May 20, 2013

Last preparation day, the two of us took a looong walk down Chester Road and visited Walton hall and Gardens.  It was a cold and blustery day, but when the sun came out it wasn't so bad.  The gardens were very pretty.  Walton hall was a home, but now it is a reception center.  We had lunch there and spent a nice day together.

The Chapel near Walton Hall

Sister Missionary in Walton gardens

Dad in the Gardens

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Don't you wish your yard looked like this?

Dad and Deb in Chester

Walton Hall

Entrance to the Cathedral

The Cathedral was full of these murals of bible stories done in Mosaics.  It is sad to think that many people don't think believe that they really happened or they have no relevance today.

James and Katherine

In the Cathedral

Four cute grandchildren

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Once in a while, I get a really good picture.

Last week we kept busy trying to visit members of the Ward whose last names started with B. We were asked to deliver invitations to the active members to remind them of the upcoming stake conference. The conference was a regional conference for Great Britain and Ireland. Stephen Baxter of the Seventy conducted and President Henry B. Eyring presided. Elder Baxter, Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, Elder Richard G.  Scott, and President Eyring spoke to the combined  audiences. The talks were very appropriate for the saints in the Bristish Isles.  We felt Elder Eyring's comments were just what we needed to hear for our missionary work.  He taught us that we should never give up on people.

We enjoyed teaching our Book of Mormon class and we taught a few other lessons with investigators this week.  We didn't find a lot of people home this week as we visited and sometimes a few refused to be acknowledged as members of the church.  We could be discouraged, but that won't do any good.  We will keep trying.  We helped a sister build a grow box in her yard and we also attended the Stake Young Single adult activity in Liverpool.  We have been called to assist in that program on Thursday nights.  We will make every effort to see that our ward has a better turn-out.    We have also been called to teach the Valiant class in primary together.

We had a nice visit with Debbie and her family on Saturday.  It was so nice to have family come and see us.  They brought us some things that will be of use from their flat.  We visited Chester with them.  We walked through the old town and visited a cathedral.  We stopped at a french bakery we had visited with Brent and Loni when we were here with them.  We walked through an open air market.  People were selling their homemade products.  I was surprised to see that one of them was a pet bakery.   We also  went to the Museum Of Science and Industry in Mancester.  We had dinner at Pizza hut that evening and dessert at out flat afterward.