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Today is December 24, a strange sort of day for us. We won't be celebrating Christmas until New Year's Day, when we will be home with the kids and grand-kids. When we woke up this morning the temperature was -28 F, feels like -46 F. The sunrise was 10:08 a.m. The sunset will be at 3:06 p.m. We have gained 1 minute and 8 seconds since the shortest day of the year. The low will be -34 F tonight. When we wake up tomorrow it will still be -33 F.We are planning on packing our car tomorrow. The high for the day is at 3 p.m. at -29 F. But it will be getting dark at that time, and will get colder fast.</div>
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Last Sunday we took the Elders to the airport so they could attend the Christmas Zone Conference in Edmonton. They will stay down for Christmas and return after we have gone. We have enjoyed these two fine Elders.</div>
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It is now another day and it is dark in our alley at 3:42 p.m.</div>
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These three birds are Rock Ptarmigan. They are all white in the winter except for a black tip on their tail. They are from northern climate, but they migrate to Yellowknife when they move from high latitudes to escape the dark arctic winter.</div>
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Local sleigh riding and tobogganing hill is in a neighborhood. So, the road is blocked off for the winter.<br />
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There is a wide turn at the bottom which travels down the street to a barrier to stop.<br />
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View through Sombe Ke Park. Looking at Museum across Frame Lake. The flag enclosure is for the skating rink. This city knows how to make winter fun. People in Yellowknife do not stay inside just because it is cold and dark. They bundle up and play.<br />
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We are inside the Food Rescue tent. This is the kitchen area. We did a lot of service in here. This was a get together to thank all the volunteers for the year. The are closing and will open in the new year. The lady in the red vest is the director. She also collects nativities.</div>
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Outside of the tent. It has a kitchen, office and warehouse area. We did service in the parking lot sorting recyclables for the money they could bring to Food Rescue. The bags came from the mines and they let Food Rescue have the deposits.</div>
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Sister Krause is our oldest branch member. She is 78, just had a knee replacement and drove up until a few months ago. She lives alone with her two dogs, Whisper and Mishka. Her two daughters live near and look in on her.</div>
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We have loved Yellowknife. It is time to go home. We anticipate leaving on Tuesday, December 26, 2017. It should take us four days driving for eight hours each day to get home. Bad weather, bad road conditions, wrecks, and wild animals could change the plan. Also if it is crowded at the border or just takes a long time to get through US customs, we could be longer.</div>
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Hopefully we will be home on Friday, December 29, 2017. We have a new Stake President at home, he's been at it for three weeks. He said to call and he would like to meet us and release us. That sure sounds final. We will also be getting a new Bishop in our Ward the week we are home. The one we had is in the new Stake Presidency. We think we will be speaking in church on January 14. If you want to know for sure, reach out to our phones, emails, or Facebook. We have never seen comments on this blog. If you don't know these methods, use email elder.sisterbrown@gmail.com</div>
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We are thankful for Jesus Christ, our Savior. We celebrate the anniversary of His birth. We are thankful for a Heavenly Father who gave His only begotten Son to help all of us return to Him again. We are thankful for Joseph Smith who acted in faith and asked Heavenly Father which church to join. He found out that he shouldn't join any of them. Joseph Smith became instrumental in translating the ancient plates with help from God, to bring forth the Book of Mormon and in the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ in these latter days. </div>
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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a lovely year in 2018.</div>
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Every night little crystals fall out of the sky. If it wasn't cold, it would be dew. It just brushes away. It blows out of the trees if there is a wind. </div>
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This is a trail and it was cleared with a sweeper attachment machine. Sometimes they use a leaf blower. Most people just sweep with a broom.</div>
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We have loved going to the boat harbor. It is by the sailing club. We would watch the people coming and leaving. We watched newbies learning how to sail. It was a good place to fly radio controlled airplanes that land and take off from the lake surface. We watched over the weeks as people brought their boats into dry dock. We have seen people get out of their boats who looked like pirates. We have seen it in different stages of ice buildup. On Tuesday, we could tell that people had been driving on the ice. We walked out on it. And, please notice the sun. It is 10:30 am. The sun came up at 9:45 am. This is the way it is. The sun doesn't come up very high above the horizon. On Tuesday, the sun was up for 5 hours and 25 minutes. It stays on the horizon. When we drive home, south, this sun will be in our eyes for just less than 5 hours. We have our sunglasses ready so we won't be blinded. </div>
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This beautiful shop is a dentist office and a quilting supply fabric store. The fabric shop is a really good one. It is just through our parking lot. These two businesses decorated for Halloween also. They make such a fun community Christmas atmosphere. There will be lights on the main street and the government buildings. The community Christmas lights will come on December 15. We already did have the Santa Parade and we missed it because we were doing service.</div>
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This is the elementary school in our neighborhood. The playground is asphalt. There is also a basketball court The terrain in front of the school, behind that tree, is a giant rock. The playground area, not shown, is gravel. And all along the fence are grow boxes, that the children plant, take care of, and harvest. One day in the fall, 5 men crossed the street carrying a huge roll of something. They rolled it out and it was artificial turf. In the following days they brought in sand, poured it on the turf and brushed it in and off. They painted lines, brought in nets and then the children started to play on it. We don't know what game they are playing. It is hard to tell from the street because of the fence. Could be field hockey. When it snows the kids sweep it off with the brooms and play.</div>
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So we drove out on Yellowknife Bay. The people in the houseboats are driving out to their houseboats. Our car needs to be washed. It is just a little cold to get out the supplies. A person could have a good business if he opened a self-serve car wash.</div>
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Elder Brown and Isaac Rodriguez were keeping busy on P-Day. I was making bread and buns. Isaac came from Mexico City, to care for his brother-in-law, Pablo. Pablo had more surgery and Isaac is a good medical escort. Pablo lives in Norman Wells which is 600 Kilometers from here, by plane. We had taken Pablo to the airport to fly home. Isaac was waiting until later to get his plane. We really enjoyed both of these men. We got to know them so well, and we really may never see them again. Thank goodness for e-mail.</div>
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Elder Gorsky, Elder Sinco and us, attend district conference via Skype. We are hanging out in the Family History Library. We Skype with the rest of our district, to the Millwood Stake, which is in the southern suburbs of Edmonton. It is over 1,000 miles away from us. Yes,the Canada Edmonton mission headquarters is 1,000 miles south of us. When we get home to Draper, the Canada Edmonton mission headquarters will be 1,000 miles north of us. </div>
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There are lots of people who ride their bikes everywhere. I saw the cutest thing the other afternoon. There wasn't time to get a picture. But it will be good for you to imagine what it looked like. All the children in Yellow ride in jogging strollers that have covers over them. Many people transport their children in the strollers. At daycare places, there are a whole bunch of strollers parked outside. What I saw was a father riding his bicycle, steering with his right hand, and pulling a stroller to the side of his bike with his left hand. He was even riding on the road with packed down snow, and it was already dark. It looked so funny. </div>
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This is a short blog. We will be here a few more weeks, so I will send other blogs with more information. I have mixed feeling about our mission ending. In some ways, there is a natural break in things. In other ways, there is more we would like to do. We have talked and emailed the couple who is replacing us. They will be good for Yellowknife. The work of the Lord will go on. We love all of you. We will see a lot of you soon.</div>
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It has been such a long time since the last blog. We are keeping quite busy. We are having such wonderful experiences. We arrived in Yellowknife six months ago. In that time we have done a lot of things. We have participated in many festivals, Farmer's Markets, volunteer service, events and activities. We have met so many people. We meet people we know everywhere we go. If we haven't met them yet, it is time to get to know them. We will leave many friends when we leave, -- in 32 days.<br />
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So yesterday was Thanksgiving. We thought about getting a turkey. . .<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Every day we get snow. It is more like powdered sugar, just dusting everything. Sometimes it is like grains of salt. Whatever way we get it, there is no moisture in it and we just sweep it off the steps, the walks and the cars. The alley gets packed down with people driving on it. The main roads just get worn off. The city puts gravel down in intersections.</span></div>
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The roads are not too bad.</div>
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Then there was a day last week, November 14, 2017. It snowed all day. This time the snow looked like feathers falling out of the sky. We could blow it off. Big fluffy feathers. When it stopped we had 12 inches in the alley. The airport reported 9 1/2 inches and it was 0.11 inches of water. That is very dry snow.</div>
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We sorted one last time for the season. The other times this month we have re bagged flour, and made apple sauce.</div>
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This one sticks around the church and greets us when we come and go. Sister Brown talks to him and she must make him feel welcome.</div>
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The Status of Women, a government agency in Canada, had a project where they paired a senior woman with a new mother and they worked together in an art class.</div>
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The first class we worked with acrylics in a group of six. Each of us had part of a picture and worked independently on our little part.</div>
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This dog was an effort of two, making the mosaic with scrap colors from magazines.</div>
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Don't ask, but it was Sister Brown and a young mother holding her baby. It was fun.</div>
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Sister Brown made a linoleum carving of a trumpeter swan. Her partner Jesse, made a feather.</div>
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They printed a design on rice paper.</div>
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There will be an art show in March of all the art in three different art sessions. Sister Brown won't be there.<br />
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The auroras have been quiet. While the lakes in the Northwest Territories are freezing there is constant cloud and mist. Tonight we can see a moonlit sky, but it is not a good time for auroras. December 4th and 5th are supposed to be good nights. Yellowknife is setting record temperatures for cold temperatures. The day before yesterday was -20 degrees Fahrenheit. It got up to -15 degrees Fahrenheit. Days before were -10 to -15 degrees Fahrenheit. Currently, at 9 pm, the temperature is -8 degrees Fahrenheit. We said we would go to a cold place and we are there. We are keeping very warm. We do go out, we dress in layers. And today, sunrise was 9:18 AM and sunset was 3:29 PM. The sun remains low in the Southern horizon the whole time it is daylight.<br />
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And, what would we be doing in Salt Lake on the day after Thanksgiving? Why, we would be setting up our nativities. And that is exactly what we did today in Yellowknife. We brought three nativities with us when we came on our mission. We added 16 nativities by last Christmas. Unfortunately we have been unable to find a nativity in the Northwest Territories. But we have an idea of one we will add, probably after we get home.<br />
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Here are our newest nativities. You will be able to see them at our open house in December 2018.</div>
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There are many ideas on things you can do this Christmas to show your love for Jesus. It starts on December 1. Copy and paste the line below to see what is available.</div>
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We love all of you. We love our mission. We will be sad to see it end. We will be starting on our way home on December 26th, 32 days from now. Rumor tells us we will be speaking in church on January 14, 2018. There will be another blog before then so we will give all the particulars later. </div>
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This is the back of the building where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meet. Our parking space is right next to the building. </div>
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Hey, look! Elder Brown is home.</div>
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This staircase is right outside our door. These stairs go down.<br />
It goes up to most of the church rooms.<br />
We walk to church, it is not far, up these stairs.<br />
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The Relief Society Room has become so much more than Relief Society Room. I pointed out the wheelchair ramp, but I haven't shown you the elevator. Because there isn't one! We have two members who can't get up the stairs, and one is in a wheelchair. We use the Relief Society Room for Sacrament Meeting. It may not be every week, since they are both in their late 70's. The room is also used for Baptisms, and English Class.</div>
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Baptismal Font behind high doors. Other door is the Relief Society closet. It takes about 45 minutes to fill the font and 13 hours to heat the water. We have had two baptisms since we got here.</div>
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Going up to the rooms used by the Church of Jesus Cjhrist of Latter-day Saints, Yellowknife Branch, Edmonton Millwood Stake.</div>
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Top of the landing at second floor. Going to the left to offices and classrooms. The right goes in to the meeting room called the Assembly Hall.</div>
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View of the parking lot and house across the alley, from the balcony at the end of the Assembly Hall.</div>
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Front upstairs hall.</div>
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View from front upstairs hall.</div>
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Waiting area in front upstairs hall.</div>
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This used to be an apartment building and was changed into a church and businesses. The business part is unusual, but the space was big, and the businesses offset the cost of a big building with very people in the branch. This church is downtown, however there are houses around us, too.</div>
