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Toronto, Canada - Mission Trip 2004
Our Neighbors To The North...
Canada is so similar to the U.S. that sometimes you forget
you are in a foreign country.  There are also moments
when you wonder where in God's good creation you are?  
Toronto is the multicultural capitol of the world, and is
often used as a stand-in for New York in films because of
its specific urban feel.  Plus, we couldn't find any
Canadian bacon anywhere?  What's up with that?

Here's some photo highlights from our mission trip to
Toronto last July.  Some of the pictures are pretty
self-explanatory while, you might need to ask a first hand
source for the scoop on a few of the others.  

Here's a list of the fine young people who came on this
amazing trip:

   Mackenzie Flaharty
   Lisa Hansen
   Tyler Hansen
   Ellisa Larson
   Joanna Lipp
   Kirk McCamish
   Andrea McHenry
   Marcus Meldahl
   Jenny Scuglik

   Jenn Grahmn
   Paul Hannan
   Mark Hannan
Toronto - A Visual History
with Apologies to Celine Dion
Leaving, driving, a flat, driving, more driving,
and getting there.
do we dare fix this?
of waiting and the helpful arrival
the bridge from detroit to canada
the group at 4:30am
our home for the week
our first obstacle, mchenry county
Sleep is for the weak... let's get to work.
The Daily Bread Food Bank
the van with the leg-room
what we did in the van
who loves sorting onions?
don't cry, they're only onions
Tyler's strange hand disease
some of their food storage
who can fit the most mac in a bag?
believe it, we almost finished this whole box!
A definite highlight was our SLAP walk.
Street Life Awareness Program
pre-conceived notions
our only fear: $1 for dinner
no really, this was a highlight...
guess what i bought with my $1?
rush hour in the subway
you can almost see everybody
One of the most enjoyable things about Toronto was the
many different ways we got around.  We parked the vans
when we got there and rarely used them (which after a 20
hour drive was probably good).  

Instead we used the city's many other modes of
transportation.  One of the area's that Canada is more
advanced than use is in public transportation, and a city
the size of Toronto had more than its fair share.  Here are
some of the ways we did locomotion:
street car cables overhead
we walked a lot
buses connect to the subway for free
Photos a la Random
the group after 5am
Days 1 & 2:
hanging in chinatown
shopping at niagra falls
the inspiration for the mona lisa