Unusal Buildings

The Toronto area has unusual buildings, what I mean is different from in Edmonton.  There are all kinds of shapes and sizes- and it is not the usual to see a square building. all kinds of circular, semi circular and just multi -curved.  Here are only a few.

Dancing in the Streets at Woodstock

Yes it seems funny that Elder Stark and I were actually dancing in the streets at Woodstock.  It was another working P-day, we were trabelling in the province and had vehicles to fix and vehicle paperwork to deliver. The sister missionaries and elder Stark and myslef were trying to find a place to eat lunch, the entire downtown was blocked off, there were outdoor vendors, and music.  One of the sister missionaries video taped this,  just to hear her contagious laugh will make your day!  Have a great day!  Love Sister and Elder Stark.

I apologize, the video clip never did downlaod properly, I attempted twice.  I guess all of our friends will just have to visit us when we return to see it!

Chinguacousy Park in Brampton

Chinguacousy Park is also very near our new apartment home.  It takes about three minutes by car, it is on the other side of the shopping center from our apartment.  In this lovely area are geese, ducks, walking paths, a small bunny hill for snowskiing on in the winter and music and carnivals etc in the summer.  I have had opportunity to go through the park during special events on two occasions and give out pass a long cards.  These pictures were taken on one evening Elder Stark and I spent there on date night. I was enthralled with the geese and watched them for over two hours, it seemed like hardly any time at all.  We were sitting on a bench and the family of geese were about six feet in front of us.                                                                                                                   

The two adult geese take turns being on the look-out for danger, as you can see there is always one watching while the other goes down for a bit of grass.  They look after their young carefully.

The gooslings in these two families of geese were a little older, as can be seen by their size

Toronto-many brick homes-some flowers too

There used to be a brick factory near the first home we had in the country just outside of Brampton. the clay there is red, I guess perfect for making brick. That would likely explain the many many brick homes which we found when we drove through the Toronto area.

Other Senior Couples in the Mission





19 couples in the mission



We have a variety of Senior missionaries serving in the Canada Toronto Mission.  They serve as teachers of Institute classes, employment workers, Public Affairs, full time Temple workers, Mission Office workers and of course member and leadership support.  All are called by God and are invalualbe to the Mission Purpose, that of inviting others to come to God by having Faith in Christ, being baptized, recieving the spirit and enduring to the end.  Senior missionaries know a little bit about enduring to the end, as many have been serving the Lord for years.  This knowledge, experience and example can be of great benefit to many at what ever stage they may be at in their walk with the Lord.





We were able to get to Niagra Falls

We were able to get to Niagra Falls.
It was the first time for both of us.  We actually arrived there the morning after that person tight roped across the Falls.  We had seen the very large lighting systems and other stuff that had been set up for the event the night before being taken down while we were there.  It was better than the pictures I was able to take, but here are a few.



Over in the distance the water is falling over the edge.

Our New apartment in Brampton!

Yes, we live in a busy urban center, we have a mall one block from our homes and a freeway 1 minute from our home, isn't it unbelievable then that 5 minutes walk from our apartment door we have trails and a lake!! We've watched the geese grow up to now looking almost like the grown ones. It is an unbelievable place for a stress break I Love it!!