We have a meeting with our Mission President and his wife, (President and Sister Leavitt). We have a Gospel Discussion which is always fun, and then go over vehicles, apartments, schedule for the next month etc. It keeps us all on the same page and allows us to get some feedback on what we are doing.
We thought we would play a little trick on President Leavitt and get his reaction. He told us once that he has never said no to a Missionary Couple so we thought we would help him with that. After we reviewed the schedule I said "We were looking at the Calendar and thought things were slower in January and we were considering taking off a few days to travel." We anticipated his response which was, "where were you thinking of going." I said, "We were looking on the internet and noticed a really good sale on a trip to Mexico." I could see the wheels turning and Sandra and I held his gaze until we couldn't help but start laughing.
I felt bad after, because he has lots of things on his mind and didn't need a prank pulled on him but he handled it really well. I think we jinxed the weather from our prank. This is the 1st snow storm of the season. (Snowed a little Dec. 31st, not enough to stick and then Jan 1st it dumped)
Much of the Maritimes get a lot of snow. In fact Newfoundland has had record snow falls for Canada. But here in Dartmouth it is much milder. We left Calgary in September right after a snow storm. Hasn't snowed here since then but now we are hunkering down.
President and Sister Leavitt when they heard Sister Harding had fallen brought us over a Swiss Chalet supper and we had a lovely time together. They are the epitome of hard work and kindness. They certainly strive to follow the Saviours example in all they do.
We all have spring and winters in our lives. We have found the key is to learn from both experiences and to recognize the Lords hand in all that we do.
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