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West of our building is a residence business. The front part of the house is a business. The front and back yards have grow boxes full of flowers, herbs, and vegetables. Our neighbor is generous with her spoil, and she likes the things I bake.</div>
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On the east is a store, Fiddles and Sticks. They sell musical instruments. Two brothers own it and they live on the top floor. One of the families has two boys who will not speak to us at all. We were on the wheelchair ramp one day and he walked back through the parking lot, down the street, and came into the alley between two houses; just so he didn't have to talk to us. We are good friends and talk to the adults.</div>
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Now you know that we live in the church. It is a little strange. When we lived in Grande Prairie a lot of our driving was to the church. So, it saves on gas to live in the church. Nothing is very far. We do walk in the downtown. We are going in to new stores all the time. Living in Yellowknife is still an adventure.<br />
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I loved Woman's Conference and we are looking forward to Conference. We only have to walk upstairs. In Grande Prairie we were almost the only ones at the church watching conference on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Lots of people did come to the church and watch Conference on Sunday morning. We kind of expect the same thing here.<br />
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I'm excited to hear the talks and listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I am thankful for the Prophet. I know he won't be in the conference center this year, but President Monson will be attending from his home and I am thankful for him and pray for him and his children and grandchildren. But all the rest of the talks from the special witnesses of Jesus Christ will be awesome to hear. All of you enjoy them as well.<br />
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Sister Brown, Mom, Grandma, and Robyn<br />
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Yellowknife is amazing. There is such a wonderful culture here, with the First Nations, the mining culture, the Northwest Territory seat of government, the many and diverse artists, all the water, all the rocks, the long days, float planes and houses built on the water. There are many festivals, both in the summer and winter. This blog will try to show some.</div>
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Right after we got here was Victoria Day. We still didn't know our way around. We heard the name Somba Ke' e, but didn't know that it was the large park on the shore of Frame Lake, near the Legislative Building, the Museum, City Hall, and the RCMP Headquarters. It is actually 1 1/2 blocks from our house. That is where it happens. Anyway, we missed Victoria Day celebrating.</div>
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Our first experience was walking out of our alley onto Franklin Ave. and joining a street festival for Solstice. It was in the winding down stages. There were food vendors and craftsmen.</div>
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This is looking at Yellowknife from the other side of Frame Lake. The sun had set, but it was still lighting up the tops of the buildings.</div>
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The next day was <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Aboriginal Day</b></span>. It was such a fun day. We got to Somba Ke'e early. </div>
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At 8:24 a.m. there were hundreds of people dancing in Yellowknife. At the same time there were hundreds of people dancing in eight other locations of the territories.</div>
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She got all ready and had to wait while we gathered other residents. She was dressed warmly for the outing. The temperature at that time was 60 F.</div>
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The day started with a parade on Franklin. It was so easy to get there. We don't have to drive and had a great spot to watch right at the end of our alley.</div>
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Convertibles in Yellowknife, but I'm not showing all of them.</div>
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That is some of the stuff that has been happening this summer so far. There is always something. The museum has neat things. There was a demonstration of sewing with fish scales for three days. Another time there were First Nation teaching how to make tools out of stones. And there is a cool Farmer's Market. That is for another Blog. </div>
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We live close to Somba Ke'e and walk over there and mill around. People talk to us and ask us questions. We had one just Tuesday. He says, "Well you see, uh, I uh... The short story. I was a member of the Mormon Church until I was 18. My Mom is going to be coming to Yellowknife and she will want to go to church. Is there a Mormon Church here?" We had a fun time talking to him and answering his question. "Yes, there is a Mormon Church in Yellowknife." We love serving our mission in Yellowknife. It is a great place to live, and a great place to visit. It is a definite destination for tourists. They come for the long days in the summer and the festivals. They come in the winter for the aurora borealis and the festivals. We love meeting some of them at church.There are a few things we won't see that happen from January to April, but it is OK. Maybe we will come for a visit someday. Our mission is over at the end of the year. We entered the MTC on July 4, 2016 and 18 months is over on January 4, 2018. We have a lot to do before we go home. And there are more blogs to write. Until then.</div>
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The Yellowknife Golf Club is unique. It started as a 9-hole in June 1948. Before artificial turf, the greens were oiled. And the first clubhouse was a crashed DC-3 fuselage. It was in the era before a highway north was only a dream. One can golf late at night and early in the morning. On the weekend before the Solstice, June 16, 17, & 18; golf tournament games were played around the clock. Serious golfers, who visit Yellowknife, bring their golf clubs. Of course if you live in Yellowknife, (like we do) and you didn't bring your golf clubs, you rent clubs and play 9 or 18 holes. Elder Brown took a couple of hours on P-day to play 9 holes and I went along for the walk and to take pictures. (This club does have electric carts, but we always walk to golf. It is good exercise.)</div>
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When you rent the clubs, you are also getting a patch of artificial turf to play your ball. If you bring your own clubs, the golf club will rent you a patch of artificial turf.</div>
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Pick your ball. Yellow balls are the preferred color.</div>
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The first green. There is a grass skirt around the green made of real grass.</div>
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This is an inukshuk at the course. It is the only one we have seen made of anything but rock.</div>
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The Inuit's would build inukshuk (in-ook-shook) to mark the correct path,or to lead others to a cache of food.</div>
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It has been too long since I posted a blog. I am going to try to
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Love, Sister Brown, Grandma, Mom and Robyn<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is nothing unusual about Yellowknife, except it is built on a rock. Oh, and it has a thriving downtown with lots of tall buildings. (Grande Prairie had one tall building.) </div>
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This says it is the hottest Nightclub in Yellowknife. </div>
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This subdivision is on the edge of town and shows some of the lakes and ponds just surrounding it. You can also see the large outcroppings of rocks.</div>
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There are people from many parts of the world here. We have met people living and working here from Trinidad, Viet Nam, Philippines, South Africa, Mexico, England, Scotland, United States, France, Germany, Greece... There are 11 dialects of First Nations also spoken here.</div>
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Yellowknife has a blend of life embracing modern, frontier, vibrant arts, history, language, exotic. Food in Yellowknife is not plain, normal, or bland. Year round Festivals showcase the diversity of this place. Winter and summer sports thrive. </div>
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Even something like golf is not done in the normal way. </div>
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There is not much natural grass at the 18 hole golf course. There is a layer of sand on this rock. The greens are astroturf. You rent an astroturf mat to use to play your ball as you golf. </div>
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Don't know where the prefabricated or manufactured homes are made, but there are lots of them. Notice the rock statue? It is an Inukshuk. They are very popular in Northern Canada. Inuk means human being. A way for humans to communicate where there was safe passage, cached food, good hunting, way home, or other messages. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SFStpNhEe2o/WUiR2Fq_OzI/AAAAAAAABew/BMBGgR5IvKg8aEaGdulDVM-SMbOyM6VzgCEwYBhgL/s1600/DSCN0995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SFStpNhEe2o/WUiR2Fq_OzI/AAAAAAAABew/BMBGgR5IvKg8aEaGdulDVM-SMbOyM6VzgCEwYBhgL/s320/DSCN0995.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
Rocks are incorporated into landscape and structure.<br />
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Really can't build at the water edge. Niven Lake is a boggy lake with permafrost that is normally found in the tundra.<br />
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This is a Habitat for Humanity Project. The home is built on a frame.<br />
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Attended the first Farmer's Market of the season. We got there early and left early. They don't sell products from farms. The local restaurants set up booths. There were entertainers. Actually, there aren't farms here. There is no grazing land or farm land, or livestock of any kind. There are some community garden spots with grow boxes. All the produce is flown in. That would account for $6.99 a pound for cauliflower and $1.79 for one ear of corn. "Toto, we aren't in Kansas anymore." But we can fish, or get fresh fish from the store, or buy fresher fish from one of the commercial fisherman.</div>
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There is everything unusual and special about Yellowknife. It is such a unique place. There is a lot to do. Today is the longest day of sunshine of the year, the summer solstice. The sun will be up for 19 hours, 59 minutes, and 14 seconds. It will be light for the other 4 hours. We have good blackout curtains so we can get some sleep. But, not tonight. We have to experience all of this, eh? Bruce was made the Branch President two weeks ago. He is keeping busy. We really want to help this branch grow and there are a lot of people we are trying to bring back. Living in a small place, and everyone knows each other, can be a Hatfield and McCoys environment. We love these people. And, Heavenly Father loves these people. They are all so special. We have a convert baptism this Saturday. He has lots of friends and there will be lots of support. People are flying in. Sunday we will have a Linger Longer (potluck) after the block. Looking forward to a great weekend. </div>
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Love, Sister Brown, Grandma, Mom and Robyn</div>
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This is a screen shot of our mission from the LDS Church sight. We are being told that our branch takes in the North Pole. The dot with the cross is Yellowknife. The place that is marked Wetaskiwin is one of the wards in the Millwood Stake. Yellowknife is in the Millwood Stake. There is a lot of space between the two. Yellowknife branch borders Grande Prairie Stake which goes to Hay River. In order for Grande Prairie Stake to service Yellowknife branch, they would have to fly south to Edmonton and then fly north to Yellowknife. Millwood is the closest stake to the Edmonton airport and that is why Yellowknife is in Millwood stake.<br />
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Yellowknife is an amazing place. Yellowknife is on the north edge of the Great Slave Lake. Great Slave is the 9th largest lake in the world. It is also the deepest lake in the world, at 2,014 ft. (614 m.) It has been inhabited by First Nation people for 5,000 years. The name Yellowknife comes from the tribe of people that was living when Europeans came here. The tribe made their knifes from the copper found in the area. The name "Slave" derives from "Slavey" - a word sometimes applied to a major group of Dene people indigenous to the region. </div>
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On P-day, June 6, we went to Old Town, less than a mile from our apartment and walked up to the top of Bush Pilot Monument. It honors all the bush pilots who mapped and serviced the Northern Canada Territories. It gives a view of the area from a peninsula and an island.</div>
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This picture is looking towards the downtown of Yellowknife.<br />
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You can clearly see Yellowknife is built on rocky ground, the Canadian shield.</div>
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This huge rock is in a residential yard.<br />
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Rock cliff downtown parking lot.</div>
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These are apartments on the other side of Back Bay.</div>
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This is the Giant gold mine on the other side of Back Bay, north of Yellowknife, that closed in 2004.</div>
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Looking at Old Town across Back Bay from Giant Mine.</div>
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An old tank and something on sled runners.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">This is the Sailing club just down from the old Giant mine.</span></div>
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This is a boat house on the other side of Back Bay.<br />
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Look beyond those houses into Great Slave Lake past the Yellowknife Bay. That is ice and it is the sixth of June. Below is a close up. They say the ice will be gone the end of June, maybe the first part of July.</div>
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We watched a guy push his little barge of wood over to Jaliffe Island.</div>
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This is the other side of the Narrows entering Back Bay.<br />
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Can you see that narrow strip of water that is the Narrows? On the other side of the Narrows is Latham Island. It was the Dene Village. Where we are standing is Old Town where Yellowknife originally resided.</div>
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The oldest, longest running restaurant, Wildcat Cafe.</div>
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Across the street from the Wildcat, on Back Bay, a residence.</div>
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Oldest store and yes, it is still open for business.</div>
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The store and the little house.</div>
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Park with art and sculpture in Old Town.</div>
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Since Yellowknife is the only municipality of any size, it is the capitol of Northwest Territories.</div>
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There will be more about Yellowknife coming. I think with all the pictures the blog may be to big for some people to receive. Everything we have seen so far we have loved. Nothing is out of town. We thought Grande Prairie was far from everything. Yellowknife is very far. We are as far from Edmonton as Edmonton is far from Salt Lake City, Utah, our home. We are twice as far as we ever thought we would be on this mission.<br />
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We know we are where Heavenly Father wants us to be. This is a small branch. We already love the people and feel so welcomed by them. The Stake President flew up here Saturday night and reorganized the Branch Presidency. Elder Brown is the new Branch President and he doesn't have counselors. He has a Branch clerk, and the Elder's Quorum President will be helping out. There are not enough people to go around. We have five active families and two single sisters. We have about 20 people at church, counting us and the Elders.<br />
