Halifax Mission Month 3, September 2017
September started out with a trip to Kelowna to celebrate the life of Charles Burns, Kathy’s Mom’s husband. He had passed away after an extended battle with cancer and we received permission from our Temple President (who is also our Mission President) to leave the mission to be with Kathy’s mom and our family. Charlie’s passing occurred just before the scheduled two week semi-annual temple maintenance closing, during which time we have very limited duties and responsibilities at the temple. Charlie will be sadly missed as he was always a wonderful part of our family vacations to Kelowna and our family get-togethers. Fred and Kathy were able to spend a few days with Kathy’s Mom prior to the Celebration of Life and also a few days with our children and grandchildren who were able to make it out to Kelowna to celebrate the life of Grandpa Charlie. All of our children were able to get there except Michelle who had booked a flight to Kelowna, but it was cancelled due to forest fires in th...