As I write this morning, I am at church an hour early. Stan has early meetings now that he is in the branch presidency. So I will write the week's letter while I wait.
    Oh, the Love our Heavenly Father and His son, Jesus Christ have for us is more than we can comprehend. We have see so many tender mercies, blessings and miracles. This week was an awesome spiritual high.  We were only in Hope one day this entire week. Tuesday we traveled to a specialized training with the mission president & his wife. Also the Assistances .It lasted for six hours. We learned amazing things. The spirit filled the room. Wednesday, we traveled to a world wide full time missionary training from the apostles. Wow !  That was a testimony building experience.
   Wednesday was also Marlene's 79th birthday so we took her out to dinner. She loved  the time we spent listening to her. She ate about two bites of her meal. When the chocolate cake, whipped cream with chocolate syrup and ice cream came , she didn't miss a drop. It was fun. Thursday we traveled to the mission office in Richmond for two days. It's great to be around the office staff and all the young missionaries as we transport them to the airport and back. We also help with the meal preparations and clean-up. The days are long and we return home exhausted but we love every minute of it. Saturday was the Chinese New Year. Because Richmond is 93% Chinese, we wanted to stay there for the huge celebration...but we had to come home. Bummer !!!
   Oh on Monday we had family home evening with our young at heart group. Betty made spegetti and served our plates. Everyone got a mountain of spegetti with enough to feed six hungry people. What is the proper thing to do in that situation ? Eat what was on your plate til your busting at the seams or leave 3/4 on your plate and offend the cook ?  I was sick all night. Tomorrow is our turn to host 12 adults for dinner in our tiny apartment. That should be fun. One interesting fact here, Canadians think anything made in a casserole dish is "lazy cooking ". I'm making spiral ham, potatoes au-graten and Vegetables other than Brussels sprouts. I'm a lazy cook I guess.
     This week will be a little lighter on the travel. We're looking forward to going to the temple with our zone on Tuesday. I love the temple so much.  Another zone meeting on Friday and a Senior couples party in Richmond on Saturday. Missions are more fun and more work than I could have imagined.  There is so many blessings and opportunities, I just wouldn't want to miss.
    I'll share a couple of thoughts from this week.
    "Always be in GPS range of your  Heavenly Father  . Think about your day yesterday. If God wanted to tell you something by the still small voice... Was your day so that you could hear it ?"
     We love being on a mission. It's an amazing experience.
      We love you all. Stay faithful and endure to the end. The best is yet to come.

Elder & Sister Fisher