Emmanuel Mennonite

Name Dropping

Someone told me that you just can't go to the Olympics without seeing somebody famous, and that proved to be true in my experience.

The day I was downtown I saw Maelle Ricker (gold medalist in women's snowboard) and Jamie Sale and David Pelletier (Canadian pairs skaters now working with CTV), and actually bumped into someone I knew in the midst of all the crowds--Diedre Sportack who interned at Emmanuel a few years ago and is now working with youth in Vancouver.  She was enjoying the sights along with her husband Aaron, and her brother and sister-in-law from Toronto.

This week I also received some news from Elena Toews who's studying in Montreal, see the following for a news story and picture.  Way to go, Elena!   http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Black+Montreal+residents+claim+racial+profiling+transit/2594810/story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3a+canwest%2fF229+(Vancouver+Sun+-+News)