Return trip from Cleveland
(Written Sunday April 4)
The trip is almost over. I'll be back in Canada in a few hours, but while I'm
here at Cleveland airport, I have a little time to write a little about the last
few days.
(pictures follow)
Despite the delays and complications with the building contractors, we finished
pretty much all of the technical systems last night at Grace CMA. We spent the
last few hours last night chasing one stupid wiring fault in the intercom
system, and a small glitch in the video distribution, but in the end we left
with everything completed. Steve, Brian and Jacob fly out at various times
later today, so they're at Grace now, about to start the second service of the
morning. I'll spend most of the day travelling, so it's a good thing that I
didn't finish the book I've been reading.
On Thursday we had probably the most interesting lunch of the trip. We went to
a Japanese restaurant called Daisin Steakhouse or something like that. They had
section of tables with a grill at your table. A chef comes to your table and
cooks your hibachi meal in front of you. It was pretty good food and great
entertainment.
Going back in time a little farther, I didn't get a chance to post any pictures
from last Monday's excursion to Southeast Christian Church in Kentucky, so
here's an outside shot.
It's hard to get an ideal of the scale here, but the overhang with the pillars
on the right of the main building is the covered driveway. I was told that at
one point during construction there were eight semi trailers in there, and they
were absolutely dwarfed. The circular section is the five-story main sanctuary.
The wing behind the covered driveway and the main sanctuary is the foyer. I
could fit my entire church in Newfoundland into that foyer, and have quite a
bit of room to spare.
Well, I'm tired of typing, so I'm going to go and play a game or read, or fill
out those stupid information cards for the flight, or something.