Our second Canadian port of call was Halifax, Nova Scotia. We landed at Pier 22, right next to the famous Pier 21. Acting as somewhat of an Ellis Island for Canada, Pier 21 now has a museam remembering those who emmigrated there in the early and mid 20th Century. We watched a great movie there and then searched the records for Dave's Canadian ancestors. But the fact that thier name was a transliteration from the Cryillic Alphabet and that we only know the English way of saying it or spelling it, combined with the fact that we didn't know what country they came from (many immigrants came through countries other than thier home country) meant that we did not find them. Of course, they may have just come through another port.
Afterwards we walked the town and found whatever beautiful church was in the area, as was becoming our tradition. The area's churches were beautiful and we eventually found the first Protestant church in Canada. That was very interesting to us, as it may have been the first group of Believers in the whole country. After the humbling immigration video we were expecting a run-down group of persecuted believers, but instead we found a glorious building with a seat for the queen! Quite the opposite. Since the church was at one time the site of some great missionary activity, we left a note for one of our missionary friends who is visiting the area now. We are praying that he can bring revival to areas where the Gospel has come and gone or bring it for the first time to many of the frontier places in Canada.
We found a great piece of maple candy. We can still remember how great it tasted!
And when we got back, we had a monkey waiting for us:
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