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We love all of you. It would be nice to hear from any of you once in awhile. We are excited for the young men and women who will be leaving on their missions very soon. We would like to be included in the e-mail they send home and gets sent to friends and relatives. I haven't figured out a way to read the comments to this blog, so don't write a comment here. You can reach us by email - elder.sisterbrown@gmail.com. There are other ways and you can contact us any way that works for you. We read them all. We love, love, love and miss all of you.<br />
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Sister Brown, Mom, Grandma, and Robyn<br />
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On May 17, 2017, Elder Brown and I packed our car and headed toward Yellowknife. We crossed over the Peace River through the Dunvegan Valley, on a pretty impressive bridge.</div>
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Boxcars are not in use by the railroads anymore. Many of the Northern Alberta Railroad boxcars are used at campgrounds and museums around Alberta.</div>
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Many of the farmers in the Northern Peace Country didn't get their canola harvested. It is still in the fields. It isn't any good and will put them behind in planting. It is too wet and boggy to get it out of the field even now.<br />
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The next day, Thursday, May 18, we crossed the 60th Parallel into the Northwest Territories. It is even less populated than the Peace Country of Northern Alberta. This was a fun information center.<br />
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And there was still deep snow along the river banks.<br />
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This is Alexandra Falls, the first and tallest we came to on the Hay River.<br />
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One would wonder why, but we saw people who ignored these signs and ventured out on ledges to take selfies with waterfalls.</div>
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Louise Falls is quite unique. It is spilling in three different areas.<br />
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This waterfall is falling into the Hay River just above Louise Falls.</div>
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The area in the background had a fire at one time. It is not the only remnant of forest fire we saw.<br />
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We had beautiful traveling weather. It had rained fairly recently. The sky is big even in the reflection.</div>
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New trees are growing. The landscape has changed dramatically from the Boreal forests around Grande Prairie. And there is no farming done here.</div>
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This part of Canada is part of the Canadian Shield, a huge area of rock that extends through part of the territories of Canada and the Eastern provinces of Canada.</div>
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Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park in North America. It protects the wood buffalo which is the largest land mammal in North America. The buffalo looks a little different and is 10 - 15% heavier than the plains buffalo. The park protects whooping cranes. The park is also the world's largest dark sky preserve.</div>
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This lovely little flower was blooming at the top of the crater.</div>
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There are tiny little pine trees growing here. It is hard to see them.</div>
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We came into Hay River which is at the south end of Great Slave Lake. Yellowknife is 200 miles north as the crow flies.<br />
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The capital of NWT is Yellowknife, at the top of the map. Hay River is at the bottom of the map. The road goes up and around. There is a bridge in the narrow part to cross over. Until that bridge, traffic drove on an ice road in the winter. In the summer the vehicles were ferried. In the spring and fall no one travelled between Yellowknife and anything south because of the thin ice and ice chunks.<br />
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These buildings were part of the trading post,shops, restaurant, and hotel. Obviously not in use anymore.<br />
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Hay River is 193 miles north of high Level. It takes a little more than 3 hours to drive. Hay River is in the High Level Branch. We don't know of any members living in Hay River. </div>
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We stayed in Hay River the 2nd night and started out early. The sunrise that morning was 4:27 am. It had been light since 2:58 am. <i>"We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto."</i></div>
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There were day use areas along the way where we could see the Great Slave Lake. It seems like we are looking at the ocean.<br />
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We didn't see buffalo in the park, but these two were briskly strolling down the side of the highway on our way to Yellowknife.<br />
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There must be a reason that the road is green.<br />
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From the Junction of Enterprise to the Highway 3 junction going to Yellowknife is 65 miles. We passed 21 vehicles going the other way. Nobody passed us going our way. From the time we got on Highway 3 to Yellowknife was 210 miles. We saw 139 vehicles, 3 cars passed us.<br />
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We had a nice trip from Grande Prairie to Yellowknife. We didn't push it. We stopped along the way to view Canada. It is a long way between things. We did things to keep it from getting boring. We would see things in the distance and wonder what kind of animal it was. It usually was a rock, a shrub or mound of dirt. We did see a pair of foxes, several rabbits, some deer and two porcupines. We saw ducks, loons, red wing blackbirds, hawks, ravens, barn swallows, sandpipers and a few geese. There are no signs to play ABC, and no license plates different than the province or territory you are in. It is not surprising that Canadians don't come north very often. They go south. They have family there, plus there are towns and sights along the way. They should give it a try. The roads were in much better shape than Highway 43 going south, except for the last stretch into Yellowknife. We admire the modern pioneers who live in out of the way places. High Level is a big lumber industry. Hay River has shipping, fishing and tourism. Yellowknife has diamond mining, the arts, tourism. They are unique places with special people. We have a lot to explore, and we are going to like it here.<br />
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Love, Sister Brown, Mom, Grandma, and Robyn<br />
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Bear Creek. Neighborhood walkway. Just eating a snack.</div>
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View of our neighbor, Canfor Lumber Mill, across the street. Seen from the 4th floor of our apartment building.</div>
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These YSA braved our last FHE which was still on the cool side. We played kick-the-can in the park next to the church. </div>
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We will miss all our Young Single Adults. We love them. We are proud of their accomplishments. They are working on good things, going to school, in good jobs. They are so kind to each other and to newcomers. They make everyone feel welcome. They made us feel welcome. We studied, played, even danced with them. Many have moved on, to places where they can continue their advancement. Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Southern Alberta, and British Columbia are lucky to have them. That's what Young Single Adults do, they move on. To school, missions, work and marriage.</div>
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Jen and Jolyn visited us for Statues at Grande Prairie Regional College<br />
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We love the brickwork in this building.<br />
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Places around the County of Grande Prairie is a summer nesting ground for Trumpeter Swans. We came across this group in a large flooded field. They have migrated north and the lake they usually inhabit was covered in ice. They have moved to the lake at this date.<br />
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These birds are Arctic Tern. They are migrating north. The Tern fly to Antarctica for our winter, then return to the Arctic for our summer. This bird always lives in sunlight, spending their lives in the summer at each pole.<br />
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Again as we leave and drive further north, we are unsure of what we will be doing on our mission. We are happy to serve and we do know that this is where Heavenly Father wants us to be for the rest of our mission. We will be serving the Yellowknife Branch. In all the places we have ever lived, we have never been in a branch before. We have lived in really small wards, but this will be the first branch. We have been told that there are 59 people in the branch. Average attendance is between 10 and 20. Winter is better for attendance because people who live out of town can drive in on ice roads. In the summer they can't travel because of all the lakes and rivers. Canada doesn't really have very many roads. The ones they do have are also not that good. But we are thankful there are roads. It hasn't been that long since they built a bridge over the Mackenzie River. During winter it was crossed on an ice road. During summer it was crossed by ferry. In spring and fall people couldn't get to Yellowknife because of the ice flows in the Mackenzie. So, please stay tuned....</div>
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There are four major areas of the economy. Agriculture, Energy, Forestry and Commerce.<br />
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There are huge differences with jobs in Grande Prairie. Right after Christmas, the ground is frozen and the temperatures are cold. The forestry and energy industries come alive. People go to work in the oil patch and the goal is 100 straight days. They work 12 hour days, not counting the commute. Most of the workers just stay in a camp. When the weather gets warmer and the ground starts to thaw, work comes to an almost halt. They still work, but have to be more creative until the ground dries.<br />
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The logging industry hauls logs to the mills around the clock every day, even Christmas.<br />
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We live next to a privately owned logging road and they were moving in logs as fast as they could. When the ground thawed, they stopped.<br />
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This is next to our apartment. The private logging road is 200 miles long. The road enters the saw mill in 500 meters.<br />
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Close up of that truck. All trucks have three trailers.<br />
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The lumber mill across the street from us has huge piles of logs.<br />
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This is across the street from our apartment. It is a large lumber mill that makes 2 x 4's. You can see Grand Prairie's only tall building in the background. There is no way I can photo how big this place is. There are acres and acres of these logs. I took these pictures today, 4.26.2017<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I went to the 14th floor of our tallest building in town. The first picture shows the main road into town. The other picture is towards our house. Both of them show Muskoseepi Park in the foreground. The park is huge and goes through the center of town. There are three places to cross. This is the middle crossing. the other crossings are on both ends of the park.</span><br />
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The oil and gas, and the lumbering industries have come to a halt. Most of the range and township roads outside of town are closed to traffic because of the deep and slippery mud. If you live on one of those roads, traveling can be challenging. All Canadians seem to have high gum boots.<br />
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We have been unable to get a picture of the range roads. The picture on the left is a parking lot and is not fully being used. Depending on the day it takes tractors to haul them out. The picture on the right shows a temporary wooden path that is put down if some equipment absolutely has to be moved. It is time consuming and laborious. It is used as last resort and only if weather changed and they got caught short of their plan. This is in town at a construction sight.<br />
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Agriculture has its problems. Grande Prairie had the first snowstorm in 2016 on October 8. Many of the farmers didn't have their crops out of the field. Main crops are hay and canola. Our friend just barely got his hay in before the snow. After the snowstorm, the ground was too wet and soggy to get the equipment in to recover crops still in the field. The neighbor of our friend had fields of cut canola. He was able to bring his crop in, in small batches and rented huge dryers. It was a major cost, but he didn't lose his crop and total investment. Other farmers were not so lucky. Either the fields didn't have good access or the canola hadn't been cut. And now it will delay them putting in crops this spring. There is a shorter growing season in Northern Alberta, but there are long hours of daylight to compensate. With our move farther north, we won't get to see how they prepare and plant. Our ward members expect the ground to be dry enough to work on their gardens by the end of May.<br />
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Had to show a section of a road full of chuck holes. They are on <u>every</u> road in Grand Prairie. The Canadians say there are two seasons in Canada, <b>Winter and Road Construction.</b> But we happen to know there are three seasons in Canada, <b>Winter, Summer and Mud. </b>Everybody who gets snow has road construction.<br />
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Some problems working in the patch. Lots of times a dad or a son will be working in the patch for a year at a time. Their families live in Southern Alberta and this is where their work is. It might be impossible to go home except for Christmas. If the place is closer, they might get home for a weekend every month. There are a few who get home more often. Women also work in the patch. We don't know any, but we do have two YSA women who drive trucks for them. There is need of hauling lots of liquid either into the patch or away from the patch. One of our YSA does that. The other drives a gravel truck. Some of the YSA men are welder's assistants. There are lots of pipes and structures that need to be welded. The mission leader is a welder. He drives home most nights, but he puts in his 12 hours and travels the distance.<br />
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The other times families are apart are when one or the other parent is getting more schooling. In order to move up in your job, you must get another certificate. It means you will be in school. Most of the time people in Grande Prairie can get the required training in Edmonton which means they can be home on weekends. Sometimes the schooling is in Calgary or Lethbridge. Then they don't come home as often. Very rarely they have to go to another province. One of our YSA is a volunteer fireman. He is now in training to step up and be in a permanent fire hall. He had to get his advanced training in British Columbia.<br />
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And the final reason families are apart is for an illness, or surgery. Major surgeries are done in Edmonton. After a few weeks recovering there, they are sent back to Grande Prairie and complete recovery here. Sometimes they are home and sometimes they are in the hospital here.<br />
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We made a recent trip to Edmonton to go to the Temple before we head up to Yellowknife. Oh, wait!! I haven't told you that we are being transferred to Yellowknife. It is in the Northwest Territories and is the capital city. We have to drive 725 miles farther north to get there. It will take about 13 hours. We have been busy wrapping up loose ends here, and that's why I am late with this blog. We had a zone conference the end of March and President said we are needed in Yellowknife. Thank goodness we got more than one day notice that the Elders and Sisters get. Anyway we went to Edmonton. We also went to Muttart Conservatory, the West Edmonton Mall (WEM) the largest mall in North America, and the Temple.<br />
