Missions Trip to Quebec - 2008

Today, we all continued to finish up work that needed to be done around the church. Jennifer, Stephanie, and Lauren worked on sorting Sunday School materials for Jennifer Teachout, so she could keep the items she wanted to use for Sunday School use.

The guys continued to work on drywall downstairs, outdoor work, and woodpile cleanup, etc. The other ladies cleaned up inside.

Around noon, we left in our vans with the Teachouts for the Parliament Building near Old Quebec City. We ate lunch at the Parliament Building, and then took a tour of it. Our lunch was very nice, served on formal china, with white table cloths and crystal goblets. We would have dressed up a little more for the lunch, but we were going to be out late, and the weather was supposed to be cold and wet that evening, so we tried to dress as warmly as we could.

After the tour at the Parliament Building, we walked along the very thick brick and stone wall into Old Quebec City. This area is sooooo neat, with lots of little shops, LOTS of flowers, cafe’s, bistros, etc. The streets were brick and cobblestone, and it looked like a picture out of centuries-old France or England!

It rained most of the day while we were there, but finally the rain stopped later in the evening. We divided up into groups and went our separate ways, as we were able to sight-see and shop for souvenirs, etc. Each group ate dinner at their leisure, at various cafe’s, and we enjoyed the sights, shops and Old World atmosphere.

At 8:00 pm, we met back at the statue of Samuel de Champlain, an explorer, who discovered Quebec in 1608, among other things. Quebec is celebrating its 400th birthday this year! Then we walked to the Ferry, and took a Ferry Boat ride on the St. Lawrence River. It was dark, so you could see Old Quebec all lit up at night, and the Chateau Frontenac, an architecturally-incredible hotel built between 1890 and 1920. It was a gorgeous sight!!

Pastor Teachout took us to a Park called the Plains of Abraham, the battlefields where the French and the British fought over Quebec (the British won), and later the USA failed to win the battle against the British for control of Quebec. After we saw the Plains of Abraham, at 10:30pm, we went up to a restaurant that was 22 floors high. At the top, we could see the whole city lit up, at night, and the restaurant slowly turned as we ate the most delicious French and Quebecan desserts of all various kinds! What a treat!!! We were all so tired on the way home, and our feet hurt from walking so much, but it was well worth the experience!

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