A little bit chilly

Hi everyone,

It's been a week today since we've arrived and we reckon time has gone pretty fast. I'm still praying for snow, so those of you who would like to join in prayer with me...please pray for snow on christmas day! The long weather forcast shows snow on christmas day but anything can happen with Calgary weather.

Today Jeremy, Nate (Jer's brother) & I ventured downtown to look around. Just a chance to do some shopping and walk around downtown Calgary. It wasn't too bad. For those of you familiar with Calgary, you'll know that even though it's -15 outside, you can still go from building to building and never take a step outside. They have these walkways over the streets called the Plus 15's...called so because they are 15 feet above the ground. You can go from one side of downtown to the other and never have to worry about going outside!

After we arrived back from being downtown Jeremy & I went for a walk down to Fish Creek Park which is just down the road. It's a massive park that stretches kilometres and kilometres through the SouthWest of Calgary. Sometimes bears & cougars find their way into fish creek park by following the river down from the mountains. We didnt even see a squirrel today much to my dismay! They look so cute and everyone here always gets me to say "squirrel" because apparently i dont say it the right way...whatever...Canadians are the ones with the accent!

Before going outdoors today we both rugged up for our adventure into the park seeing as it was about -10. In the summer here they had a mass flooding so today when we talked through the park so much of it had changed from when we last saw it. The river had moved in parts, so many trees down and debris everywhere. Looks really different. We get to walk across the river today seeing as it was frozen all the way over in some parts. I asked Jeremy to step out first just to make sure it was frozen all the way...hehe! There's a picture here of me, I was so cold and by the time we got back my legs were seriously numb, very cold.

To all those at Victory Church involved with the Christmas Production, hope tonight is a blast and all goes well. Really wish I was there watching it. Make sure you tape it so we can watch it when we get back!

We'll leave you with these pics. write again soon.

Love Meg & Jer