Canada Underground

Dear all,

Dear goodness, writing about every week gets really really really boring. Essentially everything is the same. The struggle of missionary work drags on, and nothing appears to change, from our perspective. The Congolese with a baptismal date told us this week that she doesn't feel comfortable getting baptized yet, and since then we haven't been able to meet with her. Normally she is very excited about coming to church, but this week neither she nor her sister did. 

Anyway, on the bright side, the weather is nice and sunny, and Quebec celebrated its "National Holiday" yesterday. I din't really notice any super special celebrations, but there were lots of barbecues and Chocolat Favoris was closed :(. 

President Low comes in this Thursday and President Phillips leaves on Friday. We're supposed to have interviews with President Low on Saturday so that he can meet us all in person. As I've mentioned before, I'm sad that President Phillips is leaving. but I am very excited to meet President Low. I've heard a lot of good things about him, and I'm looking forward to see what changes come with the mission merge. 

To take advantage of the nice weather this Sunday, we did our companionship study in one of my favorite parks in Ottawa along the Rideau River. Last year at around this time, I talked to someone in that park who ended up getting baptized a few months later in Toronto. It was nice to go there and remember the incredible things that started there.

Last Tuesday, we did not go to the museum with VIncent. Instead, he drove us way out to the west of Ottawa to go to the well-hidden Dieffenbunker. The Dieffenbunker is a nuclear bunker built by the Canadian government during the cold war to sustain Canadian society in the even of a nuclear attack. It's built to withstand a 5 megaton blast, and is massive on the inside. We pretty much had free range to wander around the whole place, so we got to see the prime minister's quarters, the war counsel room, the hospital, the communications room, the computers, the bathrooms, and even the department of housing and mortgage. It was very very interesting. Pictures included. 

That's it for me. love you all.

Elder Hadden

Bunker entrance

Us and the bunker door.

Cafeteria

The war council room

CBC Emergency Broadcasting room.

Evacuation plans

The Prime Minister's secret underground nuclear holocaust office

Bathroom. They all still work.
We could have used them if we really wanted to.