Show missionary LETTER lattek january 4 1039 Riv riverview ervieN ail ae verdun montreal ontario dear brother marshall I 1 I 1 received your our lovely card and i thanks very ibave I 1 ha bave va continued I 1 to receive your excellent paper since the last time I 1 wrote for which I 1 am deeply and indebted bated to you I 1 got many lards cards and presents from friends and I 1 wish to thank one and all for their kindness it seems the that every tirrie time your paper comes it ft is a sort of a christunas brist mas to me because I 1 get the goings on dispensed from an unal unbiased as e d I 1 viewpoint I 1 dijoy every page of it and read even the comics much inch water has flown under the I 1 bridge since I 1 last wrote and many things thing have happened of which time I 1 end space would not permit the relating of I 1 sp spent ent ten enjoyable months 11 in ottawa and watched our branch grow quite a bit during that time the cl city ty Is a very and picturesque fiot and has a population of about one hundred and fifty thousand tile the parliament grounds and buildings are lan an attraction to anyone and I 1 enjoy ed the privilege of watching the opening of if the session about a year ago white while I 1 was in ottawa ottaw 11 fifteen people were baptized into the fold of and several more were worthy candidates I 1 enjoyed the friendship of many people while there and was treated created exceptionally well by all in fact they looked after me so well that when my transfer to montreal came it was with a heavy heart that I 1 left we had the opportunity to dramatize the history ot of our church on one of the stations there and they went over well ell it was divided into three half hour episodes we also held a bible school for three weeks during the summer and about fifty children attended each morning I 1 find montreal a very fine city and very much larger than ottawa it is made up of several small cities of which verdun is one verdun has 0 people and ISIon montreal treal altogether has better than a the french canadian are very numerous and is the common language verdun illas has the most english and that Is about half of the populace we he have a fine branch of our church here and I 1 the members are axce exceptionally optionally faithful f ua I 1 11 find nd missionary is conary work one of the greatest greate s t II 11 I 1 have ave ever done and the t time e is too n rapidly drawing near the end clid I 1 iam am deeply grateful for my parents and for the opportunity they hai have e given me also the kindness of the folks at home and all those who have helped hel pI me on my iny vay thanking you yen a kain again for your fine paper and hoping it ever ret get ride sidetracked tracked slay may the lord bless bles s yon oil oil all a and ed deliver to you the things W which are for your best 91 good ad in this a new year s sincerely hice rely E ELDER WM T J |