Show Features Of Mission District Many And V Varied ar ed i I by Elder A A. A Errol Nielson Isn't it great to have snow for Christmas and aId to spend Christmas ut nt home After spending the past two years away a vav from home in localities where it is considered a great rarity to see snow it is all the more appreciated As most of you know during this time I have been doing doin missionary work and I have havA enjoyed it very much uch One cant can't visit with people tn to their homes share shaie t their sorrow and their Joy hear heal their hones hODes ant and fears see their success and tragedy tragedy dy watch the unfolding and fruition fruition tion cion or frustration of their lives in short short Live Live with People with People with without out finding it an all enjoyable experience exper- exper an and anil gaining g a deeper truer understanding of life and nd a greater sympathy and love for ones one's fellowman fellow- fellow m Inn man n The California mission Is rather rathe large and I had the opportunity of working in nine nino towns and cities Tacna find it on the map map map-I I dare you William and Buckeye in Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona and Beaumont El Centro Riverside Corona Santa Ana and San Diego California Althou Although h these places are not so far fal away as 38 measured In terms of today today's transportation yet the climate varies varIes varies var var- ies widely Parts of ot southern California Cali Call fornia foru being noted fur for their semitropical semi aemi- tropical fruits and nuts such as ns Ava- Ava ado vido tangerine fig almond grapefruit grape grape- rr fruit orange rge le lemon o and etc ete A A winter whiter on the desert in Arizona where the cotton blooms and is beIng being be be- ing tug picked at Christmas is not soon c to be forgotten for otten neither a feu fo months In the great Imperial Valley which lies below sea level sea In In a l desen desert desert des des- ert en area arca and which through Irrigation irrigation tion LIon produces crops on an almost unbelievable un un- unbelievable believable scale Such as a ten million million million mil- mil lion dollar crop of winter mid-winter lettuce lettuce let- let tuce Luce great amounts of season oft carrots carrot early melons melon and ha hay and grain In abundance Their annual average rain fall of 2 Inches or less would Indicate a pleasant place t to live but the statements of or the natives natives na nR- tives to the effect that when th thin gets up to F F. F they look for an early earh string faring r ring and when it drops back down to 11 G F P they prepare pre- pre pare palO for winter gives an au idea of or what whaL their summer is like And of I I course It Is a thrill to tu live for a time Hmo next door to the Pacific and und w watch the ocean In her many moods One of or the best ways I know of for a man manto manto manto to get a sense of his own relative and the magnitude of nature nature nature na na- ture is to stand alone on the beach and watch the breakers como come In ju I The thousands of ot conver conversations I T have had and the many other conI contacts con- con I I have made during this ml mt I experience have further convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced me that this old world is a n mighty interesting place to live JIve tn in in in spite of oC its many troubles and that fundamentally lifo life is good and at its worst a great adventure |