We were able to go on a short road trip afterwards with the Leavitt's, driving up to Twillingate and taking a two hour boat tour to look for icebergs that had floated down from Greenland. We were all hoping to actually see some icebergs and we were not disappointed!
The icebergs were beautiful and inspiring!
Our tour guide, the "Iceberg Man", had gotten up early that day and gone out on the ocean in the fog and rain to locate icebergs for our 9:30 am tour group.
A piece on one of the largest iceberg actually broke off, right while we were looking at it, and fell into the ocean ---- bonus!! The Iceberg man's assistant scooped bits of it out of the water and handed around some "iceberg ice" for us to try----- you will be happy to know we did not catch any dread disease!
The blue color in the iceberg is a result of "pure" ice, with no air bubbles in it ---- beautiful!
The surrounding coastline was rugged, rocky, and amazing. 
These pictures do not do it justice. Newfoundland has a beauty all its own. 
As we turned back for the harbor, we also caught sight of a whale ---- we all felt that we were so fortunate to not only see these icebergs, which float in and out of this area quite quickly, but to have the rain stop, no one got sea-sick, and... we saw a whale.
It just does not get much better. This is a remote, isolated and remarkable corner of the world. We are grateful to have this chance to see it, and to share this time with our missionary friends! Aren't God's creations amazing and humbling.
It just does not get much better. This is a remote, isolated and remarkable corner of the world. We are grateful to have this chance to see it, and to share this time with our missionary friends! Aren't God's creations amazing and humbling.
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