December 1976 (3rd Post): Reflections on the street kids we minister to.

December 1976 (2nd Post): Our ministry to street kids and the homeless gets help from the Salvation Army, Presentation Convent. We begin taking in the homeless.

December 1976: Out of work and on welfare, I see how it robs recipients of responsibility and self-respect. We make a decision to save our welfare money to start a recession proof seed business.

November 1976 (5th Post): Cindy arrives from her stay in Ottawa & at first refuses to move into the house I rented; her growing negativity about the place has no logical foundation, since I have the skills to fix it up however she would like.

November 1976 (4th Post): I meet a catholic nun, Sister Anastasia Moore, who admits she didn’t know Jesus till recently, when she had a rebirth experience.

November 1976 (3rd Post): The pastor’s wife flirts with me; Cindy continues to wait for me to rent us a place; I rent a 13 room house as a place of ministry for the poor kids and homeless in an impoverished area of St. John’s Newfoundland.

November 1976 (2nd post): Late September we hitchhiked across Canada with baby Zoe, to return to Newfoundland. Due to a bad cold, Cindy and Zoe stayed in Ottawa while I went on to find work and a place in St. John’s.

Early November, 1976: Cindy and I and our newborn move to Nelson, BC, then to Creston, BC, looking for work and a place to live. I reflect on Christian hypocrisy, especially their silence and inaction.

March 1976: We arrive at Eric’s farm and are offered a burned out, uncleaned cabin as our home. We are devastated and even more so now that we’ve realized Eric, though a nice guy, has on rose-colored glasses that often keep him from seeing things as they are.

February 1976: Because we could not find a place to move to, we justify disobeying God’s clear guidance to stay in Newfoundland and take a non-paying position as caretaker of a British Columbia farm.