to see her excitement in the programs, we are pleased to be able to do a bit of planning ahead with respect to camper registrations etc.

Tuesday evening Kevin and I enjoyed fellowship with some of the believers at the St. Mary's Bible Study.

On Wednesday Kevin and I headed to Shediac. My mother has donated some furniture to Arrowhead for the new office and directors quarters so we took the truck to bring the items back to camp. It was a whirlwind trip in the rain, but we had no problems and nothing got wet. It is a big help to have some new shelves, a bed and chair, dresser and tables.

Thursday brought my friend Ben Lawson for a visit. Ben works as a teacher in Akulevik, Quebec and is home for a weeks break. He worked with us as a cabin leader last year during camp and his ministry has been much appreciated. We're hopeful he'll be able to minister with us again this year! It was great to be able to spend a couple of days catching up with him!

Liz has gone to NS for a couple of days to visit with her folks before we head out West for training. It will be her last real opportunity to see them until after Eastern Field conference in the Fall.