I have often wondered about the images in children's books of the birds in the trees, the squirrels climbing the trees, cars, transport trucks and buses on the roads and airplanes flying in the skies, all on the same page. Well, that is how it is here on Rexdale Blvd, cars, trucks, buses and airplanes. On my walk to work yesterday I caught up to and began to pass an elderly white bearded gentleman wearing a lovely pink turbin on his head. I greeted him with "Good morning", and in Punjabby he greeted me. He put his arm around me and gave me a juicy kiss on my cheek. He introduced himself with a pat on his chest as he said - India, Punjab. That was the extent of the exchange before he crossed the street to the Casino at the Woodbine Race Track. In two days the race track will officially open for the Spring season of horse racing and harness racing. This is something I hope to see.
Last weekend we were invited by Brother Brian Bunn, the High Council representative responsible for the employment specialists from the Kitchener Stake, to attend a meeting there Friday evening. We accepted the invitation and decided that while we were in the area that it would be a good idea to stay over until Sunday and attend church in the Guelph Ward. We reserved a room at a Tynavon B&B, circa 1856. A lovely limestone home in Elora. Elora and the neighbouring town Fergus, (separated only by a corn field ) were both settled by the Scotts. We had our Friday evening meal in the largest old flour mill in Elora, it was four stories of limestone brick, the top three stories had been turned into an inn. Wonderful meal in a delightful setting. The River Grand runs through the town which provided the power for the mills. We spent several hours on Saturday walking along the river, taking photos and of course, in and out of the many quaint shops in Elora. The leather shop had purses the likes I had not seen anywhere, the leathers for jackets and coats were imported from England and Italy and then tailor-made to fit in their specialty store. Chris, one of the owners of the B&B where we stayed told us he had repeat summer guests for the art lessons and exhibits. Appaarently the town is a buzz in the summer time and if you don't like crowds you better stay in Fergus.
Brother Bunn drove us to the last operating covered bridge in Ontario. This was very close to the farms of the Minnonites. There are two orders of Minnonites, those who use nothing mechanical and no electricity and still get around in their black covered buggies. They are the shape of an old milk wagon. On a Sunday there will be 35 of them on the road going to church. The other order of minnonites use electricity and mechanics. We were so impressed with how clean and neat the farms were. No old broken down machinery, cars or delapitaded barns. We drove on a road that crossed over the "kissing trail", this is the asphalt trail through trees that stretched for miles where the young lovers can ride in their buggies and have private time together.
Just in between Fergus and Elora and right next to the corn field is a large impreseive limestone building on a hill that is now the museam and archives but which once was the 'poor house'. We walked around the limestone quarry and watched kyackers in their wet suits ride the falls down the Grand River.
We just returned from an hour with Maria, Christian and Katherine, visiting and listening to them read from the Childrens Friend. What a challenge to learn a new language. Today it is surely spring here in Toronto, the grass is turning green and the robins are surely chirping.
Elaine
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
March 21, Maple Sugar time in eastern Canada
Here in Toronto it is maple sugar gathering time. There is a centre called Kortright Centre that has among other attractions, a "sugar shack". From March 4 through to April 11th the public is invited to come and see how the maple sap is gathered from the trees and turned into maple syrup. This place is about 45 miles north of where we live but we shall try to arrange a time to go and experience this event. We have been told by a member of our ward, that the temperatures are very precise and the weather conditions just so in order for the sap to run.
As everything in life, there is a set time and season.
For four days last week Toronto boasted of having the largest indoor flower show, called "Canada Blooms" Grant agreed to go with me so we left work in the early afternoon on and manuevered our way down town to the Direct Energy building which is right at the water front where this event was being held. What an explosion of color and design! I have never seen so many tulips and the daffodil display was on a par with the fields we see in Victoria.
Flower designers had achieved breath taking displays that were beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of. Orchids, red roses, purple hyacinth, bagonia, allysiam pussy willow, bamboo, rocks, fire and water. There was a children's display where the children would go on their hands and knees on a green path under giant leaves into an enchanted forrest of green-fern-ferries, sparkling waterfalls and tiny tinker bells. There were life-size animals in greenery with many tiny colored lights, this all under a micky-mouse-shaped huge umberella.
Grant sat in on a lecture about the plants in outer space sponsored by the University of Guelph . This university is the leading authority on plant study in outer space.
