at few. weeks ago, 25 rather”
shy - ‘teenagers from “St. John,

‘New Brunswick, latided at the |

Terrace-Kitimat. airport. There,
they were met by 25 equally shy

Thornhill Junior Secondary stu-
dents: and, following official —

photographs and greetings, they.

_ Thorn hill students off

were paired off in “twins?” by ©
Thornhill ‘ teacher-organizers
Elizabeth Metzmeier and .Mike

Wilson. The first half of their -

1989 Open House Canada visit
had begun.

For the next 10 days, these .

**twins’? would be like brothers

“events,”

and sisters —
its,” ‘sharing, ‘talking . and
learning. Evenings..and week-

ends were spent together, but .

during school hours, the Terrace

students attended regular classes.

while the St. John students
visited Northwest points of in-

terest in » Terrace,

Valley.

On the final day of their visit,
School: District 88 hosted a
special luncheon at the Inn of

the West, and it was here school

trustee. Eva Daniels expressed

. Kitimat,
Prince. ‘Rupert | and the Nass

long time,”

. east. LF d

Bustin didn't seem too shy about meeting new people, but
even at that, it will be much easier for Collison — she’s going. |"
‘ to New Brunswick to meet a friend — not strangers. “T’ve
never had a sister befere, and for a week I got to,”’ she ex-
‘piains. “And I hope I have just as much fun when I’m back

“One of the sets of “twins” was Tasha Bustin from St. John a
- (right) and Thornhill student Nicole Collison. Bustin says she
will always remember motorbike riding along the Lakebe BJ
. River, “‘It was pretty fast too,’ she says, ‘‘because my face -
_ was all sucked back and my lips were going... | couldn’t [ae
talk.’ She said she also liked the carnival because, “‘They had i
_a thing that went upside down really fast.!”.- -
'. But most memorable, according to Bustin, was staying at
Collison’ s farm. “‘I liked feeding the pigs and the cows,” she
said, “‘because down home we don’t see any of that unless we
- go to the zoo or someplace way up north,’’ And she liked the
mountains: ‘‘It’s really ‘pretty here because our land is a lot
more flat than it is here. There's a lot of mountains and pretty
sites to see.”’ In summing up her experience, she said, “I had
a really good time in Terrace. I’m going to remember it fora

“United Church —

continued from page 16

mugs.” Marilyn Bailey, wife of
Reverend Stan Bailey of Knox
United Church in Terrace, said
that over 4,000 cups of coffee

- were served during the weekend,

“The reason this conference
was .held in Terrace,’’
spokesman Doug Goodwin said,
‘is: because the B.C. north is

- part of us.dnd our members have

sacrificed much to attend con-

ventions in the south.” The -
schedule was full. It began with .

registrations at 10 a.m, Friday,
May 12, and ended at Monday
at noon. There was not much

time set aside for browsing, but |

Terrace merchants did notice a
difference — especially at gift

- shops and gas bars.

During the meeting, hours of

hammering out business was in-

terspersed with dramatic and
humorous interludes. One
notable observation: ‘‘If ‘the
preacher is good he deserves
four weeks’ vacation. If he isn’t,
the congregation deserves it!”
In the business being ad-

dressed, several resolutions were |
passed concerning church policy

and action on topics such as
nuclear .weapons, low level
military flight training at Goose
Bay, Labrador, Canadian aid to
the Honduras, support to the
Salvadorian Church in the face
of increased violence, .

World debt, and many more. .

Third -

There were 5 many grey heads

evident in the sea of people sit- -

ting at tables on the ‘conference
floor. One could not help but
notice them as the . following
words were read at the windup
of the meeting: ©

' Walk slowly, people of God,.

: Terrace Review - — - Wednesday, May %, 1989: 7

to NeW Brunswick exchange _

attending social:

the true value of their experience
together. ‘‘It’s very gratifying to.
the members of the Board to see.

-these young Canadians acting as-

ambassadors coast to coast,’’:
said Daniels, ‘‘We are convinced

these learning experiences,

which cement friendships and
broaden horizons, will promote
a deeper understanding of world
concern, and in the process, help -
them discover who we Cana-
dians really are.”’ . :
Thursday, May 25, the Thorn-

‘hill teens will meet at the Terrace

airport to embark on their half;
of the exchange. They will share

the home of their St. John

‘twins’? and learn more about —
Canada. They will ‘visit
historical. and industrial sites,

and they will experience the

similarities and differences of

what life is really like in a dif-

ferent part of the country.

St. John is a coastal city of

about 100,000 people situated

on the Bay of Fundy on New

Brunswick’s southern coastline.

The surrounding terrain isn’t

mountainous, it’s flat, -rolling .
country with a beauty all its

own,

so as not to lose-too sdon the | -

echo of the voices of those who
have gone before us. .
Walk slowly, people of God,

‘sO as not to exhaust your.

energies on today’s urgency

which becomes tomorrow’s \esiu

forgotten dream.

Walk slowly, people of God, |

sO as not to become deaf to the
murmurings of humanity that

_transform incidents into events. —

Walk slowly, people of God,
So as not to miss the enhancing

moments of music and laughter,

of crying and prayer.

Walk slowly, people of God,
lest you begin to think that you
walk alone, setting a pace with
which neither others nor God
can keep up. ;

Walk slowly, people: of God,
so as not to overlook the abun-
dance of life’s gifting, nor the
daily and eternal triumph of
hope in Christ,

The next B.C, Conference an-

nual meeting of the United .

Church of Canada will be held

in Naramata,. B.C. May 3-4,
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