Windsor Ontario - OBFF Conference

The past three days I, along with the rest of our class, have been down in Windsor ON (just across the US/Canada border from Detroit. We went to the OBFF Conference there at Windsor Christian Fellowship (WCF).  There were about 300-400 people there (I think) from churches all across Canada, though most of them were from Ontario.   We drove down there (about three hours) Monday Morning and back Thursday morning.  It was a ton of fun, full of excitement, joy and power!   I got to meet a number of pastors from around Canada, and I got to sit in twelve powerful messages (I really only heard eleven, but I won't go into detail about that here - it'll be in the next post).   Each day the first session started at 9:00 am and the last one ended ended about 9:00 pm (with an hour or so fellowship and dinner time at the end - so closer to 10:00-10:30pm) with a 3-4 hour break in the afternoon.

On one of the breaks Bryce, Heidi (& Everly - their baby), Nathan and Bryan (Koinonia staff), Daniel, Sierra, Janette (classmates) and I went down to the river front for a walk.  When we pulled into a parking spot there was a large group of what appeared to be Syrian refugees doing a rally at a park there.  We took off on our walk in the opposite direction. Nathan and Bryan were speed walking, so they went off ahead, and after a bit Daniel went on a jog too.  It was a beautiful day, pretty warm and altogether it was a lot of fun.  We spent a lot of time talking (which was a lot of fun and very interesting) and commenting on things that we passed by.  On the way back to the van it occurred to us that we forgot to pay for parking. And as we got closer to the van, Nathan and Bryan passed us for they turned around because it occurred to them too.   Thankfully, we didn't get a ticket or anything.  Praise God!

Looking Across the River.  

We are standing on the Windsor Ontario, Canada side, 

and the city in the picture is Detroit, USA.  

Conference Worship Time.

(Thanks to Bryce Fleming for the pictures)

During one of the sessions, they (WCF) randomly gave out knife sets.  We all got one.  It's a 25-piece set that includes the following (food knifes not hunting knifes):

Showtime Knife, Carving Knife, Large Fillet Knife, bread Knife,chef Knife, Saw Knife, Boning Knife, Sportsman Knife, Chop and Serve, Cheese Knife, Cleaver, Carving fork, Utility Knife, 8 Steak Knives, Paring Knife, Garnish Knife, Kitchen & Poultry Shears (scissors), Knife Sharpener & a Giant Solid Flavor Injector.

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