Arrival in Canada!

We have made it to Canada! We drove across the border at Lewiston, NY, just north of Niagara Falls. There was about a 30 minute wait to the crossing, then we had to report to the Immigration Office there at the border. The paperwork took about a half hour and the Canadian officials were very gracious in issuing a residence permit that allows us to stay through July, 2011.

From the border, we headed west along the southern shore of Lake Ontario in Canada for about 50 miles, then inland another 25 miles to the small village of Moffat. Here's where we are:


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Moffat is the location of the Liebenzell Mission Retreat Centre, our home for the next several weeks as we prepare for the arrival of the students. You can read more about the facility from my earlier post.

We were tired after our arrival, but we were gracious received by our hosts, Jeff and Ursi, who invited us up for donuts and coffee, with our directors and other Retreat Centre guests. We appreciated the nice housewarming gifts and our bed already prepared for us.

We have a day off on Monday and then begin with a staff meeting on Tuesday morning to learn all about the agenda before us in the coming days.