My Last Bike Ride - Symbolic of our Mission Journey

Rode my bike this morning and hit 7 lakes/ponds. 1.5 hours.   I did it because it represented one of the great things about this place.  Dartmouth is  called the city of lakes.   They are everywhere and then the Halifax harbour is a 10 minute drive away.   Water, Water everywhere.  

My ride symbolized our Journey of our Mission.  I rode the complete length of these lakes.  Ephesians 3:18  That I might “comprehend…the breadth, and length and depth and height”   I reflected on the last years journey as I did so.

Lake MicMac.     Beautiful and serene.   That is if you took the time to stop the hard work you were doing and enjoyed the experience.  (Missionaries, Senior Couples and Members)

 Lake Charles     A Huge lake that seems to go on a long time.   You get there through persistence and taking the time to stop at beautiful places of rest and restoration.   (Like the temple, and daily scripture study.)

Lake Banook :   A famous lake for paddlers of all kinds. How we admired and loved these good Sisters and Elders who stay in the Gospel boat, striving to stay on the straight course representing Jesus Christ to the World.

 Sometimes there is some steep climbs and the only way to succeed is to keep pedaling.

"Consider the Lilies of the field, how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin"    We were successful when we relied on the grace and tender mercies of our Father in Heaven"

Oat Hill Lake    We recognized the Lords handiwork and hand in our lives on a daily basis.   He is so good to us.

 Penhorn Lake    “All things denote that there is a God”  Alma30:44

 Shubanacadie Canal    There are some many cool names in the Maritimes and the joy of a Mission is meeting so many good people who's names we will never forget.   By the way try to pronounce this common name. Musquodoboit  -  You will never get it right unless you hear it.   Took me one year.

 "Streams of Mercy never ceasing"

"He restoreth my soul"  Psalms 23:3

I forgot my map and missed one lake that was 5 minutes off the path I was taking.  This is part of our journey as well.   There is always a feeling that one could do more and that we might have missed some opportunities.  Maynard Lake will need to be left for the next set of Missionaries.  haha

Sullivans Pond  (Sometimes that best is left for last)   We trained our replacements in the office and then spend a good portion of our last month doing more Member Missionary Work and we were able to meet and develop relationships with a variety of people represented here by geese, ducks, dog and some people. 

The Fountain represents the overall feeling.    Back to Ephesians 3: 19  “And to know the love of Chirst, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.  Now unto him that is able to exceeding abundantly”   God has fulfilled his promise  Malachi 3:10  “I will pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it”   Psalms 23:5  Our "cup runneth over”