JerJourneys: quebec city

i crossed the bridge into quebec city and briefly drove around to check it out...

then i met some really cool people. my parents new a pastor in the city and had me get in touch with him. pastor ben thought i'd like to stay with a group of people who were there from michigan for the week to run a childrens vacation bible school called english for kids. here they are singing a fairly interactive song:

i hung out with them in the evening after they were done the day's program. it was awkward and fun at the same time because there i was hanging out with a large group of strangers. they warmly invited me to join them for dinner. while chatting and laughing with them, i reminisced how much fun i'd had in the past while participating in such groups. i started to get to know their names... um... ted, eric, peter, scott, brad, betsy, rosie, emily, cheyne, maddie, grace x2, hanna, catherine... and other super friendly people! then we went to an awesome ice cream place called les chocolats favoris

possibly the best ice cream cone i've ever had because i had them dip it in their rich delicious chocolate. the hardened thick shell made it pretty drip proof too!

so many of us enjoyed it

much fun

we watched a movie back at the house where most of the group was staying. i stayed the night and the next morning stuck around so i could see exactly what they did for the kids camp. turns out i ended up staying all day. this group did an amazing job with the kids, really! i got to help out just a little bit in the kitchen and chat with eliyah and trina, who were the more permanently involved people at the church there. then i said farewell to the group of people that i had only just met 24 hours before - but long enough to be sad about saying bye. but eliyah and trina ended up being my personal guides around old quebec city that evening as we walked all around!