Leaving from the Carrefour de la Mer in Caraquet, I had the joy of having a good current to push me eastwards. I decided against making a run over to look at Caraquet Island, but enjoyed the view on this calm morning. It was really amazing how many jellyfish there were in some areas. In some places I could look down and see them spaced only about a foot apart for at least a few feet down. Most were the usual pretty pink ones that are common this time of the year, but a few were a bigger scarier looking brownish variety. So beautiful, but I sure don't want to touch them. Kind of like how sin looks so appealing. Today was also the first time that I’ve ever seen starfish alive in the wild. I was able to reach down and scoop one up on the flats east of Pokesudie Island.
With cooperative currents and reasonably light winds, I made pretty good time overall. The only place I had trouble was when I tried to cut a shortcut through the sand flats east of Pokesudie Island at low tide. The tide was starting to rise, but I wasn’t gonna wait around that long. So, after a bit of a break, I pushed on, dragging the kayak behind me. Pokesudie Island is sparsely populated by maybe a couple hundred people, and very flat. I don’t know if there are any believers. I saw several people out on the flats digging for clams, from their four-wheelers and small boats.
In spite of the nice weather, I was getting pretty tired by the time I got into St. Simon Inlet and saw the Shippagan campground. It was hard to make myself push on past the campground to Centre-St.-Simon. This is one village that really stuck in my memory from last year’s visit. Beautiful, but needing a gospel witness. When I arrived back at the campground, I met up with Robert Losier from the Association Atlantique d'Eglises Baptistes Francophones. He had a nice box of homemade food for my supper. Then I commenced to setting up camp in the mosquito-infested woods. I could see why there was only one other tent!
Other than a send-off by the Bullens in Caraquet, I didn’t get any other opportunity to pray with local believers today. Tomorrow I’ll be meeting up with the Vances and heading out to the islands. It’ll be interesting to see how things transition with their assistance and going into a purely Francophone area with very few evangelical churches.
Partner churches: Eglise Chretienne Evangelique Baptiste de Tracadie, Evangel Pentecostal Church
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