SERVICE MAKES THE WORLD GO 'ROUND

Elder Owens continues to make breakfast visits at least twice around during the 6 week transfer.  He goes to each of the elders apartments. (When it's the Sisters - Sis. Owens goes too)

Elder Lewis enjoyed the pancakes
Elder Greenwell - below

We went thru 50 pounds of pancake flour from Idaho!!

Elder Mott - one hungry Elder

Elder Flygar wanted French toast

Elder D'Apuzzo - from Italy

Sisters Mortimer, Owens, Tomlinson

Elder Owens learned he had a hidden talent - Barbershopping  cutting hair.

Elder Davis, one of the Zone Leaders
Elder Estupinan (below)

These elders needed to get 'trimmed up' for interviews with the Mission President!!

As it turns out, he did this a million years ago when he was in the army

     Hey, how wrong can you go with a buzz cut??

We also have enjoyed serving the old (we don't like that word) fun people at an assisted living center near our home.  The ladies and gents like to listen to music and some can't resist actually dancing!!  

  

How much fun should senior missionaries have???  Come on a mission and find out!

Sometimes we even get invited to dinner:

One of the YSA (young single adults) Bishops' home

AND.....the elders treat us really well:

yes...they are mowing our yard in their GOOD clothes!!
Elder D'Apuzzo

sorry mom - Elder Crowther

On a side note:

being from Arizona,

 we don't get to see much

of this at home....

....at least not in the desert part of AZ

Enjoy your fall - wherever you are!!!

~~We are enjoying Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada~~



PREPARATION DAYS AREN'T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

                                                               1.

Eating is usually involved and the missionaries really like that



They also love Elder Owens - should of seen the cameras come out with this one!!!

Some of us play inside.....

and the rest play outside while the weather is warmer.

2.

The Elders organized a "Win It In A Minute" activity and Elder Owens

provided the 'finale'

Ready???

 Set.......

GO!!

                                                           
                                                         POP EM'

3.

~SMALLEST BOWLING ALLEY WE'VE EVER SEEN~

The elders planned for us to go bowling - Canadian style.  The Village of Stirling has a community center which houses a 2-lane bowling alley.... that's 5 pin bowling with small hand-sized bowling balls!!!

It was also Sister Owens' birthday and we made it into a PARTY

Elder Owens at the BBQ - Elders and Sisters always like food.

And we're happy to oblige!!!

AND THAT'S HOW OUR MONDAYS GO - fun with the Elders and Sisters!!

AND.... the chruch is true and life is good.

MISSION TOUR & A BAPTISM

We were blessed to have Elder Zivic of the Seventy come to our mission. The missionaries enjoyed a wonderful day with him teaching us.  He and his wife spoke and we felt the spirit strongly and were ready to go out and work harder than ever!!

The Canada Calgary Mission has set a goal to baptize 2,600 people in the next two years while the temple is being built. That is a whole stake to be converted before the temple is dedicated.  This chart is how they are keeping track of the baptisms.  They will uncover each part of the temple, as the baptisms take place.

Our zone has been blessed with quit a few baptisms already this month. This is a picture of a Young Single Adult whom Elder Owens was asked to baptize: Gino. This young man has done a lot to change his life.  How blessed we were to be part of that and watch the spirit work on him through his conversion!!

And...a small miracle happened.  The camera went down into the baptismal font, tucked away in Elder Owens' pocket.  No amount of CPR or resuscitation could bring it out of it's coma. It slept for 2 days in the bag of rice and 'lo and behold' IT WOKE UP. The poor camera has a few lingering handicaps, but it is taking pictures again!!!

Bye for now - will post more soon.

It's September and University has started

....and these crazy Candadians like to have their fun!!
It's time for Welcome Out Week for the Institute and it's 45 degrees out and raining ~ but that doesn't stop the YSA "Slip n' Slide" activity!!!

slide anyway you can

some are crazier than others

put on a garbage bag and coat with dish soap

 and slide on down!!!

 this is the way the missionaries do it!!!

WE LOVE WORKING WITH THESE CANADIANS!!!

Keeping busy - 6 Month Mark

At the end of April, we drove to Banff, British Columbia to meet our cousins who were there on a business trip. We went on a beautiful & SNOWY hike up Johnston Canyon to view a waterfall. It was fun being with Bill & Stacey and getting cold and wet!!

Lake Louise was still frozen over, hope to go later
in the summer and see it unfrozen.








Elder Owens cooked his famous banana, pecan pancakes for the Elders
and Sisters on the day of interviews.





Thanks to Aunty Pam for helping
to get the: fabulous Idaho Pancake Flour!!









Then we did something crazy - have any of you see this AcTiViTy before???



FIRST: you get long johns red long johns


SECOND: stuff them with as many
balloons as you can fit - EvErYwHeRe











THIRD: you get something like the

"Fruit of the Loom" guys













FOURTH: they have to pop the balloons without using their hands












FIFTH: you let everyone else help!!!

I think the ones watching had side-aches from laughing after it was all over.
hahahaaaa
Thanks for being good sports, Elders. (actually they have to be obedient :)

OK - we thought we were thru with
THE SNOW - yes, May 6th

probably 2 inches of wet stuff!!
and we already packed our

ice scrapers away










Then it got beautiful, again.
These elders are playing 'frisbee golf'.
There is a serious course at one of the parks.
They have different frisbee's: drivers, putters, and frisbee's that 'fall' to the left or right.
Has anyone done this before? It is serious - well, they take it pretty seriously.









This is Elder Madsen - one of our AZ
elders!!!




THE JOYS OF P-DAY!!






OOOOOh, by the way, it SnOOwed again: May
29!!


The saying goes in Lethbridge:

If you don't like the weather,

wait 5 minutes!!!










But then it got pretty again & we had the opportunity to help with a ward
Relief Society activity - dutch oven cooking in the back yard!!

Elder Owens was excited - the sister
in charge had alot of neat equipment and made it work in that small space.

We had another appointment - so SAD - didn't get to stay and taste!
They said a mission would be sacrifice.....










This is Elder Owens and one of the zone leaders on a trip down to the border to visit the ward in our zone that is just over the border into Montana. Look how pretty and green it is - we have had alot of rain in the last few weeks!!







NOW WE ARE INTO THE MONTH OF JUNE

We helped the YSA with their conference: One morning, it was a service project for the local Food Bank. This is Sister Owens with the full-time sisters.
















Elder Owens with FTM at the park feeding them all hamburgers - probably cooked 500 of them tastey things!!















This is our zone at a p-day BBQ in a members back yard - beautiful view overlooking the Coulee (river valley)















Another interesting tradition that we are becoming aware of is: Tie-Trading~ Can't understand the excitment!! (guess, cuz I'm not a guy)

HIKING TIME IN THE MOUNTAINS

WATERTON LAKE

(the far-side of this lake is in the U.S.A.)

Cameron Lake

Beautiful green forest with water running everywhere - the top was covered with snow, so we didn't go that far - but that's ok for a couple of
Senior Missionaries!!!




And on the way back - we saw a momma bear and her 3 cubs by the side of the road. All of a sudden, cars were stopped going both directions, couldn't
figure out what was going on, but soon saw..... sooooo cute - from a distance!!

JULY FIRST IS

CANADA DAY

We went with a family in our stake to the ball park

to SEE THIS......

You all

enjoy the

FOURTH of JULY

for us up here!!!