Fred & Kathy Hurdman Mission Blog

Halifax Mission - Month of August 2017 We have been really busy and our weekly blog has become a monthly blog! We have had some wonderful experiences at the temple over the past month. Our temple President, President Veinot, is always very concerned about each patron who comes to the temple and he has added some extra sessions in the past month to accommodate families and groups. One young man that had come to the temple for his first time didn't bring some of the paperwork that was required, so he wasn't able to participate as planned that day. President Veinot made sure that there were some baptisms that he could do and that his parents could go through a session. Then he planned a special session for this young man and his family to accommodate their schedule since the young man was going on a mission 1 ½ weeks later and they had come from PEI which is about a 3 ½ hour drive after crossing the Confederation Bridge, which is costly. We also had a special missionary...

Halifax Mission Week Four Sunday, July 23 to Saturday, July 29, 2017 This Monday, we drove out to Peggy's Cove, the landmark lighthouse of Nova Scotia. It was a beautiful drive – Nova Scotia is so lush and green and we enjoy all the flowers and trees here. We drove along the coast and had beautiful views of the ocean, but it did start to get a little hard on Kathy’s stomach after a while, as usual! When we arrived at Peggy's Cove, we decided to have some lunch. Kathy had a lobster roll and Fred had some seafood chowder. We are starting to enjoy all the seafood that this area offers!  Then we hiked over to the lighthouse and climbed on the huge rocks in the area. The views out to the ocean are so beautiful! We can't get over how vast the ocean is. Wednesday to Saturday are the days that we work at the temple. On Wednesday, Fred had to do some printing that was needed at the end of one of the sessions. He had some problems printing with his compu...