On Monday evening, we will be boarding a plane to Edmonton. We are excited for more reasons than one. I’ve never been to Alberta before, so I can cross one more province off the list (that leaves only Newfoundland). Also, we are going on behalf of our congregation, who have graciously provided this trip through individual, out-of-budget givings.

There isn’t really room for much else besides attending the conference. I preach the Sunday before, and Ana plays organ the Sunday after, so it worked best for us to spend as little time there as possible. Those times also happened to be the cheapest flights, which helped. Even when I’m spending other people’s money, I can’t stand to over spend, which is also why we opted out of the supper portion of the conference meal plan. There is some time set aside for site-seeing, which we will do, and I’m still trying to convince Ana to accompany me to the Eskimos-Lions CFL game (which we’d pay for ourselves). Otherwise we will be enjoying the hotel pool, meeting other Mennonite Church Canada folk, and trying to use some of the time to work on our musical (a few scenes to go on the rough draft).

So if anyone else will be in the area around the same time, July 3-8, or if you have suggestions on dining or entertaining while we’re there, let us know.