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It’s time to celebrate thanksgiving again this year! Yay, for the long weekend!!!
Some of us may be planning to go on a getaway trip, some may be planning to use the time to study and cram for midterm, some may want to just laze around, some may still have to work.
What is Canadian Thanksgiving Day that is much celebrated by us anyways? Here’s some interesting facts taken from proudcanadiankids.ca:
First of all, the story of the Pilgrims, who came to Massachusetts aboard their ship, ‘The Mayflower’, is an American legend. It is a lovely story, but it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving in Canada.
Secondly, Martin Frobisher never set foot on the shores of Newfoundland! Robert Ruby, an editor of the Baltimore Sun and the author of “The Unknown Shore” a book about the voyages of Frobisher states:
“Martin Frobisher never set foot in Newfoundland, and the minister who travelled with the fleet in 1578 was the Rev. Robert Woolfall (not Wolf). He led prayers aboard the “Judith” when a storm in July separated the ship from the rest of Frobisher’s fleet. And he did indeed lead a prayer when the surviving parts of the expedition reached Countess of Warwick Island, in August. According to the various logs and diaries, it was not accompanied by a special meal. Was it a first thanksgiving? Well, it was the first English prayer service in North America. And we can characterize it however we want.”
Shallom,
I would love to invite all of you to lend out a hand for Titi Kristiani, who is in search of her sister. Below is Titi’s email to us.
Perkenalkan nama saya Titi Kristiani.
Saya berada di Indonesia saat ini.
Pada saat ini saya sedang mencari tahu keberadaan kakak saya yang bernama FRIDA NOVA NABABAN.
Kakak saya pergi ke Canada dari tahun 2002 sampai sekarang. Tetapi setahun belakangan ini dia sudah jarang memberi kabar.
Bahkan dari Feb-Mar 2008 sampai sekarang tidak pernah menelepon.
Terakhir tahun 2002 sebelum dia pergi ke Canada, saya tahu bahwa dia beribadah ke gereja Bethany di Jakarta.
Dan saat saya browsing di google, saya menemukan link http://bethanytoronto.wordpress.com
Sejujurnya saya sampai saat ini tidak mengetahui dengan jelas dimana kakak saya beribadah selama di Canada.
Saya hanya bisa berusaha dengan browse sebanyak-banyaknya dengan harapan ada yang mengetahui kabar kakak saya.
Terakhir saya mengetahui bahwa dia tinggal di ONTARIO.
Dan sekarang dia bekerja di Sears Canada Inc. sebagai Customer Development Analyst
Hal itu saya ketahui dari email yang dikirim pada bulan Juli 2008.
Selebihnya tidak ada lagi informasi lainnya.
Saya telah berusaha menghubungi Konsulat Jendral Indonesia di Toronto tetapi tidak banyak membantu dikarenakan adanya Privacy Act yang berlaku di Canada.
Kedua orangtua saya juga sudah berusaha menghubungi sanak saudara yang berada di sana tetapi belum ada hasil.
Kami keluarga di Jakarta sangat mengkhawatirkan keadaannya. Setidaknya dia menghubungi kami disini dan mengabarkan keadaannya.
Sebab sejak tahun 2002 sampai sekarang dia belum pernah balik ke Indonesia lagi. Besar harapan kami kalau dia bisa pulang kembali ke Indonesia karena orangtua saya juga cemas sekali mengingat dia seorang perempuan, sendirian di Canada, dan sudah pergi cukup lama namun tidak ada kabar.
Saya mohon agar kiranya dibantu. Berikut saya sertakan informasi diri saya apabila diperlukan untuk klarifikasi.
Nama : Titi Kristiani Nababan
Alamat : Jl. Pulo Mas Barat X No. 3, Jakarta Timur, 13210
No tlp rumah : +62 21 4750006
No tlp HP : +62818659865
Email : titi.k@live.com
If you are interested in upgrading your chance for being employed, and your skills, then don’t miss out, come and join us on
Date: Thursday Oct. 2nd, 2008
Time: 11:00 am
Place:
Access Business College
170 The Donway West, Suite 215
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3C 2G3
HRSDC training Funding may be available to those EI Recipients who qualify: – currently receiving EI – received EI in the past 3 years – received Maternity / Parental Claim in the past 5 years. There will be guest speakers and hiring employers – to be announced
Please email me at nappcanada@rogers.com if you are coming. We have limited space.
Thanks
Rita
www.nappcanada.com
Hello Bethany Toronto,
What’s happening in our community?
If your answer is “I don’t know” or “I’m not quite sure” ….
STAY TUNED!
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This is an initiative or an attempt at a website, while the real one is in the making. This blog will serve the purpose of keeping our activities blogged and abreast.
Eva (yang sekarang lagi pengacara) will mainly be in charge of this initiative, bearing the title of Editor-in-Chief.
I, myself, as the Chief Correspondent will contribute to the growth of this initiative by assisting the Editor-in-Chief with materials to update, such as articles, pictures, comics, and etc. to keep our community updated as to what’s happening!
Please support this new initiative by contributing your parts by doing one or more of the following:
1) Posting a comment to a post so that we know you are reading and the materials are helping you.
2) Submit good, exciting, and funny articles to post. We will credit you for your findings.
3) Submit a testimony or a sharing.
4) Submit pictures to be posted here along with comments if/when available.
5) Submit recommendations and constructive feedbacks to better this initiative.
**All submissions to be made to bethany.toronto@gmail.com.
Please stay tuned for the first post, which will probably be from our last Retreat!
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