Weddings & other memories.

While in Vancouver Connie Fletcher & her church used to take some of us to a down town rescue mission for a service. I believe it was near or on Granville street. This was for homeless men who I think lived on the streets. Several of us either lead the singing of hymns, asked for testimonies & another gave a message from the Bible. Some of these men had come to know the Lord as their saviour. These men still lived in the area & would come & tell how they had fallen into a sinful life & after coming to these meetings were now helping other men to come & be delivered from a life of drunkenness, stealing & many other sinful ways of life which only caused their life deep pain. Many had loss family, friends & jobs. After each service the mission gave them all a good meal, most likely their first & only meal of the day. Some missions had a place to sleep for the night. There was always a altar call for anyone who wanted to take Jesus as their Lord & Savior. I believe a older man & his wife lived at this mission & prepared the meals for these men who were supported by other churches in the city. Those years were still in the depression times.

After coming back to Parry where my family were I continued to work for relatives. I was there when Cecile's daughter married Arnold Pritchard & also when my sister Clara married Ernie Siggelkow. I helped with cooking the meals for the receptions. I was my sister Clara's bridesmaid. These weddings were held in the area around Pangman with guests mostly from those of the Grace Gospel Church. Ernie & Clara's reception was held at my Aunt & Uncles home, with guests from their relatives. Their honey moon was a trip to Regina to spend the night in the home of friends from camp Laura Powers. My school chum Isabelle (Keith) Haase came for the wedding. Ernie & Clara were leaving by car for to attend the Bible school at the west coast where I had attended. Isabelle had asked me come home with her. We both went with the newly wed couple Ernie & Clara on their way west. We were to help with the gas but Ernie was planing to stop to see his relatives at Corrnach Sask. We met several of his Aunts & Uncle, we must have spent the night with some of them. I think Isabelle was already married to Paul Haase & that I stayed some time with them. I visited many more of my friends in Hazenmore before I went back to my folks at Parry. There were special services in Kincaid church so I went to them & as the speaker was going to the Regina area I got a ride home. This is the way many folks got around in those days, it was people helping people. I worked that winter for my Uncle & Aunt, the Lincolns, by spring Ernie & Clara returned from Bible school. They had applied for a church through the Grace Gospel Missions. Rev Hugh Mc Vety was head of that movement & they had a radio broadcast from Regina. Max's relatives in Oak Lake listened to these services & as they wanted a pastor for a church in Oak lake, they had written to see if they could get one from the Grace Gospel group. Brother Mc Vety gave this offer to my sister & husband. They also needed a children's worker so I was asked to go with them to this church in Oak Lake in Manitoba. We all left by car that fall for Manitoba. I was on my way to be a help in my sister & brother in law's first church in another part of Canada. God had many changes a head for me.