Comings and Goings

Elders Griggs and Stewart helped us with waffle Wednesday this week. Then we rushed over to transfer meeting to say bye to Sister Gardner who is going to Ground Prairrie.  We are really going to. Is her in YSA.

Mar 2, 2013. Sun--we left the apartment at 6:15 am for the three hour drive to Slave Lake to visit a small branch of the church.  President and Sister Manion had asked us to go with them and then at the last minute cancelled because of sickness.   The branch meeting was very small--18 attended counting Elder Talbot and Elder Coombs.  The lessons at church were very good and they asked me to play the piano for sacrament meeting, because no one in the branch plays.  We checked the Elder's apt.  A member of the church has taken their very large 3 story home, remodeled it into 5 suites that they rent out for extra money.  They all use the same entrance and shoes were everywhere.  They are still in the process of remodeling.  It's located inside a grove of trees and I bet it's beautiful in the summer.  Slave lake is a town of 6,000 that is home to lumber jacks, oil men,  and their families.   The branch president works at the post office and delivers mail.  There was a fire that came through about 2 years ago and half the town was destroyed, so there is a lot of brand new homes.  They have a new church, because their old one was destroyed by the fire.  The member were very nice and have their challenges trying to keep a small branch going.  There was one lady with two small children,that bore her testimony and is almost ready for baptism. Then we left for the long drive home. 

Damage from the fire

The church where the members of the Slave Lake Branch meet.  It's only two years old due to the fact their church building was destroyed in the fire.