Last Sunday we invited Peter, Elizabeth, their two daughters and grandson, the Ohene-Darko family to share our Sunday dinner. We ate together then played our Rummy Q. Elizabeth can neither read no write. I ask her if she would like to learn she said she would so I will help her with this skill we take so for grantid. Peter came to Canada from Ghana, he worked 9 years for his family to be albe to come and join him. Elizabeth is the only one with a job - she works in a cookie factory.
Friday we drove to the Weston Ward Chapel for a missionary zone conference. This was from 9:00 to 3:00. A spiritual high. A convert to the church, Michael Case told his story of converstion. (I am going to tell his story in the first person, it is much easier that way)
"I was sitting at the back of the bus when these two missionaries walked through the crowd directly toward me. One ask, "how is your day". I held my head down and muttered something, he ask again, "how is your day". I ask him to leave me alone and I got up to get off the bus. The missionaries got off the bus at my stop and ask again, "how is your day". They ask for my phone number and if they could call me. I thought, I will be dead anyway so I don't care if they have my number, so I gave them my number. They said good bye and I walked away, on my way to end my life. My phone wrung and I said, what you want? They ask if they could come and see me tomorrow that they had a message for me. How did they know to come to the back of the bus to find me? " Well we know how they knew. The Lord directed those missionaries to Michael. He testified that he was so happy to have found the truth. He had been a trained episcopalian minister, he had studied many religions but never found the answers that had been such a burden to his soul. He testified of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ found in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A powerful testimony!
Elizabeth , our mexican sister who we give rides to church told us today that her landlord refuses to turn up the heat in her basement apartment, he has changed all the light bulbs to the dim lo energy ones, will only let her do her laundry on Sunday because he feels it is cheaper that day. We are going to try to find a place which will be more friendly for her to live. Every week we have people come into the employment centre looking for work who either have no work permit, cannot speak english and or have no marketable skills. Pretty hard for these new immigrants to get started legally.
Saturday we had invited the mission president and his wife, and the married missionary couples to come to our centre for a pot luck dinner and video. We then motored to our apartment and had an hour of getting acquainted. it was a great to be together here. We met the Kidds from Regina who are the newest couple - here on a church educational mission.
Weather has been in the high teens with a forecase of snow tomorrow. But---- we know it won't last long. Miss our family and friends. Bye from 710 Humberwood Blvd. Etobicoke, On. apt 2110, high in the sky where the airplanes fly - by. Grant and Elaine
As everything in life, there is a set time and season.
For four days last week Toronto boasted of having the largest indoor flower show, called "Canada Blooms" Grant agreed to go with me so we left work in the early afternoon on and manuevered our way down town to the Direct Energy building which is right at the water front where this event was being held. What an explosion of color and design! I have never seen so many tulips and the daffodil display was on a par with the fields we see in Victoria.
Flower designers had achieved breath taking displays that were beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of. Orchids, red roses, purple hyacinth, bagonia, allysiam pussy willow, bamboo, rocks, fire and water. There was a children's display where the children would go on their hands and knees on a green path under giant leaves into an enchanted forrest of green-fern-ferries, sparkling waterfalls and tiny tinker bells. There were life-size animals in greenery with many tiny colored lights, this all under a micky-mouse-shaped huge umberella.
Grant sat in on a lecture about the plants in outer space sponsored by the University of Guelph . This university is the leading authority on plant study in outer space.
Last Sunday we invited Peter, Elizabeth, their two daughters and grandson, the Ohene-Darko family to share our Sunday dinner. We ate together then played our Rummy Q. Elizabeth can neither read no write. I ask her if she would like to learn she said she would so I will help her with this skill we take so for grantid. Peter came to Canada from Ghana, he worked 9 years for his family to be albe to come and join him. Elizabeth is the only one with a job - she works in a cookie factory.
Friday we drove to the Weston Ward Chapel for a missionary zone conference. This was from 9:00 to 3:00. A spiritual high. A convert to the church, Michael Case told his story of converstion. (I am going to tell his story in the first person, it is much easier that way)
"I was sitting at the back of the bus when these two missionaries walked through the crowd directly toward me. One ask, "how is your day". I held my head down and muttered something, he ask again, "how is your day". I ask him to leave me alone and I got up to get off the bus. The missionaries got off the bus at my stop and ask again, "how is your day". They ask for my phone number and if they could call me. I thought, I will be dead anyway so I don't care if they have my number, so I gave them my number. They said good bye and I walked away, on my way to end my life. My phone wrung and I said, what you want? They ask if they could come and see me tomorrow that they had a message for me. How did they know to come to the back of the bus to find me? " Well we know how they knew. The Lord directed those missionaries to Michael. He testified that he was so happy to have found the truth. He had been a trained episcopalian minister, he had studied many religions but never found the answers that had been such a burden to his soul. He testified of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ found in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A powerful testimony!
