L'Arche Log- Day 6

Hello all, it's Kara! Today was a truly wonderful day! We visited Daybreak,  which is a L'Arche community outside of Toronto. We arrived around 10:15 and were immediately greeted with coffee, which made some of us very happy! After a brief introduction and tour we all divided amongst the facilities at Daybreak. Emily and Nathan were at The Club and worked on crafts with the core members. Anna and Zack helped bake cookies at the Day Program. Megan and Jeb worked in the woodery making wood discs which are sold to educational companies and used in classrooms around the country! Fun fact, Daybreak is the only place in North America that makes this product. Lastly, I was in the craft studio helping with various projects. I was slightly intimidated at first because I am not crafty at all! However, I was immediately welcomed and it did not matter that my skills weren't up to par with the core members. After working hard all day, we met back at 4 to meet with Father George Strohmeyer (one of the founders of L'Arche Erie and retired Chaplin at Gannon) and Elizabeth Buckley. Elizabeth is a former nun who has founded multiple L'Arche communities. Throughout the hour we spent with them we gained a lot of wisdom and inspiration to live out a fulfilling and authentic life. When our hour was up we divided yet again to visit multiple L'Arche homes for dinner. We all felt extremely welcomed and the hospitality was incredible. We only had a limited time at the homes, before we headed back to Hamilton for the evening. We had a great reflection sharing stories about our days. It was a little sad tonight as we realized tomorrow is our last day here. However, we are looking forward to spending our last day at the day program and helping out with a coffee shop fundraiser in the evening. Thank you again for following along with our journey! To end the blog with a quote from Elizabeth, "Are your hands cold? That means you have warm hearts."