Winter in England

January 28, 2014

Last week we were slowed down by the stomach flu.  We are grateful to be well again.  Winter has been so mild here so far.  It rains a lot, but most days have some time of sunshine.  The days are starting to get a little longer again.  We got out walking a lot of days if it's not raining too hard.  We don't mind walking in the cold air.  It think it helps us keep our spirits up.  We have have a few Gospel conversations in the past week as well.  We try to talk to anyone who will acknowledge us.  We had another baptism in our ward on Saturday.  An 11 year old boy in our primary class was baptized.  He is the last of a family to be baptized.  We have just started giving the temple preparation classes to his parents.  It will be great to see another family sealed in the temple.  We just finished the temple preparation lessons for another man in our ward who came back to full activity last year after several years of being away from the church.  It has been a privilege to do these classes.
Monday we went to Manchester again.  We had lunch with another senior couple at a very nice Chinese and Asian buffet.  It's the closest thing to an American buffet we have seen since we came here.  It is a place we would go to again.  After lunch we had planned to walk to Manchester Cathedral, but on the way we stopped in a book store and  spent so much time there, that we need to get back home after that.  We will visit the Cathedral next time we are there.
We also attended a welcome home party for an elder from our ward here.  He served in France.  He came home with a french accent.  He didn't sound British at all.  Everyone was amazed.  Someone made him a very clever cake.  I included a picture of it.

The most recent baptism

This was a pretty buffet.  I wish you all could have joined us.

Craig below the statue of Prince Albert

Me at Prince Albert Square