Elizabeth , our mexican sister who we give rides to church told us today that her landlord refuses to turn up the heat in her basement apartment, he has changed all the light bulbs to the dim lo energy ones, will only let her do her laundry on Sunday because he feels it is cheaper that day. We are going to try to find a place which will be more friendly for her to live. Every week we have people come into the employment centre looking for work who either have no work permit, cannot speak english and or have no marketable skills. Pretty hard for these new immigrants to get started legally.
Saturday we had invited the mission president and his wife, and the married missionary couples to come to our centre for a pot luck dinner and video. We then motored to our apartment and had an hour of getting acquainted. it was a great to be together here. We met the Kidds from Regina who are the newest couple - here on a church educational mission.
Weather has been in the high teens with a forecase of snow tomorrow. But---- we know it won't last long. Miss our family and friends. Bye from 710 Humberwood Blvd. Etobicoke, On. apt 2110, high in the sky where the airplanes fly - by. Grant and Elaine
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
First Robin of Spring, March 16, 2010
Today I saw the first robin of Spring. As I walked to work the sun shone on my face giving me warmth and light, the sky above was blue, and the air was still, I thought back to last Saturday when I walked to the employment office in the rain, the north east wind beating down on me soaking my pants and jacket, the rain in my face forcing me to keep my head down while the transport trucks sped past me on Rexdale road. I rejoice in the glorious day TODAY!
Sunday the gospel doctrine lesson discussed the life of Joseph of Egypt and how he - and we - can turn dissappointment, despair, down right nastiness, into something that works for our benefit and blesses the lives of those around us.
We had a moment to reflect on the bravery of Terry Fox, hopping, walking, sort of loaping from the west coast to the east in his pledge to raise money for cancer research. He did raise millions as he trudged on in the rain, the hail, and the intense heat. He said of himself that he was nothing special, just an ordinary guy, but, I would add my voice to the millions of Canadians who herald him as our modern day HERO. At the age of 18 he contracted cancer in his let which had to be amputated and while he was in the hospital he saw all the others with cancer and he determined to do something to help them. Eventually the cancer moved into his lungs and he had to abandone his quest to reach the east coast. How could he keep going on? Why did he keep going on?
Another Canadian hero, Rick Hansen who when he was 15 was in an automobile accident that left him with a spinal chord injury. Never to walk again and all that is associated with walking noever again to participate in the sports he loved so much, so he thought at the time. He was the MAN IN MOTION wheeling is chair through 34 countries raising millions of dollars for spinal chord research, supporting wheelchair olympics, encouraging thousands of those with injuries . He did realize his dream to participate in sports and he was a winner!
These three men knew how to turn adversity into victory. Heroes to take note of. Every day we have men and women come into our employment resource centre looking for work. Some have come in Canada for a better life, to work until they can make enough money to send for their families. Today a man from Rowanda came in, he had not much in the way of skills to offer an employer, although he could read and write and he spoke english and french, his family are still in Rowanda. Yesterday Peter, who had worked in canada for 9 years before his family eventually were reunited here with him, came in for a job lead, and today his two daughters came into the centre looking for help in finding a job. A brother from Peru, one from Chile, a sister from Haiti, and the list goes on, not to mention those life long Canadians out of work.
How blessed is my life to live in my native land, to speak the language of the country and have had the opportunity to go to school through grade 12 and then onto college. Never to have been without food, shelter nor my husband out of work, to have loving supportive family and friends close by. Blessings from Heaven!
And May God Bless you today! Elaine
Sunday the gospel doctrine lesson discussed the life of Joseph of Egypt and how he - and we - can turn dissappointment, despair, down right nastiness, into something that works for our benefit and blesses the lives of those around us.
We had a moment to reflect on the bravery of Terry Fox, hopping, walking, sort of loaping from the west coast to the east in his pledge to raise money for cancer research. He did raise millions as he trudged on in the rain, the hail, and the intense heat. He said of himself that he was nothing special, just an ordinary guy, but, I would add my voice to the millions of Canadians who herald him as our modern day HERO. At the age of 18 he contracted cancer in his let which had to be amputated and while he was in the hospital he saw all the others with cancer and he determined to do something to help them. Eventually the cancer moved into his lungs and he had to abandone his quest to reach the east coast. How could he keep going on? Why did he keep going on?