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Edmonton Temple is a micro temple.<br />
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This is going through downtown Edmonton. I'm glad Elder Brown drives, I navigate. Neither one of us is fond of Edmonton. There are too many things to watch out for.</div>
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These are from some of the pyramid greenhouse rooms at the conservatory. All of it inside. The grounds will be pretty some day, but not one thing is in bloom or has buds.<br />
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There are 800 stores, a shooting range, miniature golf course, many restaurants and 3 or 4 food courts. The water park was larger than we have ever seen before and was totally inside. It had a wave pool, lazy river, huge slides for all ages, surfing area, zip line, shallow, deep, plus more. We couldn't get good pictures through the viewing glass. We opted for this car that some lucky person may win. We got 16,000 steps walking walking around the WEM.</div>
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This is the ski resort in Edmonton. It is in town, closer than WEM and the Temple. It's not very big, there are subdivisions all around it. This Freeway goes right by it. They are closed now, but it still has man-made snow. You can probably tell the runs aren't very long but a part of the hill has a steep section.</div>
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No leaves on any of the trees in the boreal forests on the way home. These are in contrast to the pictures I showed in one of our first blogs.<br />
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I took a picture of this same sight on the way coming to Grande Prairie. It sure looks different now.</div>
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There are many of these bridges in Canada. This is on the way home.</div>
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This is our parking lot when it started to thaw. The big puddle is where our parking space is.<br />
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There was gravel down during the worst of the ice. They are starting to sweep the gravel up. They got half way finished. The driveway was thick with the gravel because snow kept covering it and they would bring more. They didn't do it all winter, but I guess some tenants complained.<br />
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The YSA loves to play card games. They also like to bring their controllers and play video games.<br />
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This is how the younger kids leave their things on activity night. They don't do this at home. Everyone removes their shoes in homes in Canada and they have nice places to put everything.</div>
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This is earth day. Look at these nice flowers This is the day before Earth Day in our old<br />
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Same day, Grande Prairie. Not a bud or any sign of Spring.</div>
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I suppose that it is spring in Canada. It just doesn't look like anything we are used to. We have had lots of snow lately. Six out of ten days it snowed all day, but didn't put down very much. It is called Spring snow. Again, not familiar. Spring snow in Utah has daffodils peaking through. We will miss Grande Prairie. We have gotten used to it. We have made friends here. Some of them are the kind that will last forever. And some will be a good memory. We have loved getting to know so many missionaries. Because there are two wards here, there are two companionship's of missionaries. We have also had Tagalog language missionaries to teach the Filipino people. There is one set of elders in Yellowknife. We will probably get to know them even better because we will have more contact and rely on each other more.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">This was shared with us by our Mission President's wife in April newsletter. I like it. It works for any age.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">"The people we surround
ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us to
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">We finally have neighbors after 8 months. One young couple are from Kenya and have a 6 month old baby girl. The other couple has an 18 month old boy and are from Pakistan. We give them cookies and they have invited us in. Both men have good jobs here and the mothers stay home with their babies. They all speak English.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">We love Canada, we love the people. Canadians are calm, peaceful, laid back. They protect their privacy. They love hockey passionately. They love their Canadian football league. But the day of the Gray Cup, equivalent to the Superbowl, the stands were empty. It seems Canadians like to watch from the privacy of their family rooms, where it is warm, the announcer will tell them everything, they can see it all close up, with instant reruns, and scream and yell to their hearts content. And eat cheaper food than at the stadium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Of course, the Superbowl was also viewed that way. Distance was a factor. And Canadians had a few ways they could watch. There were three English-language channels and one French-language broadcast. If they watched any of the English broadcasts on CTV, they would get Canadian substitute advertising. So to get the American ads, they could watch Fox Cable TV, or some people could stream, but it would only be CTV. Then there are those who record and watch it later. The lives of Canadians in northern Alberta are complicated and our next blog will be about them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Our weather is improving. The first week in February was back in the deep freeze. We had temperatures at -27 F feels like -42. Two weeks later we were above freezing, 37F in the day and things melted. But, it froze at night, and then we were slipping around on sheets of ice. The last week of February was single digits. We went to Jasper National Park. Being a little farther south, it was a little warmer. It was a long P-day. We brought our snow shoes to Canada with us so we could use them. Alas, this has been an unusual winter in the Peace Country. We haven't had much snow. The area usually gets most of the snow after Christmas. We could see that is not going to happen this year. We decided to go to Jasper National Park and snowshoe there, now. We won't be here after Christmas in 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">We ate lunch in Grande Cache at the Ridge. The meals are always good. Going out of Grande Cache the lake is frozen, (everything is frozen) and we saw all the little fishing shacks on the lake. We fought a kind of icy road on the way down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">We got to Jasper in the early afternoon. We entered the park and had about an hour drive to the town of Jasper. There isn't much snow here. The mountains are amazing. There will be snow as we travel back into the mountains.</span></div>
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It looks like someone cut the mountain off at the pass.<br />
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The wind was blowing the snow on the ice. It looks like open water, but it wasn't.<br />
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All these mountains were formed <i>"recently"</i> because they are angular and sharp and haven't had time to wear down into smooth edges.<br />
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This train was on a side track. We saw it come into town while we were there. But a freight train came in before it.</div>
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This is snow blowing around this mountain.</div>
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There is a precipice of snow. A closer shot is below.<br />
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That is a jagged edge at the top of this mountain ridge. The wind was really blowing hard.</div>
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The mountains have so much character which shows up well with the snow making a contrast.<br />
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It was also so fun to see wildlife on the way to Jasper. We saw two bald eagles between Grande Cache and The turnoff to Jasper NP.</div>
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We saw Rocky Mountain sheep that we didn't anticipate seeing. We saw them in three different groups along about 40 miles.</div>
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When we got into Jasper we drove around the few streets and went into a huge apartment complex. There were about 20 groups of apartments. Each group had a huge parking area for bikes. Except for tourists people ride bikes or walk.</div>
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The train yard was a popular place. These elk just moved aside to accommodate two freight trains, an oil train and a large passenger train. Nothing phased them.</div>
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This is a restored Lutheran church building in Jasper.</div>
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There were mule deer grazing right by the highway a little way out of town. We saw four white tail deer on the hillside among trees, but they were impossible to get a picture that you could really see them.</div>
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We met to locals in the parking lot and they pointed us to a great trail that went through the woods to Moose Lake and then looped back by the larger Lake Maligne. It was 3 K (2 miles) and didn't have a huge ascent. We had a great hike in the woods. We were all alone with just the trees making noise as they blew. When we to Moose Lake, we contemplated walking on the lake to the other side. We decided not to. It was probably thick enough ice, but no one was around in case we got into trouble.<br />
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When we got back to the parking lot we met a couple from the train yesterday. They had rented a car and driven to Maligne Lake. They asked us where they should go to see some of the sights. They were from Wales and were not prepared to hike. We directed them to the lake. They went for a short look, then followed us back to town, about an hour drive.<br />
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We went to a great place for dinner, on the second floor of a building overlooking the edge of town and had a great view. Our waitress was one of the locals who had showed us where the trail started. We had a great visit about the day and about Jasper.<br />
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The sun had gone down when we were through eating. It was cloudy but there was a break in the clouds. We drove out of town where we would be in darkness and waited for it to be dark enough to see the night sky. Jasper is an area of night sky preserve. We were not disappointed. We saw a very clear picture of stars and milky way in part of the sky. It was awe inspiring. Neither one of us has seen such a sky in a long time. The only problem in sticking around to see the sky, was traveling very dark roads for an hour back to Hinton. We've been there done that with animals running into our car in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. We were nervous but fine. We were watched over by a loving Heavenly Father and made it back with car and passengers all in one piece.<br />
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Our trip was such a nice one. We saw the sheep, elk and deer. We saw one coyote, and a squirrel, but no caribou, or moose. Even on our ride back to Grande Prairie through Grande Cache, we didn't see any caribou. There are a few other places in Canada we might see caribou. We saw lots of enjoyable, beautiful scenery. We are so glad we got on this little get-away. This is such a beautiful earth that's been created for us. We felt at peace. We felt loved by a Heavenly Father who knows who we are, and cares about us. He is aware of the things that make us happy. We love our Heavenly Father very much. Bruce and I love each other very much. As we serve this mission, serve our brothers and sisters in Canada, and help to continue the missionary work of our Father's great plan, I grow fonder, closer and more in love with Bruce every day. This has been a good way, at least for me, to adjust to retirement. We love our children and grandchildren. We are both glad we get to talk to them and keep up with their activities.<br />
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We appreciate all our many blessings and love all of you.<br />
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Robyn, Mom, Grandma, and sister Brown<br />
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Edmonton to a mission conference. It was supposed to happen in November and
Elder C. Scott Grow was the visiting general authority. We were leaving at 7:15
am to give two of the Sisters a ride to Edmonton, early, so they could meet with
the President before the conference. President Pattison called us at 6:45 to
tell us the conference would be postponed. Elder Grow had pneumonia and was
unable to get there. The conference took place a couple of weeks ago. Elder
Larry J. Echo Hawk and his wife were the mission tour visitors. This time we
went down a day before the conference. This was our second trip to Edmonton.
The first time we went down for the Christmas Mission Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">We left at 7:45 am. By
8:30 we were at Crooked Creek. It is a country store run by the Mennonites.
They make fantastic donuts. We stopped to buy fresh donuts to take to the
Appletons, our billet hosts for the conference. As we were travelling east we
were able to watch the sun through the trees peeping over the horizon. It was
beautiful. During the almost five hour trip to Edmonton we drive through one
city, Whitecourt, and pass by a few smaller villages and hamlets. The rest of
the drive is through forests, over rivers and some agriculture acreage. When we
first came to Canada the acreage was a sea of bright yellow blossoms of canola.
Different perspective now, and beautiful in a different way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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something to do, we watched the trucks hauling their huge cargo. We wondered
where it was going and what it was going to do and in some cases, "What is
that!!" Most of the trucks are logging trucks and oil tankers. One of the
ways the Chamber of Commerce of Grande Prairie keeps track of growth in the
area is by the number of oversize load permits allocated. When they say
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get many of the big things we saw. Sometimes we were driving on the inside
shoulder to pass. This looks like a freeway, but it isn't. There is cross
traffic on these roads. We didn't see any wildlife on the trip either way. I
always pray for safety and my prayers are answered. Wildlife doesn't make it
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center. Edmonton gets the fairyland effect the same as Grande Prairie. They
also have the big piles of dirty snow. The piles don't melt. Some shopping
centers have the snow hauled away by dump truck. We went to a few stores.
Fabricland in Edmonton is a bigger store than Grande Prairie, but was a
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can't get in Grande Prairie and then went to the stake center where the Senior
Missionary couples in the Edmonton Mission were going to have dinner with Elder
and Sister Echo Hawk. All the couples were there, but the building was locked.
Never fear. Everything came together soon. It was fun to see the other
missionary couples and meet two new. The McCollums will replace the Rhotons in
Lloydminster and are being trained. The Kerrs are replacing the Salters in the
office and are being trained. The Echo Hawks are wonderful people and we had a
nice evening with them. The Appletons were at the dinner since Brother Appleton
is the second counselor of the Edmonton Mission Presidency. After the dinner we
went to their home which isn't far away. We stayed with them. They have four
children, the oldest 16. They liked the donuts we brought. We had a nice big
basement all to ourselves. Sister Appleton showed us around and they have some
unique spaces. One of the rooms used to have a boxing ring, complete with
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conference starting at 8:30 am. It was a great day. It is fun seeing some of
the Elders and Sisters we have served with. Because of the size the conference
takes place in two groups in two days. We were with the first day. We learned
many good things. Other speakers were the Pattisons, and four missionaries.
