My next adventure: I will living in Canada for about 18 months starting this summer!
I’ll be in the southern part of Alberta. I’d say it’s probably 1/3 or 1/4 of Alberta, I’m not really sure.
The reason I’m going is because I decided to serve a mission for my church and I was assigned to serve in the Canada Calgary mission, English speaking. (There’s also Mandarin and Spanish speaking missionaries there.)
I’m super excited about it but a little nervous too, which is completely normal.
Apparently, from what I’ve heard and read, it’s pretty diverse there. Return missionaries (RMs) from that area shared that they enjoyed different types of food from Indian to Filipino.
One of the things I’m not looking forward too though is the cold. I grew up in Virginia where, yes, we have crazy weather, but it’s certainly not as cold as Canada will be.
But I also read about chinook winds, which are, apparently, warm winds from the Pacific that are really nice. I’ve also heard that they melt all the snow. (And then it snows again.)
I have also had poutine, which is super famous in Canada. I didn’t have it officially, but I had make-shift poutine.
So, poutine is made up of French fries covered in gravy and cheese curds. The idea is also that the gravy melts the cheese curds.
When I had it recently, it was tater tots, gravy, and shredded mozzarella. It was pretty good.
Anyway, I’m pretty excited to experience what Canadas like and to serve the people there.
I’ll go where you want me to go, dear Lord,
Over mountain or plain or sea;
I’ll say what you want me to say, dear Lord;
I’ll be what you want me to be.
- LDS Hymnal, hymn #270, I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go