Another Canadian hero, Rick Hansen who when he was 15 was in an automobile accident that left him with a spinal chord injury. Never to walk again and all that is associated with walking noever again to participate in the sports he loved so much, so he thought at the time. He was the MAN IN MOTION wheeling is chair through 34 countries raising millions of dollars for spinal chord research, supporting wheelchair olympics, encouraging thousands of those with injuries . He did realize his dream to participate in sports and he was a winner!
These three men knew how to turn adversity into victory. Heroes to take note of. Every day we have men and women come into our employment resource centre looking for work. Some have come in Canada for a better life, to work until they can make enough money to send for their families. Today a man from Rowanda came in, he had not much in the way of skills to offer an employer, although he could read and write and he spoke english and french, his family are still in Rowanda. Yesterday Peter, who had worked in canada for 9 years before his family eventually were reunited here with him, came in for a job lead, and today his two daughters came into the centre looking for help in finding a job. A brother from Peru, one from Chile, a sister from Haiti, and the list goes on, not to mention those life long Canadians out of work.
How blessed is my life to live in my native land, to speak the language of the country and have had the opportunity to go to school through grade 12 and then onto college. Never to have been without food, shelter nor my husband out of work, to have loving supportive family and friends close by. Blessings from Heaven!
And May God Bless you today! Elaine
Saturday, March 6, 2010
March 6, 2010, Brithday week for Grant and Jack
I am ahead of the game writing my musings one day earlier than usual, (saturday instead of sunday). Our area manager, Doug Mallory did arrive Monday and stayed here until Friday. He is always a great help to us. One task we spent the best part of one day on was Job Postings on ldsjobs.org. When a job seeker or a ward or stake employment specialist registers on ldsjobs.org, (Ontario), we go to the web site and claim that person. This means we give them the right to look on the web site for any job postings that may be there. Also, as part of what we are expected to do here in Toronto is to identify manufacturers, industries and business who will allow us to register their company on ldsjobs.org - along with a contact person ( this means that they are willing to let us post their jobs on our web site, thus helping our lds job seekers have yet another access to available jobs.
We are also to go seek out the best english as a second language schools (esl's). On a monthly basis we offer a two day career workshop at the employment resource centre here in Etobicoke. We will also help any ward that wants our help in conducting career workshops in their ward building.
After the career workshop here in Etobicoke we drove into Toronto for a networking meeting. This is for job seekers and a representative from each of the adult auxiliariers in the ward, plus a member of the bishopric and high council. If they all show it is a great resource for the job seeker. At this particular meeting there were employees from four companies.
At our career workshop one job seeker told of knowing personally the president of a bank, we have contact with the president of General Mills ( a stake president), and the list goes on. What a wonderful resource the networking groups can be for the job seeker.
Needless-to-say Grant and I are quite agog! The only negative about brother Mallory coming is that he loves to take us out to eat and oh brother, Grant and I are going to now try to be off all things white, flour, rice, spagetti and of course - no more purchasing sweets. This may kill us both, but we will go down lean and mean. We do have a dinner invite tomorrow - guess we will have to start on Monday?
Friday was a sister missionary conference in Toronto. I attended the conference and Grant went with the senior men out to lunch. We almost made it home without a missed turn. We made a rather wide circle west and north but arrived home fine. Saturday - today, Grant had some shoes to purchase then we went to value village looking for a kitchen table - nada. Got onto OnStar and found another Value Village - a new very clean one - but no table. I made a trip to the library for a card and some junior readers for our spanish family. Washing clothes, changing bedding and polishing shoes. Grant is at the computer trying to do our reconciliation for the past month. Before we know it will be Sunday. So long for now. Elaine
We are also to go seek out the best english as a second language schools (esl's). On a monthly basis we offer a two day career workshop at the employment resource centre here in Etobicoke. We will also help any ward that wants our help in conducting career workshops in their ward building.
After the career workshop here in Etobicoke we drove into Toronto for a networking meeting. This is for job seekers and a representative from each of the adult auxiliariers in the ward, plus a member of the bishopric and high council. If they all show it is a great resource for the job seeker. At this particular meeting there were employees from four companies.
At our career workshop one job seeker told of knowing personally the president of a bank, we have contact with the president of General Mills ( a stake president), and the list goes on. What a wonderful resource the networking groups can be for the job seeker.