Every missionary came prepared with a five minute talk to share if they were
called on. One Elder talked about things he learned from his high school
wrestling coach. "Discipline wins titles." He talked about his desire
to learn tricks and advanced skills as he practiced and got older. But his
coach just taught discipline wins titles. They practiced the basics over and
over and over. They became very good at the basics. And, they won titles. Even
Olympic wrestlers win if they know and concentrate on the basics and execute
them with exactness. So his talk was about keeping to the basics of the gospel.
There is no need to get fancy and learn fluff. The foundation of the Book of
Mormon, Jesus Christ is the cornerstone, the Priesthood keys being restored to
the earth, learning the plan of happiness, God is our Heavenly Father and loves
us, and wants us to return to Him. We can find out for ourselves through
personal revelation if this is true. These are the basics.</span></div>
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about our missionary efforts to find people ready to hear and accept the
gospel. We do not convert them, we teach them. The Spirit of the Holy Ghost converts
them. No one will be converted without their own, personal, true, and real
experience with God. Gaining a testimony is not intellectual, or logical. It is
spiritual. Conversion is not a onetime event, but a lifetime process. If we
fall, the Savior will pick us up. As missionaries our greatest resource is the
Book of Mormon, combined with the Spirit. We are the instrument and the Savior
does the work. We need to give everything we have and the Lord will make up the
difference. People are converted to the Lord. <i>For behold, this is my
work, and my glory to bring to pass --the immortality and eternal life of man.
Moses 1:39 </i>The whole conference was amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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general authority in the 1st Quorum of the 70. He and his wife are converts.
They were both living in Albuquerque when they converted. They met in the 4th
grade, and became friends later after they had both been converted. They have
had some amazing opportunities. Elder Echo Hawk is Native American from the
Pawnee Nation. He was a lawyer; He was elected attorney general of Idaho in
1990, the first American Indian in U.S. history elected as a state attorney
general. He served in political positions in Idaho. He was teaching at the BYU
law school. At the time he was called as a Seventy, he was serving as assistant
secretary for Indian affairs for the U.S. Department of the Interior. He has
also been a Bishop, Stake President, plus other service in the Church. Sister
Echo Hawk bore a strong testimony. She told a bit about their family. She said
their six children are all brown, have brown eyes and black hair. One of the
daughters had a friend who was politely asking questions, when the daughter
said, "Do you want to know where my brownness comes from?" The
children are proud of their heritage. They were an amazing couple. We learned
something that is very important to them. They don't think anyone should stand
around and visit in the chapel. They believe worshippers should sit quietly and
enjoy prelude music, and then do their short visiting in the hall outside the
chapel. Our meetings in the chapel were very reverent and the Spirit was
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The carvers competing
were from other countries. The Canadian team was from Vancouver BC. Each team
had the same amount of ice. A block of ice weighed 130 kg, 286 lbs. Carving ice
comes from Ice Culture in Hensall, Ontario. Carving ice is made from a special
process freezing from the bottom up so it is perfectly clear. We stayed a
while. We talked to some of the carvers, a blacksmith and people from Jasper
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and cold at the Ice on Whyte, we made our way back to the Appletons. We left
about 9 the next morning. We took the express that goes around metropolitan
Edmonton and headed off through the countryside, eventually coming back to
highway 43 and home. There were lots of greenhouses and nurseries out in the
country. One truck we saw on the way home was very unique, it drives on the
shoulder and stops at each sign and washes it. I couldn't get my camera out
fast enough. A funny truck, but very needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Missionary conferences are
very rewarding. We all learn. We all feel the Spirit. We fill our tanks to
continue with missionary work. The gospel is true. We love what we are doing.
We know we are in the right place for this time. We love spending time with
each other. We know our family is being blessed. That doesn't mean their lives
got easier. But Heavenly Father is blessing them. We are anxiously waiting for
Jon to get a new job. He has had some great interviews. It is hopefully any day
now. We love you Jon. Heavenly Father loves you. He is waiting to bless you
with the best job for you. Hang in there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07300880357639123455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565187003507960704.post-72908503650269730932017-02-07T21:58:00.002-08:002017-02-07T21:58:57.040-08:00Grande Prairie Stake YSA at HogwartsWe have been plunged back into the deep freeze. Today is February 5, and the temperature when we woke up this morning at 6:30 was -27 F feels like -42. We put the liners back in our parkas and put on the long johns.<br />
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The Stake YSA just had the winter quarter party, yesterday. Hogwarts Winter Semester In A Day. Everybody had a fun time. It was our record turnout, 18. And there were 9 leaders, also a record. It was good weather, no snow or freezing rain, and it was cold. Only 1 YSA came from more than an hour away.<br />
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We love all these YSA. We are so glad we get to associate with them. We didn't know we would be doing YSA until we got to Edmonton. President Pattison met us and said he was sending us to Grande Prairie and we would be working with YSA, among other things. We would have brought so many things with us if we had known. We know we are doing what Heavenly Father wants us to do. We are making friends for life and they will keep us young. We love our mission. We learn things everyday. We are in the second go around of deep freeze weather. And we know we will survive. We hope all of you are enjoying winter. We love you.</div>
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<tr><td align="left" colspan="1">What is there not to love about Canadian weather? So it's a little cold. How do we know it's winter? Well when the snow inside the car hasn't melted in a month.<br />
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You know it's a cold day in Canada when you have to go home, to take your groceries in the house, so your milk, eggs and produce won't freeze. <br />
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Removing snow in Canada is different. They use graders to plow the streets. These four graders are working downtown. They just skim it above the road.<br />
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The snow is piled in the middle of the road. Later a front loader and dump truck comes by and the snow is hauled to a field outside of town. People do have snow shovels but quite often they also remove snow from the porch and walks with a broom.<br />
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The snow we have had so far is like sugar, sometimes even powdered sugar. We have seen people with leaf blowers clearing city sidewalks around town and other public places. We haven't once seen a snowblower.<br />
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The fellow in the front is an Elder from Arizona. The other two are Canadians, both RM's (returned missionaries) one to Australia, one to California.</div>
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We love our mission whether it is snowing, or sunny, cloudy, dark, cold and colder, or even freezing rain. There are many things to experience. I love to keep track of the temperatures and the hours of daylight because it is different than it is if I was home in Draper, Utah.</div>
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Today is Saturday, January 28, 2017. Today is the first day since around American Thanksgiving that the temperature has been above freezing. (I started writing it down December 1, 2016.) When we woke up this morning it was 37F feels like 37. The ice in the parking lot is actually soft. Today we had daylight for 8 hours 31 minutes 24 seconds. Today is 3 minutes and 44 seconds longer than yesterday. We will have a difference of exactly 4 minutes on February 3. We gain a little over 1 minute every morning and the rest is gained in the afternoon. Today, sunrise was 8:53 am and sunset 5:24 pm. </div>
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We are excited about our missionary experiences. We were able to testify, and give a copy of the Book of Mormon to a man. I love being able to tell everyone we can, that Heavenly Father loves them. I love wearing my tag and have people come up to talk to us because they know someone who belongs to our church. I love the special experiences that happen that lets me know that Heavenly Father is aware of me, and that He loves me. I am so thankful for the angels that watch over us and have kept us out of harm's way. We know that we have been protected from some pretty serious situations while we have been driving in this sloppy weather. Bruce took a fall on some ice, and although he was shaken and embarrassed, he didn't even get a bruise. And there was no injury to his back, hip, head and neck. And he did not get stiff or ache in any way. Truly a huge blessing. We have not been sick. Our coats, gloves and boots keep us warm. Our apartment is nice, and efficient. And our car has been such a blessing. We were definitely guided to purchase the right car to bring with us. </div>
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What would we be doing if we had not come on a mission and just stayed home? Well, we did miss this very special experience where our oldest grandson, Seth, baptized his little brother, our youngest grandson, Quinn. We are so happy with the choices that both of these grandsons have made. We will have lots of special times with them. Thank goodness we can call them, skype them, and write to them any time we want. </div>
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If you are retired and have good health, think about going on a mission.Being on a mission might cost a little more than living at home in your own house. But, not much. There is no way to put a price on the blessings you and your family will receive. Maybe a mission isn't for every senior couple. But, the matter of the cost shouldn't be a reason for not going. And, not being around for your grandchildren also shouldn't be a reason. Somehow it balances out and you will still be indebted to the Lord.</div>
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We know many of you have had miserable winter weather. Be careful. We pray you will be safe and protected. We love all of you. Until the next blog.</div>
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Love, Mom, Grandma, Sister Brown and Robyn</div>
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Our Christmas was great, and different. It was our first Christmas Eve, since 1973, that was just the two of us. The ZLs, (pronounced ZedLs), the Tagalog teaching Elders, and us, were invited to a members home where we played games for an hour, then ate Chinese take-out. Then the Elders met up with the STLs (Sister Training Leaders) and went caroling. We stayed and visited with the member couple for an hour. We then came home and watched a Christmas movie from a DVD on the computer, stuffed each other's sock and went to bed.<br />
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Our Christmas Sacrament meeting service was both wards in Grande Prairie combined for a one hour meeting. It didn't start until 11am to allow all the families who live a long way from the church to have time to get to the church, and not have to rush. We had many invites to come to dinner, but we declined. We made a Christmas dinner for us and spent the afternoon and evening talking and skyping with family. That was fun. We visited with every one of our kids and grandkids.<br />
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One thing we missed about Christmas was going to the mailbox every day and getting Christmas cards. Jill scanned the few that came. We missed having our open house inviting you all into our home, sharing our Nativity scenes, treats and visiting with you. We brought with us, the three new nativities that were new last year. One was from Kenya, one from the Philippines, and one from St. Kitts, an island in the West Indies. We added a few more this year. Some were gifts and a few we made.<br />
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I was instructed to open this gift as soon as it came. It took exactly 2 weeks to be shipped from California in sub zero temperatures. This is what it looked like when I opened it. They were in need of water and still they were very healthy. </div>
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We have loved all the experiences that are new to us. For instance, the days were really long when we first got here. But in October we lost daylight by the hours. Then the days slowly got shorter. December 21st was the shortest day of the year. In Grande Prairie it was 7 hours, 7 minutes, and 53 seconds long. There were days before and after the 21st that were 7 hours, 7 minutes and a few more seconds than 53. I think there were 5 days. Today is January 4, two weeks later, and the day was 7 hours and 22 minutes. Today was 1 minute 45 seconds longer than yesterday. Each day is 5 to 8 seconds longer. Today sunrise was 9:19 am and sunset was 4:41 pm. I am going to write a winter blog in a few days and tell you other neat stuff we enjoy.<br />
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Some of the animals in Grande Prairie. The full size elephant can be yours for $3,000 Canadian. The lion is $1,000. </div>
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The schools closed on December 22 this year. School will start again on Monday, January 9. And since there was so much time off, many families went to Edmonton, Calgary or any place south of here to see family or play someplace warmer. It is not a lot warmer, but they do have family they can see. Lots of other business that provide services are closed during that time. It is a pain if there is something you need,<br />
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And finally, today, January 4, it has been exactly 6 months since we entered the MTC. It is hard to believe 1/3 of the mission is over. Technically our mission ends one year from today. We have so much to do. (These Canadians have got to stop taking holidays.) We have had 6 months of faith promoting experiences, We both know that Heavenly Father loves us. We know that Heavenly Father loves the people in Canada. We know Heavenly Father loves the YSA. We know Heavenly Father loves all of you.<br />
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One of the things we will always treasure is an envelope we received from the Canada Edmonton Mission Staff when we were at the conference. There was a beautiful card signed by the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Thomas S. Monson, Henry B. Eyring, and Dieter F. Uchtdorf. AND, a letter from each of our children and grandchildren: Jill, Clinton, James, JoAnne, Delaney, Nevyn, Jet, Scott, Seth, Claire, Quinn, Jolyn, Jon, and Jen.<br />
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In the letters, our family shared experiences they are having and talked about enjoying the experiences we are having. They expressed their love to us. Our hearts were deeply touched. We love these 14 people and appreciate the love they show to us and to each other. We love hearing how their lives are going in these letters. We love the emails, and texts they send. We are not under the same restraints of calling family that the younger missionaries are. And we enjoy talking to them whenever we can. Our lives are more at ease by the correspondence. We appreciate all your prayers offered for us. We appreciate the shared experiences from the RM's in our family. We love getting any news from people at home. We realize, often, how far from home we are. We are also 5 hours from our mission headquarters and far from other senior missionaries in our mission. We are the only YSA missionaries. If anyone has a good ideas or experiences, that could work for YSA,that you would like to share; email us, comment on this blog, text us, or even call us. Our email and telephone numbers are still the same. Thank you.<br />
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Love,<br />
Sister Brown, Robyn, Mom, and Grandma<br />
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it is way past time to update our blog. November 11 was Remembrance Day in
Canada. It is the three day school and government holiday for November. For
some people it is a day for the family to get away. But there were also people
who were celebrating Remembrance Day. Every Community had a Cenotaph. We
enjoyed seeing how Armistice Day is observed in Canada. In the United States it
is called Veteran’s Day and has parades, poppies and memorial services. School
doesn’t typically get out, but there are assemblies in most schools where
Veterans are assembled and honored by the student bodies. And in both Canada
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experience. We all grabbed a bite to eat and met at the church. President and
Sister Pattison drove from Edmonton and met us at 1:00 when we started the Zone
Conference. The Zone Leaders and the Sister Training Leaders gave us good
training. It was good to connect with Sister Pattison again. We hadn't seen her
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interviewed the 20 Elders and Sisters the rest of the afternoon and evening. We
met with Pattisons at their hotel at 7am Saturday and had breakfast with them.
