Canada

Darrell and I received our mission call in mid-October 2013 to the Canada Toronto Mission.  


When we opened the letter we were excited, yet very humbled;  knowing that we will be representing the Lord as ministers of the restored gospel for the next 18 months. We learned that our primary assignment will be to labor as member and leader support missionaries. We knew that when we made this decision to serve, there would be many changes in our lives and  it would require a total  leap of faith!

Many years ago, when I was a young girl, my family  lived in Lethbridge, Alberta for seven years. I remember the bright-colored pink and stucco home we lived in, the openness of the prairies, and the carefree life I had as a young girl . I will now have the opportunity to live in Canada once again; this time in Eastern Canada.  Darrell served his mission just south of Lake Ontario in the Cumorah mission.  He also is looking forward  to serving  in Ontario, Canada, which is  close to the boundaries of his former mission. The Ontario Canada Province has a wonderful history and beginning for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. During the next year and a half,  we will enjoy sharing with each of you  some of the wonderful experiences that await us in Toronto, Canada! 

Early Church History in the Canada Toronto Mission

The  Canada Toronto Mission has a rich history.  It covers a large part of the province of Ontario where the gospel was first spread abroad by early prophets and apostles in this last dispensation. The only foreign country in which the  Prophet Joseph Smith proselyted was Canada when he came to Mount Pleasant, Ontario, in 1833.

Other early Church leaders such as Oliver Cowdery, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Parley P. Pratt, and Sidney Rigdon performed missionary service between 1830 and 1836 in Ontario. More recent leaders include Mark E. Peterson and Neal A Maxwell who served as missionaries, and Thomas S. Monson and M. Russell Ballard who served as mission presidents.