Today my church, St. Mary, is having our annual picnic in a park by the Fraser River.\u00a0 We have an outdoor mass, followed by food prepared by church goers, then a relaxing afternoon to enjoy the nice weather.\u00a0 The church setup big tent with chairs to host the mass, but many people also bring along their beach chairs.\u00a0 Since today is also the Canada day, many people dress in red, the color of the Canadian flag and there are lots of flags flying.\u00a0 The food has lots of varieties, other western style pasta and bread, Chinese style noodle and rice, there are lots of Philippine dishes, since the church has many Filipinos.\u00a0 The youth band was playing music after lunch.\u00a0 They did not play those boring old fashion church hymns nor mushy praise and worship songs that call Jesus’ name in every other sentence.\u00a0 They played some light country and rocks with meaningful lyrics.\u00a0 While I lay down under the tree shades and enjoying the music, I felt asleep.\u00a0 I was waked up by the laughters and noise of the games organized by church volunteers.\u00a0 Little children and adults alike have fun playing tag-o-war and other group games, even the priest enjoy himself in the games.\u00a0 This picnic in afternoon was a very relaxing way to celebrate the Canada day, a welcome break from my busy overloading life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"