They both enjoyed hearing about our missionary experiences so far. Next time
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who have served their country in foreign wars to maintain peace and security at
home. I am thankful to those who gave their lives and for their families. I am
thankful to be serving a mission in the Canada Edmonton Mission. We are having
some really great experiences. A 76 year old man walked up the stairs to the
top of the arena, sat on the step next to me and we talked for 15 minutes
before he returned to sit with the group of veterans down on the floor. I am
thankful for the letters and prayers from our family and friends to support and
encourage us. We love and appreciate all of you. Jon, we are praying for the
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The beginnings of the church in Grande Prairie. A District was formed in the Peace River in
September 1948. The first Sacrament Meeting in Grande
Prairie was the following April 12, 1949. There were 22 members there, one had come from Slave Lake. Also
attending were 16 missionaries and the mission president from the Western Canada Mission. The Canada Edmonton Mission was organized a couple of months later. The mission president's name was Parley
A. Avery. He later became an assistant to the Twelve Apostles. President Avery presided and
gave a short opening. Then he gave a dedicatory prayer for the new District and
opened the meeting for testimonies. Following all the testimonies he was the
concluding speaker. The meeting opened with the song, “We Thank Thee O God for
a Prophet” and ended with “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” As a side note,
those were the two hymns sung every Sunday thereon until December when new
hymnbooks arrived on the train. One of the missionaries at that meeting was Phillip P. Sonntag who later became a member of the Quorum of the 70.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first phase of two chapels was finished in 1964. Elder Thomas Monson from the Quorum of the 12 came to Grande Prairie and Dawson Creek to check on the new buildings. He traveled from Calgary to Edmonton, Edmonton to Grande Prairie, and Grande Prairie to Dawson Creek BC and then back, on gravel roads. The headlights on the mission car, were broken by flying gravel, and had to be replaced when he first got to Edmonton, and on his way back in Grande Prairie. They were replaced a third time when he got back to Calgary, along with the windshield.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <a class="underlineText" href="http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/missions/74/Canada-Edmonton.html" style="color: #1f4466;">Canada Edmonton Mission</a> was organized on 1 July 1998. During a six-province tour of Canada in July-August of that year, President Gordon B. Hinckley visited the members in Edmonton. He visited in Lethbridge on 2 August. Also, that summer, a group of Church members and others interested in historical re-enactment, began a 735 mile wagon trek from Preston, Idaho, to Cardston to memorialize the early pioneers who settled Alberta. The caravan of 14 wagons and 90 people left Preston on 10 August and arrived in Cardston on 28 September.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Edmonton Temple was dedicated on 11-12 December 1999 by President Gordon B. Hinckley. It was one of the first smaller scale temples constructed by the Church. At the time of dedication, Church membership in Alberta numbered about 63,000. The first Church Educational System satellite fireside broadcast hosted outside the United States was held in Calgary on 7 May 2000. Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve addressed the worldwide audience.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As I have said before, Elder and Sister Brown are working with the YSA for the Grande Prairie Stake. Past blogs show maps and tell about the size of this stake. There are 4 wards - Wapiti and Bear Creek in Grande Prairie, one in Dawson Creek, and one in Fort St. John. And there are 5 branches - Valley View, Fairview, High Prairie, Peace River, and High Level. A YSA group exists in Bear Creek, Wapiti, Fort St. John, and Valley View. One is being formed currently in Peace River. Keep watching for further news of YSA as it continues to happen.</span><br />
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In September we traveled to Fort St. John Ward, 2.5 hours away and in B.C., to be with their YSA. We played volleyball and that group is <u>good</u> We watched and provided the treat. The sister missionaries were there with two investigators. </div>
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Playing Apples to Apples and Melissa and Doug Suspend game, two YSA favorites.</div>
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These three are getting ready to play the 2016 YSA Cwazy Quest. Teams from individual wards had to go different places to do stuff and send in the pictures and videos. The pictures and videos were put into a slide show and we watched the results at a YSA Stakewide party after the Saturday Adult Session of Stake Conference. Two wards and one branch had teams that played. The week everyone would have been doing the quest was really stormy which prevented two other units from getting together to play. Winter came early to Northern Alberta this year. It also affected how many YSA were at the Stake Conference.</div>
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Aha!! The Relief Society sisters from the two wards in Grande Prairie joined together for Super Saturday. Sister Brown did these four crafts and helped tie a quilt. It was a fun time. Do you like our tartan tablecloth? It was made at an earlier time and I am making two tartan Christmas stockings.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07300880357639123455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565187003507960704.post-33158428892439508772016-10-20T08:51:00.000-07:002016-10-20T08:51:21.133-07:00Sometimes it just feels rightOnce everyone got back from holidays and school started, the wards started having ward council. During our first ward council the Bishop asked us to try and check on a member they hadn't seen for quite a while and they wanted to be sure he was OK. His name was Mel and he was one of the founders of the Church in the Peace Country. Heavenly Father helped us find Mel's house which was unmarked and out in the bush. His son Peder wasn't so sure he wanted us on his property. But when he saw we were missionaries we were greeted. He even invited us in to see his father, Mel. Unknown to us, that day was Mel's 93rd birthday. He was eating a bit of supper. He reminded me so much of my Dad, I just wanted to hug him and hold on to him. I'm sure he wouldn't have liked that.<br />
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It just felt like we were supposed to meet Mel and Peder, so we went to the house again and took Mel some oatmeal raisin cookies so we could get to know them better. They are his favorite and he enjoyed eating them. We intended to get back, but before we could make a third visit, Peder called us and Mel was in the hospital. We made a visit there. We visited every couple of days at first and then a little more frequently. One day Peder called and said "Dad just passed away, can you come?" We went to be with Peder and stayed with him 7 hours until the doctor came and pronounced Mel dead. Normally it wouldn't take that long, but Peder wanted the family doctor.<br />
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We had known Mel about 6 weeks. He didn't say many words to us, but we talked to him. We visited with Peder while he was at the hospital with his Dad and at a care center as he visited the "Dude". He told us lots of stories about his Dad, and with his Dad, and about the Peace Country where we are serving. We love both of these special men, Mel and Peder.<br />
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"Peace Country" known for its Prairie, the Boreal Forest, the Rocky
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May the wind always be at his back.</div>
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May his compass always point true.</div>
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May his canteen always be full.</div>
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May he always have a warm bedroll.</div>
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May he always have dry matches and dry wood for his campfire.</div>
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May each night be a celebration - a big roaring campfire with songs and laughter.</div>
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We went with Peder and the rest of the family to the cemetery. I took pictures of the road because you would never believe it, but they are nowhere to be found. I can explain it and I think you can imagine what it was like. The road in front of the little country cemetery was a mud quagmire. The cemetery is little and cars don't go into it. The cars parked on the side of the road and just sunk into the mud. The middle of the road was like sticky slime. It splooshed and splashed with each very careful step, so that mud was splattered on our lower clothes. It was snowing so we didn't stay long.<br />
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We returned to the church and all the people from the funeral were still there for a luncheon of finger foods. There was an outpouring of love for everyone who knew Mel.<br />
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Now let me tell you about Chris, the "Dude". Chris was in a quading (four wheeler) accident 28 years ago, when he was 17. His injury left him as if he is paralyzed. He has full sensation in his body, but has no control over it, so he can't sit, stand or walk. He can't swallow so he has a feeding tube and he can't talk. His mind is totally functioning. He was from Grande Cache, two hours away. After he came out of the hospital in Edmonton, he came to Grande Prairie to be closer to his family. In 1998 Mel and Peder were assigned to home teach Chris. He didn't have a lot of visitors at the time. Mel and Peder have visited Chris three times a week ever since. They have taken other members of their family to see Chris, who has been nicknamed the "Dude" They have also included the missionaries serving in the area to see the Dude on Saturdays. We started to include ourselves in this as well. Mel stopped attending these visits in December.<br />
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He can sometimes make his right arm do what he wants, especially in a sword fight. He is taking on Elder Brown and two other elders in these pictures.</div>
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There is a small refrigerator in his room. Peder keeps a few of Elder Holland's favorite soda pop in there in case Elder Holland ever happens to visit the Dude. I don't know the significance of this. Every guest is offered a beverage when they visit Chris.<br />
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It takes a long time to communicate with Chris. He can answer yes and no questions with two of his fingers. It is slow going, but can be important. Chris communicates really will with me with just his smile and his eyes. He has heard all of Peder's stories for years and he seems to be enjoying mine on the times we go in to see the Dude and Peder is not there.<br />
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One of the highlights of our mission is meeting all three of these special men. God knows and loves each of these men.<br />
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I know God is our Father in Heaven. He knows all of us personally and loves us more than we can comprehend. He wants us to be happy in this life and return to live with Him. He provided a plan for us to accomplish that. The plan is called the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel of Jesus Christ blesses all who accept and live it. It is in the family that we learn these truths and happiness the best. Family relationships can be challenging at times, but our Heavenly Father blesses us as we strive to learn and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.<br />
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God talked to His prophets and His word was recorded to His children who lived in the Holy land in the Bible. Some of the prophets He talked to were Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses. He also talked to His prophets who were living in the New World, the Americas. And those prophets recorded God's word given to His children living there. Some of those prophets were Lehi, Nephi, Samuel, Mormon and Moroni. God's word to His people in the Americas is recorded in the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. All scriptures teach about God and are a special witness of His Son, Jesus Christ. He gives revelation (direction from the Lord) to the people, Prophets hold the priesthood, or the authority to speak and act in the name of God to lead His children. When people follow the prophets they receive the blessings God has promised to His children.<br />
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The prophet who is Heavenly Father's representative today, is Thomas S. Monson. I know President Monson is our prophet. It was revealed to me by the Holy Ghost. I testify that these things are true.<br />
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I know God knows and loves all of you. And I love you, too.<br />
Sister Brown, Robyn, Mom, and Grandma<br />
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We were getting the oil changed in our car when we got a message from the Mission Office to park all cars and continue with activities on foot. We did go home first and waited for the storm to finish.<br />
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More differences about driving in Canada. We have seen two accidents while living here. Both were animal caused. We have never seen even a fender bender while being here. I'm sure there are a few. The speed is tracked by robo cop. The fines for speeding are stiff. A camera will take a picture of the back of your car as you run a red light and the ticket mailed is expensive. So, people stop on a yellow light. And the speed limits are less than in the states. If there are people picking up trash, or mowing, or work of any kind on the shoulder of the road, you better not go over 30 km/hour. Fines are doubled. They only put out a temporary sign to warn you. School zones have one simple sign, no cones or blinking lights. The speed limit is 30 km/hour, ALL day.</div>
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There are so many trucks. Pickup trucks make up the majority of personal vehicles. And then there are the commercial trucks. Logging, and lumber trucks are three trailers long. Gravel, fuel, sand, trucks and flatbed haulers are 2 trailers long. There are specialty trucks - drilling rigs, crane trucks, vacuum trucks, and specially outfitted oil patch trucks carrying fuel and supplies for the equipment in the field. Trucks make up a huge portion of traffic.</div>
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We got out to Saskatoon Island Provincial Park before it snowed. The trumpeter swans were in range for us to watch. And we also saw a red squirrel so close he could have sat on Elder Brown's shoulder.</div>
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We headed to Fort St. John and had thanksgiving Lunch with the YSA there. They wanted to make sure we had Canadian food. We had ham, poutine, corn, salad, candied yams with marshmallows, butter tarts, and Smarties. We made Lion House rolls, definitely not Canadian. but, the raspberry jam I took is. Raspberries grow well here and are plentiful. Poutine is Canadian. However it is showing up in places around the States. Smarties turned out to be a version of M&Ms. The butter tarts with the pecans sure looked like pecan pies to me and the plain tarts just didn't have pecans. They were proud to tell me that pecan pie is Canadian because the French invented it. We reminded them that the pecans come from the Southern United States and maybe Creole French cooks from New Orleans invented it, but they were definitely Southern bakers and chefs.</div>
