Greetings!
It was Gannon L'Arche ABST's 1st day in Hamilton, ON!
We began our Sunday by traveling to St.Anne's for church. The congregation was very pleasant and the priest had a lovely Canadian accent! His homily on resisting temptation was very pertinent due to the beginning of the Lent season!
After this, the whole group reconvened at the Sherman House before traveling to the first ever Tim Horton's! David and a member from the Holton House, Mary, joined us. We all ate on the second floor of this massive coffee shop and got to tour the mini museum located upstairs. It was quite a learning curve when we found out that a large coffee here is equivalent to our medium in the US and the medium is equivalent to a small!
Once we finished up our coffee and lunch, we all headed to our assigned L'Arche homes. We spent the afternoon in each house getting to know the core members and assistants. We also had our dinner in these homes before coming back to the Sherman house for reflection.
Personally, Megan Loibl and I spent the afternoon in the Holton house getting to know the four members there (Ross, Mary, Ron, and Stephen). Ross was very outgoing and welcomed myself and Megan with a hand written note. He also insisted on treating us to a trip to Gage Park ( which has a lovely greenhouse in the center of it) and Tim Horton's coffee! Mary just celebrated her 77th birthday and shared her obsession with Elvis Presley with us. She also accompanied us to Gage Park. Ron stayed more to himself but gave the before-dinner prayer. Lastly, Stephen was mostly non-verbal but loved to give "props" which is an exaggerated fist bump! We had spaghetti with salad for dinner before gathering to hear about the high and lows of the core members. Ross said his high for the week was going to Gage Park with us! He says he is very excited to take us to the library on Tuesday.
Tomorrow, we are venturing to Toronto to visit Sol Express. We are all very much looking forward to it!
Until next time,
Rachel and the L'Arche Ontario ABST
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