The mission president's wife is Sister Cannon. She has a very interesting story or rather her parents do. Her Mother was born in Denmark. As a young girl she wanted to go to the United States, but her parents wouldn't let her. Then one day the missionaries came to their house. They taught the family the gospel and actually said that the church was wanting people to come to the U.S. towards Zion to help build up Zion. So she got baptized and told her parents that now she had to go to the U.S. The parents agreed and off she went. Meanwhile her Father who was born in Iran was sent with several other young men to go to school. Her Grandfather knew several men who were Mormons in Iran and when he was looking for a school for his son they told him that in Utah and at BYU there were lots of young men who were just like them. The Grandfather liked that and so he sent his son and the other boys too to go to school at BYU. While there Sis. Cannon's Mom attended church, went to school, and had a calling, but really didn't know a lot about the church. She soon met her husband to be. They began dating and after some time he proposed to her. The Mom's friends told her that she could not possibly marry because she was not supposed to marry outside of the church. So, the Mom told that to her future husband. He then studied about the church, got baptized and they got married. So Sister Cannon grew up with a Danish Mom and an Iranian Father. They really didn't attend church, but when she became 20 she read the Book of Mormon, studied the religion, prayed and got a testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and of the gospel. When she turned 21 she went on a mission to Norway. She met President Cannon at a Monopoly party. They were both BYU students and both returned missionaries. It was not love at first sight, but they started dating and the rest is history. President Cannon is a descendent of George Q. Cannon one of the Apostles of the Church and also a counselor in the First Presidency.
I am posting more photos of homes. Many of these homes are so lovely. We see them on our drive to the office every morning. We are still living the Mission home, so our route will change once we move into our apartment.
One area has these very long and steep stairways. I hope to post more, but it's hard to get a good photo while driving. There is a lot of traffic too, so we can't really slow down or stop. The speed limit here is 60 miles and hour and you better not go 1 mile over or you will get a ticket. There are police everywhere and they are very willing to stop and ticket anyone breaking a law. Gas prices are $5.40 a gallon
Look to the side of each house to see their stairs leading to the house.
This is Rue St Joseph, one of the large, important streets here.
The colorful box is the mail box. All of the mailboxes here are very colorful.
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