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We have been on our mission 3 months and a few days. We still feel new. YSA is a constantly changing field. We still have many more ysa to find. Our October activity for the entire stake will be this weekend. We are excited about it, just not sure the participants are. It is too bad that the weather turned bad.<br />
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We also love teaching Institute.We are studying Foundations of the Restoration. Last night's lesson was the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And what we learned - - it is the same organization as the Church of Jesus Christ that Christ established during His ministry. Christ's church went away for almost 2000 years. It was called the Apostasy. Heavenly Father knew there would be an apostasy. Through an Old Testament prophet, He said:<br />
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<i>"Behold, the days come...that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: And [people] shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it." </i><b>Amos 8:11-12</b><br />
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After the death of Jesus Christ, the members of His church were persecuted and the Apostles were killed, and the priesthood authority-including the keys to direct and receive revelation for the Church-was taken from the earth. Because the Church of Jesus Christ no longer had the priesthood authority, the teachings changed. There were many good people who still believed and searched for truth. People like Martin Luther and John Calvin recognized that things had changed and many parts of the original Church of Jesus Christ were lost. They tried to reform the churches, but without the priesthood authority, Christ's gospel could not be returned to its original form. Christ's church was like a beautiful plate. The plate broke. Many churches had pieces of the beautiful plate. But nobody had all the pieces and could put it back together.<br />
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That is why we are on this mission. To tell the people in this little part of the world, Grande Prairie, that the plate has been put back together. All the pieces have been found. The Church of Jesus Christ that was formed while Christ was on the earth, has been restored in the latter days. That is now. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, aka Mormon Church, is on the earth today. Our Heavenly Father has brought back-restored-divine truths that you can learn and live. If you don't know this and would like to know more, ask us. We can share more.<br />
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We were both born in families where our parents were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We were taught these principles. But being born into is not enough. Even if you have heard these things all your life, or you are hearing them for the first time, you need to find out for yourself if they are true. Everyone can know if the things they are learning are true. You can ask your Father in Heaven if it is true and He will testify the truthfulness to you by the power of the Holy Ghost.<br />
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I know God is my Heavenly Father and He loves me. I know Jesus Christ is His only Begotten son. I know Jesus atoned for my sins and voluntarily allowed Himself to be taken and crucified that through His resurrection we can live with Heavenly Father and Him when we leave this life. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the same church as the original Church of Jesus Christ. I am glad that I am a member. I'm thankful I am on a mission, so I can share with others, that they may also know. I know these things are true. I know you can pray and find out for yourself.<br />
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I love all of you. I pray for all of you. I miss all of you.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07300880357639123455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565187003507960704.post-63041381040109955942016-10-04T14:10:00.000-07:002016-10-04T14:10:48.652-07:00Trivia and Significancy We had a great time watching General Conference via satellite at the church on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday it was just us, and the Elders, one of the YSA, and two other men who don't have computer wifi in their homes. All other members watched from their homes. There were quite a few men and boys at the Priesthood session. I went with Bruce to the church, but took the opportunity to play the piano in the Primary room. I had a delightful time. Sunday morning had about 30 people plus those who were there Saturday. The afternoon was us, the Elders, and one of the men. We loved all the talks. What great messages of hope and joy. And such good advice. I took pages and pages of notes and will watch my favorite talks again on the internet. I am also looking forward to the Ensign (Church magazine) so I can read them.<br />
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A week ago, on Saturday, September 24, when I came home from Woman's Broadcast, (a meeting for women and girls 8 and over broadcast over satellite) it wasn't dark. The Saturday, one week later, October 1, was different. It was actually quite dark and had been stormy all day. The high for the day was 3C (37F). It rained all day and sometimes there was some of that white stuff in the rain. And the wind was blowing. That Saturday night, conditions were:<i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Rain at times mixed with wet snow ending early this evening then partly cloudy. 94% humidity. Fog patches developing after midnight. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light early this evening. Low minus 2.</span></i><br />
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We wanted cold and it is happening. We're ready. We were told to buy our winter wear in Canada and we bought coats for both of us and my boots, yesterday. We think Bruce is set for footwear, time will tell. Sunday morning was cloudy, not raining and by the time afternoon session was over, the sun was shining brightly. It was 6 C (43F).<br />
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We have also looked forward to seeing the Northern Lights. On Wednesday night, September 28, we were able to see a faded version of them. It was 9:42 and we were still up. We drove a little way out of town and watched for about an hour. We tried to take pictures, but we would need a camera that we could manually set. But it was a really neat sight. We repeated the event on Monday, Oct. 3 and watched a faint version of Northern Lights for an hour between 9 and 10 pm. When we got back to town and were surrounded by traffic lights, commercial lights and street lights. All of a sudden, the sky lit up for about 5 minutes with the brightest colored display of Northern Lights. It was so exciting and one we will watch for in the long dark months to come.<br />
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We have watched the days get shorter, really fast. The unusual length of night and day is something we have looked forward to in Canada.<br />
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These are bear tracks by the river at O'Brien Provincial Park</div>
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It is noon, September 20, 2016, looking South. The sun moves from East to West, but it hangs in the sky on the South.</div>
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There are many other things that are Canadian and we are getting used to. One very different practice is shoes. We have taken our shoes off in our house for years and years. Our mission papers told us that all Canadians take their shoes off and to prepare accordingly. There are some things we weren't prepared for. We really weren't prepared to take our shoes off in some public places as well.<br />
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There are shelves in the churches to put shoes. All kids take their shoes off, most adults leave them on. The winter will be different, and especially if the shoes are wet. I'll bet the kids take shoes off at school. </div>
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A Rubbermade tray like this is outside each door at a care center we visit. Homes have them by the front door, or in entryways. They are very nice to have. We have a rug. They aren't available to buy in the stores at the moment, but with the really bad weather coming they should be out on display, soon. I think they are awesome, so, I will bring some home with me at the end of the mission. </div>
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In order to get a shopping cart at the grocery store, one places a loonie ($1) in the cart which releases the chain. Then you remove the cart from the other carts and proceed to shop. When you return the cart and put the chain in the back of the handle, the coin pops out.<br />
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We love our mission in Canada, even with the things that are different. They are just fun trivia. But we love the things that are the same. And the biggest thing that is the same everywhere is, Christ is our Savior, He atoned for our sins, He died on the cross for us. He makes it possible that we can be forgiven of our sins and return to our Heavenly Father and live with Him, again. These are the words to a Primary Hymn (LDS Church group for children 3-11). You may not recognize the story and want to know more. Please write to me and I will provide the explanation.<br />
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<i>I lived in heaven a long time ago, it is true;<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Lived there and loved there with people I know. So did you.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Then Heav'nly Father presented a beautiful plan,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Father said he needed someone who had enough love<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>To give his life so we all could return there above.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Conquering evil and death through his glorious name,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Giving us hope of a wonderful life yet to be--<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Home in that heaven where Father is waiting for me.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Words and music: Janeen Jacobs Brady, b. 1934<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>(c) 1987 by Janeen Jacobs Brady.</i><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small; font-style: normal;"> I love you all so much. I pray for your well being and happiness. Until the next blog....</span></i></div>
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We have been so busy and are having such wonderful experiences. The Lord is showering us with many tender mercies. It is becoming more apparent that Heavenly Father really knew what He was doing when we were assigned to Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. And we thought it was because we wanted to go someplace cold. Could someone else do the same thing we are doing in Canada? Yes, for sure, eh. But the important thing is Heavenly Father knows us, Bruce and Robyn. He knew we could do it and that we would rise to the challenge and do our best.</div>
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Our prayers are being answered. Last week we found one occasion where we really felt that our prayers were being answered, but we don't know yet what to do with the answer. Sometimes it is like that. But other examples abound where we know we have been prepared for the task at hand.</div>
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On Sunday, we drove to Peace River to go to church in that Branch (small LDS unit of people). We called the Branch President so we could meet with him and talk about organizing YSA. We also had a list of names the Elders (male missionaries) had sent us. They had talked to some of the young single adults and felt there was interest. We called some of the names on the list and invited them to meet us after the block and talk about YSA. Two girls were waiting for us after Sacrament Meeting. The Branch President approached our group and told us he would meet us after the block and then welcomed the girls, saying he was glad to see them. They said, "Sister Brown invited us, so we came." I really do wish it was that easy, eh. It isn't, but it worked this time. The time was right and we were just instrumental in helping Heavenly Father's plan. We are excited to be helping the Peace River Branch. We have to drive, one way, 2.5 hours north, but if the weather holds out for a bit we can get YSA activities going. Our meeting after the block was with the Branch President, (like the minister), the President of the Elders Quorum (Priesthood men the age of young fathers), and the secretary from the Relief Society (all women over 18 in the congregation).</div>
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I believe in the tender mercies from our Heavenly Father. And He is keeping us safe. We had planned to leave at 7:30 am to be there by starting time of 10:00. (Some people drive 1-2 hours to get to church in Peace River.) We were ready a little bit earlier, but I didn't want to leave that early. So we waited. It was light, but the sun hadn't come over the horizon, yet. And it was overcast making the day gloomy and darker than it would usually be. As we left Grande Prairie County we came on an accident between a car and an elk, that had happened about 10 minutes before. That could have been us, and I've been there done that before. Everyone but the elk was OK. A mountie was on the scene. The tow truck had to still come. I'm thankful we didn't leave 10 minutes early. </div>
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This little lady was really agitated. We stopped because she wanted to cross the highway. She is running in both of these pictures, and just kept running around. We crept out of her way, then drove off.</div>
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As we came into town and crossed the bridge over the Peace River, we saw a mother and young moose right by the side of the road. We couldn't stop and take their picture.</div>
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On the way home we saw a bald eagle sitting in the top of tree in the river valley. It made him level with the road. We couldn't get a picture at that time either.</div>
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The rest of the ride home was uneventful. Most of the leaves on the trees have fallen. There were a few stands of the aspens in the pines that made a pretty contrast. We saw fields in different stages of harvest. We got into a bit of rain, just enough to make the car dirtier. It is hard to believe, but elder Brown doesn't worry about a muddy car here. It is part of the status quo. It gets washed on P-day and lasts maybe 6 hours.</div>
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Looks like castles on the prairie. Fall colors on the prairie.</div>
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sorry it has been so long since we updated our blog. </span>We are fitting
into a routine and it is busy. I think it is because we are new, and the
mission president is new. Our second zone conference had interviews the night
before. We were doing lots of things with YSA (Young Single Adult, 18-30 years
old) in Grande Prairie, but not going to many meetings. That changed. Plus, the
Stake President thought about it and decided we should also teach Institute,
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Sunday was a Worldwide YSA Devotional broadcast from Washington D.C., via
