Montreal Temple Visit

Last Saturday we traveled to Canada with two other couples to attend the temple. Even though it's called the Montreal Temple, it is located in the town of Longueuil, in the province of Quebec. The exciting thing for us was that many of Mike's ancestors were born in Longueuil. In fact the Patenaude and Trudeau families lived there for at least four generations.

We hope to make another trip to visit the churches and cemeteries.

The grounds of the temple are absolutely fantastic, and we enjoyed our visit very much.

We ate lunch at a local restaurant and the food was quite good. We took our car, and Elder Charchenko drove. We were really glad to have a GPS so we didn't get lost.

The couples who went with us were Elder and Sister Starley from Utah, and Elder and Sister McGreggor from Idaho. They enjoyed the trip as much as we did.
It was very interesting driving through Canada and seeing everything around us written in French. It would have been fun to have had Jeremy with us to read the signs.

All of the people working in the temple spoke French, but most of them understood a little English. It was definitely like being in a foreign country. For a while it looked like the session would be in French and we would be using headphones, but in the end it was the other way around. It was pretty evenly matched between English and French speakers that day, so the session was in English and the prayer circle in French.

We hope all of you are well and happy. (Remember Happiness IS A MATTER OF CHOICE!)

PLEASE HUG ALL THE GRANDKIDS FOR US EVERY DAY.

Love, Elder and Sister Charchenko

We love you all. Make it a great day and make it a great year. Love Elder & Sister Charchenko