Ang posing next to the iconic telephone booths at the deserted Land’s End attraction.
In the morning, we had breakfast with the Bray’s. They are so sweet and so kind to let us stay here with them and to feed us cereal and toast.
Kynance Cove. To the far left is Asparagus Island.
It was only sunny in the morning then it was rainy, windy and very cold all day long. Regardless of the weather, we decided to have a good time, so first while the weather was nice we went to a small hiking area by the ocean. It was a beautiful view of the green rolling hills, the aqua-colored ocean, and the water hitting the cliff rocks. We took several photos then sat down to enjoy the view. We read a chapter in Alma together and thought about all the beautiful creations of God. It was nice to just sit and relax as we enjoyed the view. Continue reading “England Trippin’ Day 7: The rainy skies of Cornwall”
In the morning, neither of us took a shower because they didn’t provide any towels and the shower room door didn’t have handles on it either, so we just didn’t want to bother with the potential hassle. They did have funny dog named Norman. As we were eating, he would push your hands off your lap with his nose and rest his head on your lap. Haha, it was great, and would also freeze on the ground waiting for you to scratch his belly. I called him the world’s biggest lap dog. 🙂
We then left to look at the flat I lived in when I was serving there. We walked around to the backside and Angela got her feet soaked from the wet grass. I felt terrible about that. I’m not sure the missionaries live there anymore, though. We then drove to the church, which was locked, unfortunately. It is a beautiful property. After that we drove to another high street we would go to and then headed toward the Clifton suspension bridge. It was a hassle to find parking, though. They had closed a lot of parking for some street works so it took a while to find a place to park that wasn’t residential permit parking. We walked across the bridge and took some pretty nice pictures since the weather was great. Continue reading “England Trippin’ Day 6: Sunny skies of Cornwall”
After checking out of the temple housing we attended the first temple session of the day and it was wonderful! It was so nice to be in the temple and to feel the wonderful spirit there. I loved sitting in the Celestial room talking to Lee about the gospel and the blessings that come from living it. Once outside it was raining with lots of wind so we didn’t walk around the temple grounds much. Instead we went to the distribution center and bought Family Proclamations and frames for two of Lee’s converts. Then we were on the road again.
On our way to Bristol we stopped in Gadfield where the oldest LDS chapel in England stands. It’s called the Gadfield Elm Chapel and it was originally built by the United Bretheren. Nearly everyone in their congregation was converted to the LDS church, and they decided to give the building to the church so all the new members had somewhere to meet.
It was raining as we pulled up to the tiny chapel, so Lee got out to open the door. When no one is there they leave a paper with several questions on it as a code to open the door. For the most part, only members of the church would know the answers and that way they protect it from being vandalized. We took a few pictures inside, read the history, and then we were off to Bristol. Continue reading “England Trippin’ Day 5: On the steamship to Bristol…”
Me in front of the Preston MTC. Kind of crazy to have been back.
Our full day in Preston was rather a good one. In the morning, we were finally able to get in touch with the MTC, and we scheduled a time to go check out the MTC.
A proper English breakfast with bacon, mushrooms, fried tomato, eggs. toast, beans, and sausage.
In the meantime, we went out to downtown Chorley to have a proper English breakfast a small café called 2 Tastie. We got the medium breakfast, which consisted of sausage, bacon (ham), beans, tomatoes, regular toast, fried toast, and mushroom (I gave all of mine to Ang 🙂 ). It was pretty good to eat, and even Ang liked it, even though she commented that she had a bit too much mushrooms. Oh, and we smelt like fried food for the rest of the morning.
We woke up and took our time getting ready for church which was a great start to a beautiful Sunday. The weather was nice for the morning part of today and sadly we were inside the whole time. Regardless, church was wonderful. We went to the High Wycombe ward and Lee bore his testimony. He talked about the blessings of the gospel and how grateful he was for the restoration of the true church and all the blessing it has given him. It made me realize just how grateful I was for him and for the chance to visit his mission areas. We talked to so many wonderful people and the other classes were great!
Us with the Holt family in High Wycombe. They were kind enough to let us stay with them while there.
Then too soon we had to take off in order to catch the Oxford ward which we caught the end of and Lee bore his testimony there too. We met a few more people and made plans to visit them next week when we will be in Oxford. Then once again we got back in the car and drove three hours to Preston. We are staying in the temple accommodation housing for the next two nights, which will be wonderful because it’s so peaceful here. The room is pretty simple; just two single beds and bathroom. There was like no one else there, but we met a nice family from Austria who gave us some of their cake and that was yummy.
Us in front of the temple.
Then we spent the rest of the evening walking around the temple grounds and then making plans for tomorrow. Oh, and we saw some missionaries at the MTC taking photos just outside the entrance. They were just getting ready to leave so it was rather fun to reminisce on our experiences getting ready to head out to the mission field.
Missionaries snapping photos a couple days before they were about to leave the MTC. I think they may have been flirting. 😛
Lee’s note: Oh, let’s not forget Angela had some fun chasing after some ducks. 🙂
