East Coast Fog

David Phillips, national weather expert with Environment Canada is quoted in the Metro News: Halifax on May 7th as follows:
     "It's not as if you've been drenched and you're buildings arks; it's just been depressing.  It's like the water torture test."

The article went on to say that it's rained every day for the past 18 days.

On Thursday evening we gave a worker a ride to his house on the other side of the city.  It was raining so hard we could not see the lines for the lanes on the streets.  It did stop raining on Friday and there was no rain until Saturday evening when it was pouring again.

Along with the rain there has been a lot of fog.

Barbequing Nova Scotia Style

We have had a busy two weeks.  We  have done some home teaching, some apartment inspecting and have been at the temple as usual.

A week ago, Thursday, we had zone conference for all the missionaries in Nova Scotia.  Elder Christoffel Golden, Jr. of the first quorum of the seventy was the speaker for the conference.

The next Saturday and Sunday was stake conference and Elder J. Willard Marriott Jr., an area seventy was the speaker for that.  As he is CEO of the Marriott Corporation he took the opportunity to speak at Dalhousie University one evening and to the Halifax Tourist Association as well.  We didn't attend those speeches.

Nathan barbequed steak for a mother's day supper on Saturday evening.  Liam is picking up some of the Nova Scotia speaking habits and said "Those steaks are some thick."  I wonder if I should say, "Those steaks are some delicious."  It was the best steak I have had for a long time (they must import Alberta Beef here).

Saturday we had a large group of young people at the temple to do baptisms -  probably the biggest group we have ever had and the temple washing machine was not working.  The motor had been taken out to be rebuilt so we have been bringing the laundry home to be washed and dried.  With several people taking a batch or two home it has not been too bad.