Today I had a great time attending a picnic for a friend’s birthday. It is nice when you are traveling to be somewhere at just the right time. Since I often come to Toronto, I have some good friends here.

Today we celebrated the 50th birthday of my friend Rose. I have known Rose for eight years since I first visited the church in Toronto where my friend John preaches.

I also just happened to be in town five years ago and was invited to A Birthday Feast then.

My friend John and I wore the same shirt for the picnic. We had people ask if we were brothers. I had brought this shirt with me to Canada during my last visit and then had seen a picture of John wearing his. I then had to check and see if I had left my shirt there. So, we decided to both wear our green shirts.

There was a lot of food at the party. Most of the food was Filipino food, but there were a few other cuisines represented as well.

Here you can see the entire table full of food, and this did not even hold all of what we had.

This was my first plate of food. I tried to get a little bit of everything, so had to go back a couple of times.

Finally it was time for the cake. The cake had very pretty decorations and tasted good as well. I really like this picture of Rose. She is so happy from being surrounded by her family and friends who helped her celebrate her birthday.

I will see many of the people who were at the picnic again tomorrow morning at church services. I have really enjoyed getting to know them over the past eight years during my visits to Toronto.

Happy Birthday Rose!

Steven