The work, and adventures continue


Our experience and expertise in Family History is getting put to good use.  Sister Diane is a longtime faithful member.  Sister J reviews and assists Diane with her Family Tree and Temple ordinances.


We continue our Friday morning shift at Loaves and Fishes, the kitchen/food pantry in downtown Sydney.  We show up before 8am, and there is usually a couple hours of prep - including peeling potatoes.  Then meals are served between 10am and noon, then there is a rush to clean up.  We are grateful to be able to participate in this worthwhile and community-oriented project.



As our "reward" for helping to mow her large lawn and trim an overgrown lilac bush, Sister Joann presents us with two delicious pies.  A strawberry-rhubard for Sister J, and a blueberry for me.  We're not sharing.



Sister Anne adds pins to our Temple Board for the ordinances finished during our recent trip to the Halifax Temple.  As you can see, there are lots of pins on the board, and we were privileged to add a few ourselves.



You may not call it the Polar Plunge, but a few hardy Canadians are brave enough to swim in the ocean during September.  Dominion Beach is quite popular during the summer.  We take walks along it frequently for a little exercise, and to pick up the trash that gets discarded.



One afternoon we decide to get out of town, so we head west, cross on the Elizabethtown Ferry for a sort loop through the countryside.  We've been on this type of "cable ferry" before.  There is a cable anchored on each side, and the ferry winches itself across on the cable.  Works well for short distances.  The ferry will hold about 15 cars, so there's a very short wait, and the crossing takes about 5 minutes or less.  Despite the short ride, it was a little wavy and Sister J got a little queasy during the voyage.  Didn't last long, thankfully.



We treated ourselves to a nice supper at Fitzgerald's Restaurant, and topped it off with a shared slice of delicious carrot cake.



What's this?  An RFID tag on an individual steak?  Unfortunately, it is.  The cost of meat is high here, and is a shopliftable item.  Our friend Anthony at Loaves and Fishes tells us that his friend had to quit his security job at a supermarket, because he couldn't take busting old men and women shoplifting steaks out under their clothes.



If you're wondering if this is a misprint:  $18.08 for a fresh, whole chicken - unfortunately it's not.  It's curious that this price is on an uncooked chicken, when we can buy cooked BBQ chickens from $7 - 10 at most supermarkets.  Still more than the $4.99 Costco chickens in the US though.



Here's a proper Cape Breton Seafood Supper:  haddock, shrimp, scallops, veggies, and a nice side salad.  We took our friend Nelene out to the Miner's Museum Restaurant.  Unfortunately we only got here once before it closed for the season.


Here's a view on the North Atlantid during the runup to a storm.  These aren't the biggest waves we've seen, but they really make an impact on the rocky beach when they crash.



As part of our work, we occasionally get to teach lessons to the Branch.  This year, the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament is covered.  We got to dig into it and learned a lot by examining the time and context that Isaiah lived in.  This map of the Middle East during Isaiah's time shows Israel and Judah surrounded by the nasty Assyrians.  It wasn't easy being a prophet back then - or now.



 


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