Show the letter box fort prances frances ont canada january 4 1948 pluto flute county news marysvale Marys vale utah dear editor mother informed me some time ago that you would like to hear something concerning my work up hero here in canada well my companion and I 1 are the only two elders up here in this particular field of labor and wo we have two towns to take care of one is la international falls U S A an anil a the other Is fort frances canada N wo V 11 hold id a sunday school and primary einch each town each on one 0 primary in week and hold four or more cottage meetings a week also two priesthood meetings tract and visit investigators and tho the sick this tuesday we are starting an M I 1 I 1 A up over in international falls we take turns conducting the meetings because we have to conduct and hold I 1 the meetings the lord la Is blessing me beyond all measure every day without his help I 1 could not do very much yesterday a lady persuaded her dog to chase caaso us but before lie he arrived I 1 heard him or I 1 might not have had so much ot of my pants as when I 1 arrived out there slie she answer the door because we had been out there and gi given vealier her come bome tracts the week before evidently she like what she read As we nye left the house about 30 yards she 2110 opened the door and out came a police dog he was big enough to help me into town it if I 1 seen him when I 1 did we have only twice because it gets rather cold up here it was 10 degrees below both days so I 1 suppose we will wait until better weather comes along we had a wonderful christmas party both towns attended and took part wo we had a santa for th the 0 ehilda children on and to distribute presents as every everyone 0 no exchanged gifts I 1 was waa master of ceremonies there were about 40 people there we also had a primary primary party best wishes to all my marys va vale friends and for your continued success cuccu s s sincerely E elder ider carl W halladay eos box drayton rd norwich england january 3 1948 to my dear friends in marysvale Marys vale and plute county I 1 am very happy for the opportunity port unity anity the editor has afforded me of telling you a little about my activities as a missionary here in england it seems to me that the year I 1 have been here has haa gone rauch much faster than it should have I 1 do 10 lo enjoy my work very much we are concerned mostly with the task of personally contacting pie aie individual citizens of our assigned cities this this Is done in a number of 0 ways the best Is by calling on the homes by going to each door and telling the people about ourselves and the church we represent engaging in conversations as much as possible and whenever the opportunity arises we arrange to hold cottage meetings in the homes of these people so BO they can invite their friends and neighbors in and give ghe us the chance to present the gospel to them both by speaking and by presenting films w with ith small projectors we are supplied with also another great mean of and of meeting the individual Is by open air meetings this method Is used extensively ten len ively all over great britain in the warmer weather we hold these meetings several times each week on the public market squares and parks of the cities to me this Is the best of missionary work because of the development it brings to the missionary and because of the many experiences it brings I 1 have learned in the short months that I 1 have been in england to appreciate the warm warin hospitality of her people and to respect this good old country for all it has gone through this city and the other cities around here were badly damaged during the war thousands of homes were dest destroyed oyed and as a result there la Is a severe housing shortage go even now E england Is having a very hard struggle to regain what hat she has lost during the war it Is remarkable to lo see the determination they have to overcome all the obstacles that lie in their paths the one bad thing about england in the post war years Is the down hill trend of her chirstian ity the great cathedrals and beautifully built massive s tone stone churches that are such a part of E england now stand nearly deserted by their members it has been made public in a recent survey that over 90 per cent odthe of the church chuich of england members never neer attend church the effect of this departure from the christian christ lan training ab b shown in t tr trend ot of thought 0 tb mode arnodo i EIn english glish people the standard stan daid of living her liere is far below that at home the many modern conveniences tint that wo we tako take for granted are aie unheard aid of luxuries over oel here the countryside of green england Is beautiful beyond words word rolling green hills and woodlands great rose gardens that bloom sometimes the year year around make sure it polio infantile ancile Par lykis cripples and kil kills Is thousands of youngsters and adults every year learn how to protect yourself by reading how science Is battling this dread disease its in the american weekly that great magazine distributed tri buted with next sundays los angeles examiner it it 18 also very wonderful to visit the groat great cathedrals churches and castles of oc anaclet britain and to find out that they tricy were built sometimes os as long ago as eight and aulne hundred years in closing just let me say that it Is not a sacrifice in any way to bo be here at this time for I 1 have hae a firm testimony that my work Is divinely inspired Ins plied and anything I 1 can do as aa an individual to further it will vill be rewarded with blessings too numerous to count best wishes to all sincerely bill gah blackwell ackwell ni marclay barclay braden says ali ah for those good old days when uncle sam lived within his income and without most mosi of ours say everyone can give pleasure in some way when congress adjourned for A borso race road read about one 0 of his torys most moat exciting horse races you can read this dramatic true story plus many other colorful features in the american weekly that great magazine distributed with next sundays los loa angeles examiner one person may do it by coming into a room and aid another by going out |