There's no place like home.

Well, we gotta say it, Ontario did not disappoint. We had been anxiously waiting for this week for such a long time and it always seemed so far away.. as we climbed the Rockies and powered through deserts and rolling hills. We are finally here and home never tasted so good! Our entrance in to Canada was a true warming Canadian welcome. A large spread of Tim Hortons delicacies awaited us upon crossing over on the ferry in to Sombre, as well as a mass of pleasant smiling faces. It was far more than we could have asked for and the party has not stopped since. This entire week we have been treated like celebrities. Every town we hit has been more than accomodating and the streets were lined with excited cheerers!
We hit good old London on Thursday where camp was set up at the Christian High directly across the road from our home. So, Denise and I got to stay in our own beds that night which was ever so glorious! We did not want to leave the next morning. The tour just about ended for us right then and there.. however, we were brought back in to our little biking bubble once again and decided our ride was not complete yet. We continued our journey through Ingersoll, Woodstock and Hamilton where we were met by throngs of familiar faces and an abundance of hugs and food! We were interviewed for the radio and the Sentinel Review, made a number of more stops along the way at various church locations and finally made it in to the old stomping grounds, Redeemer University, in the later afternoon. It was a rather long, whirlwind of a day, but all the work that was put in by our home church, Maranatha CRC, as well as all the many other churches was so exciting and so much appreciated! We thank you so muchly for all the support!
We have now made it to Beacon in St. Catharines for the weekend and will be preparing for the celebration service this afternoon. We got to go down and see the falls last night, which was.. pretty well the same as the last number of times we've seen them and they are still flowing quite nicely. We are pretty exhausted this weekend from all the excitement of the week and have been catching up on sleep for most of it. We are hoping for a pretty good show for the service in a bit and then we will be heading back out of this beautiful country bright and early tomorrow morning. One more week to go and I think it is safe to say that we are quite ready for our arrival at the coast in New Jersey. It has been such an amazing experience to be a part of this summer and yet it is definitely time to get back to reality.