Two Years in Canada

September 1, 2008 is the two year anniversary of my arrival in Vancouver, BC from California as a new student at Regent College.  It is also the day I leave Canada, with my bride, to another new country — England.  Though considered by many Americans as the “America’s hat” or the “51st state,” I have grown to appreciate this country for its own goodness.  As I leave, I leave with many things — the most important, being a love for a place that is not my own.  Here are the top 10 things I have learned from my pilgrimage in the True North:

10 – Very few Canadians really live in igloos.

9 – Snow is really pretty —  but it is also really cold!

8 – They truly are nice people.

7 – They LOVE hockey.  And I mean LOVE hockey.  Even girls are die-hard fans of it.

6 – Loonie and Toonie are not only words to describe the Warner Brother’s cartoon, but refer to the $1 and $2 coins.

5 – Canada has a Queen.  Go figure.

4 - Poutine!!

3 – “Garbarator” is not a comic book hero, but the Canadian word for “Garbage Disposer”.

2 – God’s creation is gorgeous up here!  Two examples are Lake Louise (pictured above) and the glaciers.  Glaciers are not mythological creatures like Sasquatch, but do exist and really do devour the land below them.  (Betty and I walked on one in our recent road trip to Banff.)

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1 – The Bible is right!! I am blessed to have such an excellent wife!

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