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Hey all,

Glad to hear there’s been a good first week of summer for everyone. Sorry if this email is a little shorter, we had a bunch of car stuff to do at the start of the morning, and then we had scheduled to go seaglassing with the Lows this afternoon, which was really fun. I found a couple cool pieces, some are kinda rare, so it’s pretty neat.

Peggy’s Cove is really pretty, there’s lots of beautiful parts of the maritimes, and it has a big place in literature. Ann of Green Gables (which he obviously has never read, since he spelled it without an e!) is the most well known, but another popular figure is Evangeline. She comes from a poem about the Acadian removal, I want to read it when I get home, cause it sounds really cool. 

Highlight of my week was definitely the baptism. Nadia got baptized on Saturday, she was someone we found in Moncton through the members there. Elder Holman and I started teaching her, then I got transferred to Halifax, and then Elder Holman joined me again. While I was gone, they finished teaching her and they put her on date. When they originally talked about it, she said “I’d like to be baptized at the end of May,” to which one of the missionaries said, “Ok, how about June 1st?” Everyone thought it was super funny, fortunately, even though the members had a slight heart attack. Everyone was joking about it when we went, it was funny. The rest of the exchange was really great too, we got to see Deji, Harley, Bishop, and Brother Williams again, I love Moncton. It’s so cool to see the transformation that’s happened there since the start of my mission till now. It was cool too because I was the only missionary who know that this less active’s mom was coming to Moncton, and we dropped by and we were able to meet her, she’s coming to church and is bringing her grandchildren.

Earlier in the week, we had another exchange here, this time with the Clayton Park elders. That was really fun too, a lot of the members were pretty excited because a missionary just got home from their mission in the Philippines, so the members were super excited to have them back. 

Last night for family home evening, Promise taught us how to make Chin Chin. It’s a Nigerian specialty. Speaking of Africa, our fireside is this coming Sunday, so pray that it all goes well! 

Love you all so much, I wish I had a little more time, but we've really got to go. I hope you know how much I love you. Enjoy the trip to Washington DC. 

Love,
Elder Marsh

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