The Life of a Traveller

Okay so this is not the life of every traveller, but its nice to think that I am not the only person in this boat.  Even though most of this time this boat is not so bad. And for that I have to thank Chris Landes, Wade Snowdon, Helen Yocum and so many more people!  Chris, Wade and Helen have gotten me where I am thus far! They have kept me company, or setting up other dates for me to hangout with people so I am not by myself; they have booked me flights; and arranged rides and places to stay.  I could not be happier to be apart of such a great organization!! MCC you rock! :)

God has, really been working with me and moulding me through this whole experience!  He has provided so many great people for me to be surrounded by even though all the other SALTers are gone. For the rest of my duration in Akron I was kept company by some great people and I honestly would not have met any of these people on my own or better yet done any of the things I did by myself. Some of the things I did were going for meals with some of the MCC staff (not just from Akron), went to a benefit concert, ate ratatouille for the first time (all I knew of it was from the Disney movie!), volunteered at the MRC, went for walks with strangers, enjoyed the beautiful country side and getting to see lighting bugs!  I also learned that someone observed that Canadian Mennonites wear cool or funky glasses and that they also wear black leather jackets! Ha! I could not help but laugh!  That ended my time in Akron. It sounds like I did a lot but I got to relax quite a bit too and Skype with my parents and Tyla!

Off to Toronto I went! I made all my flights just fine! I made my flights just fine....my bag on the other hand did not! When I was waiting by the baggage area I was no surprised at all when my bag did not show up! But it is now in the Toronto airport and should be here either later today or tomorrow. I found Jamie (a friend of Wade's) just fine and I made it to Alan and Winnie's (Alan works for MCC) house just fine! Slept well and then got up early this morning so we could be one of the first people in line for my interview! I was number two! There were two speed bumps, I had to fill out another application form (because apparently it changed again) and I had to run 4 blocks to the bank to get a current bank balance.  The one I had was stamped about two weeks earlier not recent enough I guess.  The gentleman who 'interviewed' me was very helpful and was gracious. He said everything looked good to him, the only thing he was worried about was the itinerary I had given him because it was dated for August 27th when everyone else left. But he told me to get a new itinerary and to e-mail to him when I got it.  Well guess what! I got it within an hour or two of being out of the office but....cannot find the mail address he gave me anywhere! ARG! I am trying to figure out what it is and I am close. I will figure it out though soon!

Now I am staying at Alan's parents place just outside of Toronto. Here is where I will stay until I get my visa. They are going to call me when it comes in and I am going to go and pick it up! Now I sit here figuring out last minute things and sending e-mails. Not sure if I should cry, laugh or just go stand in the rain that is coming down steadily for the past 30 min or so.....
Until next time remember to laugh!! It's okay, even if you do not think it's funny anymore or maybe you are past that point, like me and just laugh it all off now!

(I just want to say, that God has been with me this whole time, maybe you can't see it. I know I don't all the time; but when I look back at the past few days and the fact that I have been able to keep clam and not get over stressed, I know he has had a hand in the whole situation! (Oh and next time I promise pictures!))