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| in Dymock |
Where to
start? We have had some great and busy days during the past two weeks. We have
had some great adventures with the Gleave family mingled with missionary responsibilities.
I will try to re-cap the highlights.
The Sisters
in the Downend Ward have been assigned the responsibility to find a new missionary
flat for Elders in their ward boundaries. This has not been an easy project and
we have joined the hunt to try and expedite the process. This assignment adds a
new dimension to our job description. We are learning a lot. Hopefully we will
be successful soon!
We have had
some great missionary teaches with our friends. The three Gleave girls came to
YSA FHE a week ago. We had a good time and laughed a lot! Sunday and Monday week before last we got to share our family with friends and our friends with
family. Thanks to Janet for being the chief chef both times! The food was
delicious and the company was delightful! We have a 2 bedroom flat but only one
bathroom so with 5 women and 3 men trying to orchestrate showers and such we
have had some amusing moments other than that we all got along great!
Some of the
great adventures we had with our family were: A visit to Bath, a day in
Cardiff, the Bristol suspension bridge, The SS Great Britain and eating at
Cosmo's. Probably the highlight of the whole visit was meeting them in Ledbury
and spending two days visiting the England Church History sights and many
important places from the Preece's family history. There is something to be said
about standing in places where our ancestors made vital choices which affected many generations!
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| Church and family history sights |
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| Bristol sights |
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| Cardiff |
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| Bath Fashion Museum costumes from Downton Abbey |
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| plum tuckerd out "time to wake up" |
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| London |
On Thursday
the 7th of Aug we all headed into London. Janet and Joe needed to drop
their rental car off at Heathrow Airport. We all drove there and then took the
Tube into South Kensington. It was fun to watch Bill be able to share this great
city with his family. I think that the love he has for this great country began
46 years ago when he served in the British Mission. To be able to show
to his little sister and her family all of these great sights was a delight. We
did the Big Ben/Westminster Abbey, White Hall, Trafalgar, St. James Park, and Buckingham Palace thing.
On Friday we went to the British Museum and Covent Garden then we bid them adieu and returned to Bristol.
I personally
want to thank Janet, Joe, Madeleine, Franny, Emma and Will for coming to see us so we could share our wonderful UK experience with them. I am so grateful for their
good example and the light that they carry with them! Besides they were the ‘magic
family ‘hardly ever got caught in the rain the whole time they were with us!
Now to share
the moment of a life time! So many great opportunities back to back. Bill and I
were able to take the train back into London on Tuesday and attend a Premier League
‘football’ preseason game! Yes we were able to go to Stamford Bridge and see a
Chelsea game! What a trip! First of all the subway was so crowded that there
were people smashed into the door way 7 rows deep! Not sure I want to enjoy
that scene again anytime soon, but it is all a part of the experience right? We
had great tickets thanks to a special ‘senior’ offer. All of the spectator
seats were sheltered from the elements which I was grateful for because it was a rainy day. Just at
kick off it started to downpour! Then a beautiful double rainbow shown over the
stadium. The crowd needs no cheerleaders believe me. They were singing and cheering
the entire game! Oh and by the way Chelsea won. Tick off an important event
from our bucket list!
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| Kensington Palace in the afternoon before the game |
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| Cheer for the Blues |
Wow, look at
the date, we have been here in Bristol exactly one year. It is kind of fun to
remember events that happened last year. When we were cleaning out the YSA Center
on Wednesday it was fun to reminisce! The project was hilarious but it looks
like all got put back together!
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| Whistle while you work! |
Love you
all! Love your support! Good luck to my little grand kids who are starting a new
school year! You can all do this! You know who are, you can do hard things and
you are never alone!
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