satellite. Yay, I now know how to set up the satellite for any broadcast. We
started with a potluck supper and then watched the broadcast, followed by our
first Institute class. Elder Brown taught the first lesson. We did not have
everyone who could have been there in attendance. But we will build.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the Friday before we had the biggest crowd we have ever had to an activity. It
was the first YSA activity not on Monday. Monday is FHE (family home evening)
with the YSA. We attend but are not in charge of it. We facilitate other
activities on other nights. At the first activity we had a make your own pizza
night. Everyone made a pizza, played silly games and had a fun time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The sister Missionaries were there because of the 3 investigators. One was new today.</span></div>
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will be going to the other branches and help the YSA get started in their
areas. We would like to get it all done before the snow hits. But time is now a
little more limited. On the first and third Sundays we are in meetings from
7:00 am until 4:00 pm. We go home for dinner and then go back to Institute
which will start at 6:30. It is a long day. On the other Sundays we have
meetings from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and then Institute. But, you know what, it is
not bad. It keeps us busy, but we are enjoying it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are two meetings on Saturday. We go to a long term care center to visit a man
named Chris. I am going to have another blog on Chris.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week is District meeting and we skype with the other companionships in the
district. At least once a month we get together for district meeting all
together. When it is British Columbia, Elder Brown and I drive the Zone Leaders
and the Sisters so they don’t have to use up their allotted kilometers to get
there. It is a long day, but with good company. There are four companionships
and then us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week has been transfers. Every missionary companionship in our District has a
new Sister or Elder. And we have a new set of missionaries. So now we will have
five. We have a Tagalog Companionship. They will be servicing all of Grande
Prairie Stake, the whole zone. There are a lot of investigators, and members,
from Philippines. Sister Lacno is from the Philippines but she couldn’t
possibly keep up teaching them all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is a zone conference every 6 weeks. Our first one was on the second day after
we got here. The second zone conference was six weeks later. And our third one
is next week. Time is going fast.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is filling you in on the hows and whys. But, our mission is so much more than
that. We are having spiritual experiences as well. So many of these YSAs do not
come to church. Some come to FHE. A lot have moved, and some are just lost. I
found 1 last week on Facebook and 2 this week. We make contact with them and
send them messages about their jobs and hobbies. We visit them at work. We take
lots of treats. In essence, we love them and pray for them. The other people at
YSA are happy to see them at activities and welcome them and play with them. And,
when they come to church we get so excited. They are starting to remember Christ
and feel the love He has for them. Some of them never had a firm footing, but
they are building new footing. And it is equally exciting when we have
investigators. These are people who are just learning about their Brother Jesus
Christ and their Heavenly Father. It is fun and fulfilling to be part of this
work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mentioned treats. I do a lot of baking. I am in to my second 10 kilo bag of
flour and my second 5 kilo bag of sugar. I make lots of cookies, some cakes,
brownies, and sweet rolls. I have made tapioca pudding and I’m collecting
recipes for gluten free treats. The missionaries are always glad to get treats,
and the YSA knows I’m good to fill in when someone is out of town. Other people
we visit like them, too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have more material for blogs and I will get them sent soon. Until then, know
that I love and miss you all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07300880357639123455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565187003507960704.post-46605699681963341532016-08-21T21:20:00.001-07:002016-08-21T21:20:52.372-07:00Canada is BIGWe love what we are doing in Canada. We are serving in the Grande Prairie Stake to help YSA take hold. The Grande Prairie Stake has 4 wards, 5 branches.<br />
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In Grande Prairie there are two of the wards. The Wapiti and Bear Creek Wards. The Young Single Adults, YSA, from both wards meet together on Monday nights for Family Home Evening, FHE. We go and be with them. There are 5 or 6 kids who are regular attenders. About 14 others come, not at the same time, when work allows. Three of the number have now gone South to attend school. South is Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, or the States. We have a list of potential YSA who have stopped coming. We are trying to find them and tell them we are meeting and having fun. We are also trying to have a monthly activity in addition to FHE. Another part of our mission is to organize YSA in the other 2 wards and 5 branches.<br />
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We did find out just this week that Fort St. John Ward, in British Columbia, has a functioning YSA Group. They have 4-8 attend depending on work schedules. However, two of their number are going South to school. A few of those kids live an hour away from the church, and can't make it every time. Long travel is pretty much the norm in Grand Prairie Stake.<br />
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One of the favorite things we do is give rides to the Wapiti Elders and the Bear Creek Sisters when we go to District Meeting once every transfer. (About 6 weeks.) All the other times we have District Meetings via Skype. Having them ride with us saves both companionships some "klicks". (Kilometers put on their cars.) The first time we drove to Fort St. John. It was a full day.<br />
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The Sisters are from Bear Creek Ward, and Fort St. John Ward. The Fort St. John Sisters drive a truck.</div>
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This is a park in Dawson Creek, B.C. at mile post 0 of the Alaskan Highway. It is on the way to Fort St. John. Our second time going to District meeting just last week, was at Dawson Creek.</div>
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This is the Railroad Museum in Dawson Creek, B.C. It was a stop to use the washroom. There are no rest stops along many highways of Canada. You look for visitor's centers.</div>
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This is the sign welcoming us to British Columbia. Alberta doesn't have a place like this when coming back. There are lots and lots of rocks strewn in this area. People write their names on them and put where they are from and the date they passed through.</div>
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We did take a short side trip to see, and drive, on this old bridge still in use along the old Alaskan Highway. It goes to a Provincial Park in British Columbia.</div>
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OK, we did show you a map of the Grand Prairie Stake in one of the first blogs. We have both worked at this, doing the math, and using Google. Here is a repeat of the first map, in color this time. And two other maps.</div>
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This is a map of half of our mission. the little inset in the bottom corner shows all of North America. The red portion is the area of the Canada Edmonton Mission. Pretty amazing isn't it. It is the largest mission by area in the Church.</div>
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This is the same map as the first time showing the area of the Grande Prairie Stake. The circles with plus signs are the locations of wards and branches. The kind of empty areas have members scattered. </div>
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I'm sorry the lines are so light, and Hudson Bay is messed up. But this map is traced from a map to show the scale. The Grande Prairie Stake is roughly the same size as Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. We were shocked to realize this scale. </div>
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Grand Prairie to Valley View 1 h 10 min.</div>
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Grand Prairie to Fort St. John 2.5 h</div>
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Grand Prairie to Fairview 1h 20 min</div>
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Grand Prairie to Fort Smith, NWT 644.8 miles 10h 42 min. to Watson Lake<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now we are glad we didn't bring the Suburban on our mission. It only has 124,000 miles, but is 20 years old. Our mechanic just didn't want us in some wide open space in the middle of nowhere, stranded. We feel that was a tender mercy. And, the mileage wouldn't have been too good. </div>
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People here are just so used to driving long distances. Of course when they travel 5 hours to Edmonton to go to the Temple, they have relatives they can stay with so they don't have to drive home the same day. Then when they want to go to Calgary, Lethbridge or other places South, they have other relatives they stay with. We understand when they come to Grande Prairie for Stake Conference, people from GP open their homes for out of town people to throw out their billet. (Sleeping bags.) Meetings and activities happen on Saturday, and then the Sunday Conference. We will have a big YSA activity on Saturday night.</div>
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We love our mission. We are looking forward, even to the travelling. The countryside is beautiful. We see lots of nature and wildlife. We just don't want to find that wildlife on the highway with us. </div>
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Keep travelling with us. Thank you for emails you send us. Don't try to mail anything. We got a picture mailed from Quinn that took 19 days to get here. Postcards from Nevyn and Delaney got here weeks after they mailed them. Jill mailed a package to us the first of August. It got to Vancouver on August 8. We still don't have it. We went to the post office to trace it. They said maybe we will get it by next weekend, 26th or 27th. Pray that we get it. We will be royally messed up if it doesn't get here.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07300880357639123455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565187003507960704.post-86333730483746973222016-08-19T21:43:00.001-07:002016-08-19T21:43:14.903-07:00Can you find us on the map?The first month we were here it rained every day. And we noticed that every truck in town was really dirty. The people driving the trucks work in the oil or natural gas industry, or the lumber industry. They drive on dirt roads, which in rainy season, are mud.<br />
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This is our car. We drive on regular roads. Where the lumber trucks pass by our house, they leave a muddy trail. When we drive through that section, it splashes on the car.</div>
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This truck in our complex is in the oil industry. His truck was only half dirty this day.</div>
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We have also noticed that a lot of people in Grande Prairie play golf. Hey, why not? It doesn't get dark until 10:00 PM and that is in the middle of August. Note that almost every vehicle at the country club is a truck.</div>
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This is the first aisle at the Grande Prairie Country Club.</div>
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This is the second aisle at the Grand Prairie Country Club.</div>
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In the middle of town, the blue sign at the top tells which way to go to Alaska. The mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway is in Dawson Creek 1.5 hours away. But Grand Prairie is the start of the Alaskan Highway. There is only one road to Dawson Creek. </div>
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Now I am going to show you where we live.</div>
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The driveway by the white car is going in to Canfor Lumber Industries.<br />
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In both pictures above, Elder Brown is pointing to our apartment building. It is the yellow one on the end. We are at the intersection of the logging road going into Canfor.</div>
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These two pictures show the dirt road that is the logging road. It is one way arriving at Canfor and is almost 200 miles long.</div>
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This is a close up of our apartment building. Our apartment is at the opposite end of this building. That gas station is on the other side of our parking lot.</div>
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This view from our little patio is looking south. It is the parking lot of the gray apartment building you could see when Elder Brown was pointing. Just beyond that little white shed is a grassy berm. That is where the logging road is. I thought I had a picture of the logging trucks going by, but I guess I erased them. It was always raining and the pictures didn't turn out that good. I'll put one in next time.</div>
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This is a Google Map of our area.</div>
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https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Grande+Prairie,+AB/@55.1573417,-118.8168097,1805m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x5390914965fb9b97:0x60726bc60c9e6409!8m2!3d55.1699396!4d-118.7986152</div>
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Copy and paste this url address into your browser. It will come up with an aerial view of our neighborhood. You can see where it says Canfor Industrial. Cross streets at the West edge is 84 Ave. The street on the South is 108 St. It is an old picture, The corner of that intersection is an empty strip which is now a little shopping center. You can see the road that is Canfor Hauling Road. Then there is a building, a vacant lot, and another building. Our apartment is in the vacant lot between the two buildings (<span style="background-color: white; color: #4285f4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">55.155589, -118.814639).</span> What you are seeing on the Canfor sight are huge stacks of big logs. The really long white building is the sawmill. In front of that building are stacks and stacks and more stacks of 2x4s. All of the buildings on the South side of 108 are industrial businesses. Very few of them have asphalt parking lots.The area west of our apartment, is residential. If you zoom in, you can see the piles of logs. They are really tall stacks. That place is big. Triple trailer trucks move along that road all day, every day. Probably not Sunday, but we are never here to see.</div>
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It has been awhile since we have posted to the blog. We need to fill you in on what we are doing. Stay tuned, it will be coming soon. We love you all and think about you and pray for you always.</div>
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Sister Brown, Robyn, Mom, and Grandma</div>
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