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It hard to imagine that we are almost finished with the tour for this year. We have two more days to spend together and then we say good-bye to three members of the group and make the long trek back to Steinbach. It will be a bit sad to end the tour. At the same time I'm eager to get back to Steinbach as well.

Welcome to issue three of the diaries. On this tour we have been able to minister in a variety of venues. In the first couple of days, we were in a church, two schools and a drop-in centre. On Friday we were in Aylmer, ON at the Old Town Hall Theatre. The picture below is of the crew setting up for the evening performance there. The theatre is a gorgeous space.

First, allow me to explain the meaning behind the title of these entries. It is tour tradition that the faculty members travelling with the team receive nicknames. A nickname cannot be selected by the recipient, it must be accepted as the name given by group. Karen was the first to give me the nickname "Pattar".

We’ve travelled over 2000 kilometres and the teams have performed four times so far. Our first three performances were in the Fort Frances area. Our first stop was SCAP, a Christian School in Stratton, Ontario. Free Servant and New Creation led in some singing and sketches. After a quick tear-down we were off to the Fort Frances Evangelical Fellowship Church for an evening performance.

With too much time on their hands, and stress to release, Free Servant and New Creation took some time off rehearsing for tour to create this little video featuring each of the group members doing random stuff.

This project was submitted by some of my 1 Corinthians students for a creative project. The song is written by Jesse Penner, with Michael Thiessen & Curtis Harder helping with the technology. It is sung by fellow-student Alyssa Epp. The song "Cruciform" refers to Paul's teaching in 1 Cor 2:2 ("For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified").