Stratford Film Festival

We went to a live performance at the Stratford Film Festival.  I kind of wanted to do something cultural while we were here.  It was an unusual play called, "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" and the actors and actresses were the peanuts! It was so funny, as the announcement at the begining of the play was "Wah wa wa wah-wah-wah-" and ect. then "brrrrr-rrrring" We all knew that they were requesting us to turn off our cell phones, but if you remember in the cartoon "Peanuts"adults were never heard, only blurbed.  So here are a couple of pictures of our trip that day.  We were with two other senior missionary couples.

Elder Starks Favorite restaurant

I guess you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.  This restaurant impressed Edler Stark so much that he wanted to take several pictures of it. Not only was there excellent breakfast food, but at a price even ther missionaries can enjoy!  The restaurant is in Kitchener, if you ever wish to stop by.

5 Months in the Mission Field

I had no idea that the red maple leaves went from green to a green and part red stage, to red and then to yellow. I wanted to send some leaves to our family, unfortunately by the time I got around to doing it it was mostly only yellow leaves left, then they turn-on the ground to a brown. What a lot of colours they go through!
I can't believe it's fall!  We've been in the mission field for 5 months!  The geese are taking test flights and those fussy headed babies, which turned into awkward teenagers now fly and look just like their parents.  I'm lookin forward to the different colours in fall here, as in Alberta we mostly just get yellow leaves.  The Maple leaves are already half red.

Elder Starks Favorite Building

This is the building where the old Canada Toronto East mission office used to be in, that was before the combining of the two missions which occured in the summer of 2011.   The office is on the top floor of this stake center.   The Stake Center is now home to only two small branches.  

The September Transfer Day

September Transfer was the largest for incoming missionaries.  I believe at last count there were 23.

You would think the number wouldn't change, but it does for  variety of reasons.  This transfer also occurred at a month where we had Zone meetings, this gets us behind in our office duties because we have to spend at least two days per week on the road for three consequetive weeks.  We do vehicle placement to assist with missionary travel and we each do have a part in Zone training, we have four different places in the province for one set of Zones.  These are a few pictures taken on transfer day.

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!