HALIFAX HOLBROOKS: Joy in the Journey

This is a great place to be, in part because the missionaries are so much fun to have around and can be very entertaining. Here's a small sample of the fun things we've found--just the ones we caught on camera.

We have weekly district meetings with the local missionaries, and four of them share an apartment. They had a giant bear kicking around their apartment, so they slit the back seam, took out the stuffing, and Elder Marcelino, who is from the Philippines and a little on the small side, climbed inside and put a cape on to cover the open seam. They showed up at Sister Pratt's surprise birthday party. We couldn't figure out who he was until they told us. He couldn't see anything, so he had to be led around by other missionaries. He later said it was a little cramped and very hot, but a fun joke. No, it's not the new mission mascot. They put the stuffing back in and sewed it up again before transfers.

The previous office couple left behind some stress balls. One time when we came in the office we discovered missionaries had been in the night before and lined up the balls on the headrest of Elder Holbrook's chair. Nobody ever admitted to it or asked us about it.

One time there was some sort of meeting at the stake centre. After we walked into the cultural hall and saw missionaries all over the floor. We couldn't figure out what they were doing.

Someone told us that Elder Cox was leaving in a week/7 days, so they were making a 7 in his honor. It wasn't very straight, but they were having a ball doing it.

We went to a +50 activity (Bingo) our ward holds on occasion. The guy on the far right, Terry Skipper, is bald as a billiard ball. He'd found a Scottish hat with red hair hanging down from it, and when he put it on he became a different person. He was the Bingo caller and did a great job. Fun evening.

Terry Skipper, Bingo Caller Extraoridinaire

There is a low credenza in the office. One morning when we came in, we discovered it was skewed and partly sitting on the floor. When we started asking the missionaries about it, one of them said, "Well, it kind of broke." After a little prodding, they admitted there were three missionaries sitting on it! We were planning to take it to the dump and see what we could find to replace it. Fortunately, Elder Green was able to put it all back together and strengthen in with a leg in the middle. There is now a sign on it saying, "I've been resurrected once and don't think I can do it again. Please use a chair."

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Elder Allsop was trying to scrunch down so he wasn't covering his companions (a temporary threesome), but all he managed was some awkward looking poses. He had us all in stitches.
L-R Sister Street, Sister Dutson (Utah), Sister Thomson (BC), Sister and Elder Excell (Cedar City), Elder Hart (Sandy), Elder Allsop (Springville), Elder Argyle (Kaysville).