Jan 31

It's official. I am coming to live in England sometime during my life. I have absolutly loved it here. Even though the weather has been quite chilly, it is still beautiful. It has been great to be with my family, I never realized just how funny we can be. Possibly my favorite things of the week have been St. Pauls Cathidrial (we where there during a coral program of all boys= amazing!!!) and downtown London. We didn't plan very well so we only had 1 day in London, so we didn't get to see everything we wanted too, but that's ok. It was still great. We also went to both temples here, the Preston and the London. On our first day here, we went to Stone Hedge. That was interesting and now I can say that I have seen it in person. I don't think any of us have adjusted to the time difference very well because we are very tired during the day, but very crazy at night. The poor people in the rooms next to us. Even after being her a week, I can never sleep at night. I do all my sleeping in the car riding to sites. Yesterday (Sunday), we meet up with an old friend we new when we lived in South Africa, it was so good to meet her and her husband (having been so little when we lived there, I didn't remember them). We went to their little ward for church. It was mostly an American ward (kinda a disapointment), so we didn't feel so out of place. I really enjoyed it. The people where so sweet. The young women leader gave us all CD's and chocolates! We then spent the rest of the day visiting with Tracy and Donoven. I loved every minute of it. Now, we'll see what Italy has in store for us!!

We're Off

So, I can't believe that after months of preparation, we are finally not in Utah anymore. It has finally hit me that I won't be going home for another 8 months. It's nice to think that we have a 2 week vacation before we settle in to living in Africa. On our flight from Salt Lake to Dallas, one of our flight ladies was so socked that we would be living in Africa. Once we told her the details and why we were going over there, she was so supportive. It is so nice to know that we have so much support and love from our neighbors. If I didn't have support, I probably wouldn't be as excited to go on this adventure. Until next time!