Needless-to-say Grant and I are quite agog! The only negative about brother Mallory coming is that he loves to take us out to eat and oh brother, Grant and I are going to now try to be off all things white, flour, rice, spagetti and of course - no more purchasing sweets. This may kill us both, but we will go down lean and mean. We do have a dinner invite tomorrow - guess we will have to start on Monday?
Friday was a sister missionary conference in Toronto. I attended the conference and Grant went with the senior men out to lunch. We almost made it home without a missed turn. We made a rather wide circle west and north but arrived home fine. Saturday - today, Grant had some shoes to purchase then we went to value village looking for a kitchen table - nada. Got onto OnStar and found another Value Village - a new very clean one - but no table. I made a trip to the library for a card and some junior readers for our spanish family. Washing clothes, changing bedding and polishing shoes. Grant is at the computer trying to do our reconciliation for the past month. Before we know it will be Sunday. So long for now. Elaine
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
March 2, What did the Ides of March bring?
WEll---- for one thing. Canada is on top of the world with all the 2010 Olympic achievements from our athletes, the crown being the Hockey win!!!
What a showcase at the closing ceremonies. We were in awe at the opening ceremonies but enjoyed equally the closing ceremonies . In downtown Toronto, Yonge Street was overrun with bodies in red shirts, pants, jackets, hats, banners, and flags, what a crowd! Apparently with all the television sets being turned on to watch the game there was a power outage in part of the city, so the good people took to the streets to celebrate and rejoice in BEING CANADIAN. Wow it surely feels good!!! eh!!!
Every time the national anthem was played I got up of the couch and stood to attention. Grant refused to join me but after several times in one hour I decided I better go to bed to excuse myself from that patriotic gesture. We watched the curling, the hockey games, the skiing, the ludge, the bob sled races, the speed skating, the figure skating, and yes we did go to work each day but as our day is three hours ahead of Vancouver we would find outselves at 1:00 a.m. reluctantly turning off the T.V. set and slowly making our way to our bed. What an exciting two weeks.
Today we purchased two olympic tumblers and I think I better buy two more so when you come to visit we can celebrate all over again.
Grant and I had agreed to conduct a Career Workshop in Stayner, our first one, Stayner is close to Wasage Beach we couldn't tell where one left off and the other began. It is a lovely resort town surrounded by Georgan Bay on one side and (my Ontario map is in the car) some other great lake on the other side. Hence much heavy wet snow. The weather was calling for a storm to move in on Friday afternoon so on Thursday we decided we better drive ahead of the storm and go as far as Barrie. We gathered our material for the workshop, went to our apartment to pack a few toiletries and a change of clothes and proceeded on to Barrie.
The snow came down in large flakes but the roads were fine. We checked into a recently renovated Best Western hotel and spread out our workbooks and continued our preparations for the workshop the next day at Stayner. By evening the snow was swirling in huge flakes and the roads were pretty slick. We were hungry so went in the car looking for a place to eat, we happened on to Gio's Italian Restorante, (one small room) first class restaurant. What an exceptionally delicious meal. Our waiter told us that a party of six had just cancelled due to the bad weather, so we had their full attention. The career workshop was scheduled for 6:30 in Stayner, this left us the day to put the finishing touches on our presentation.It meant we had to find a computer/printer to make the final draft. This need was met at the Barrie public Library. During the final fifteen minutes of typing we looked outside to see even larger snow flakes coming down so once again we hurridely gathered out papers and left for Stayner. Barrie is a very old city and one we want to explore at length in the summer time.
The snow was only local in Barrie and the roads to Stayner were not trecherous. Most of the farm houses were red brick two to three story with peeked roofs. When more room was needed the farmers just added on with wooden building materials. It struck me as rather strange to see a tall stately home of brick with an add on of wood painted white. To build an all brick home in Southern Alberta is very costly and there are many many of them here.
Sis Drebeilbis, the ward employment specialist, welcomed us to the Stayner Branch. We met in a former bank building the church leases, it is in Wasaga Beach. There were four job seekers at the workshop. At the conclusion of the instructions Friday evening we were shown the way to the Branch President's home, President and Sister Vennette. A beautiful home close to the lake. While we were making turns and twists in the road in the dark we were very grateful to Stanley who showed us the way. The Vennettes were so very kind to us, we had a great visit with them. Thank you good people. Saturday we completed the workshop, said our goodbyes, gave hugs and proceeded back to Toronto. Tired and happy to have served.
