Special day in July

July 20, 2013

Today another sister was baptized.  Her husband is a member and is just coming back into activity, and her children will be baptized soon.  We had the opportunity to help teach her.  It was a great day.  She had the support of her family, many of the missionaries that taught her, our mission president,  and her cousin who is a member of the seventy here in England.  There was a great spirit.  This family will be a great blessing to our ward.  I had hoped to include a picture, but I haven't received it yet.  I will include it later.

Elaine with the Missionaries who taught her.
Our mission president is on the far left.

July 28, 2013

This week we finally had an appointment with a couple that had been avoiding us.  Elder Whitehead thought there was no use trying to see them, but I kept feeling that we should not give up.  We saw the wife and her daughter Wednesday night.  The wife told us about why they had not been to church in so many years.  Her daughter was not a member but was interested in learning the Gospel.  We invited her to YSA and she came and she enjoyed herself.   They expressed an interest in attending the pageant.  We thought we were not going to be able to get pageant tickets for them, but the girl’s mother called and said if we could even get one ticket, she and her husband would drive their daughter to Chorley for the pageant.  Shortly before her call, I had received word that there was one ticket turned back.  A few days later we learned that two more tickets had become available so her parents could see it as well.  We see the Lord’s had working in their lives and I am sure there are many more stories like this one throughout Great Britain as the pageant approaches.

Last week we helped a new senior couple get settled.  This week we took them to see Old Rufford Hall, a nice old Tudor style home built in the 1500's.

The new senior couple

Us in the Old Rufford Hall

We thought these cat and mouse shrubs were very clever.

Outside Old Rufford Hall

The entrance to the garden

This was such a pretty sky on Monday.
I thought I had better get a picture, because it can't last.

Put on the whole armor of God

It was a great day to visit this old home.