A Week of Traveling and a Big Event

At a mission conference for senior couples, we were happily surprised to meet Elder and Sister Cartwright, whom we served with in the BYU Eighth Stake. They are serving on a Church farm northeast of London. We hope to visit them in the spring.

October 23-24 we went by train to Birmingham for more training on our Area calling. It was great to meet three other couples who are also Area Employment Specialists. One couple serves in Scotland and Ireland, one couple in the Birmingham Mission, and a British volunteer couple, who serve in the London Mission area. Our Area calling will actually be working with Stake and Ward leaders in the London South Mission area. Lynn is hoping it won't involve driving! This is in addition to our serving in the London Employment Resource Center.

Here is a picture of the English countryside taken from the train window. It shows a flock of sheep in a pasture with trees in the background and reflections in the window of other things. We tried to get better pictures, but did not succeed.

We got back to London Thursday evening, worked a few hours at the Centre, then packed for our trip the next morning to Washington DC for Brian and Carol's wedding. We had permission from the Area to attend this family event. It was a glorious and wonderful time for our family! All of our children were there. No words can express our joy! The happy couple gave all of us joy.

 Imagine our surprise when we met Elder and Sister Dana and Berva Griffen, beloved friends, in the temple where they are serving their mission.

Our flight back to the UK was delayed because of a big wind storm in England. We had planned to arrive back on our Monday P-day but, instead, flew in on Tuesday. We got to our flat at 11:30 a.m. and were at the Centre to serve our 8-hour shift by 12:30! We have been very blessed.