March 1st. Brother Dough Mallory - our Area Manager has come up to give Grant and I some more help with our calling. He is conducting the career workshop in the Employment Resource Centre Tues and Wednesday. We have eight job seekers and one ward employment specialist attending. A great workshop! I mentioned that Grant and I were giving Maria, Katheine and Christian rides to church. We are also helping them with reading english. They are a great little family. So loving and grateful for our friendship. Isn't networking wonderful?
So long for now. Talk to you next week. Sis Gehmlich
WEll---- for one thing. Canada is on top of the world with all the 2010 Olympic achievements from our athletes, the crown being the Hockey win!!!
What a showcase at the closing ceremonies. We were in awe at the opening ceremonies but enjoyed equally the closing ceremonies . In downtown Toronto, Yonge Street was overrun with bodies in red shirts, pants, jackets, hats, banners, and flags, what a crowd! Apparently with all the television sets being turned on to watch the game there was a power outage in part of the city, so the good people took to the streets to celebrate and rejoice in BEING CANADIAN. Wow it surely feels good!!! eh!!!
Every time the national anthem was played I got up of the couch and stood to attention. Grant refused to join me but after several times in one hour I decided I better go to bed to excuse myself from that patriotic gesture. We watched the curling, the hockey games, the skiing, the ludge, the bob sled races, the speed skating, the figure skating, and yes we did go to work each day but as our day is three hours ahead of Vancouver we would find outselves at 1:00 a.m. reluctantly turning off the T.V. set and slowly making our way to our bed. What an exciting two weeks.
Today we purchased two olympic tumblers and I think I better buy two more so when you come to visit we can celebrate all over again.
Grant and I had agreed to conduct a Career Workshop in Stayner, our first one, Stayner is close to Wasage Beach we couldn't tell where one left off and the other began. It is a lovely resort town surrounded by Georgan Bay on one side and (my Ontario map is in the car) some other great lake on the other side. Hence much heavy wet snow. The weather was calling for a storm to move in on Friday afternoon so on Thursday we decided we better drive ahead of the storm and go as far as Barrie. We gathered our material for the workshop, went to our apartment to pack a few toiletries and a change of clothes and proceeded on to Barrie.
The snow came down in large flakes but the roads were fine. We checked into a recently renovated Best Western hotel and spread out our workbooks and continued our preparations for the workshop the next day at Stayner. By evening the snow was swirling in huge flakes and the roads were pretty slick. We were hungry so went in the car looking for a place to eat, we happened on to Gio's Italian Restorante, (one small room) first class restaurant. What an exceptionally delicious meal. Our waiter told us that a party of six had just cancelled due to the bad weather, so we had their full attention. The career workshop was scheduled for 6:30 in Stayner, this left us the day to put the finishing touches on our presentation.It meant we had to find a computer/printer to make the final draft. This need was met at the Barrie public Library. During the final fifteen minutes of typing we looked outside to see even larger snow flakes coming down so once again we hurridely gathered out papers and left for Stayner. Barrie is a very old city and one we want to explore at length in the summer time.
The snow was only local in Barrie and the roads to Stayner were not trecherous. Most of the farm houses were red brick two to three story with peeked roofs. When more room was needed the farmers just added on with wooden building materials. It struck me as rather strange to see a tall stately home of brick with an add on of wood painted white. To build an all brick home in Southern Alberta is very costly and there are many many of them here.
Sis Drebeilbis, the ward employment specialist, welcomed us to the Stayner Branch. We met in a former bank building the church leases, it is in Wasaga Beach. There were four job seekers at the workshop. At the conclusion of the instructions Friday evening we were shown the way to the Branch President's home, President and Sister Vennette. A beautiful home close to the lake. While we were making turns and twists in the road in the dark we were very grateful to Stanley who showed us the way. The Vennettes were so very kind to us, we had a great visit with them. Thank you good people. Saturday we completed the workshop, said our goodbyes, gave hugs and proceeded back to Toronto. Tired and happy to have served.
March 1st. Brother Dough Mallory - our Area Manager has come up to give Grant and I some more help with our calling. He is conducting the career workshop in the Employment Resource Centre Tues and Wednesday. We have eight job seekers and one ward employment specialist attending. A great workshop! I mentioned that Grant and I were giving Maria, Katheine and Christian rides to church. We are also helping them with reading english. They are a great little family. So loving and grateful for our friendship. Isn't networking wonderful?
So long for now. Talk to you next week. Sis Gehmlich
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