Sunday, May 19, 2013
Vist to Scotland
The skies are bluer in Scotland and the architecture different. The Edinburgh Castle was incredible. We saw Catherine, Queen of Scots as a baby and later when we went to London, we learned that she was deemed a traitor and beheaded by Queen Elizabeth I. We saw the crown jewels and learned that James VI of Scotland became James I of England who succeeded Queen Elizabeth and commissioned the bible to be translated into English which is the bible we now read - King James Bible!
Almost the real deal
We went into an incredible toy store and found Queen Elizabeth made of legos, so we took a picture. This is also a phone booth made of legos. That would take a lot of legos!
Charlie and Dana visited
Charlie and Dana came to England to visit us!! We got permission from our Mission President to spend some time with them, so we went north. We took Flat Jaxon (Stanley) with us and taught him to fly on the broom with his grandma while we were at Hogwarts, Harry Potter's castle.
Stake Leaders that help with the Young Single Adults
This is Brother and Sister Wileman, the YSA couple in the stake, whom we work closely with.
YSA wedding
One of our YSA couples, John and Amanda, got married. Couples are required by law to marry in a public place, in case the queen decides to attend the wedding. Then the couple goes to the temple to be sealed within 24 hours. They always have so much food for everyone who attends the wedding.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
missionaries
Elder Taylor just went home. 
He spoke better Chinese than the Chinese. He is very gifted and has an ear for music, so he just sort of picked up the language after being with a Chinese-speaking elder for a while. He and Elder Griffiths, another incredible missionary have been baptizing like crazy. They baptized Jason, Joey, Hardy, Peter, and Alameda. Elder Olson actually baptized Jason and Joey and helped them get to the hospital way last summer. The seed was planted and the missionaries captalized on it!!!
He spoke better Chinese than the Chinese. He is very gifted and has an ear for music, so he just sort of picked up the language after being with a Chinese-speaking elder for a while. He and Elder Griffiths, another incredible missionary have been baptizing like crazy. They baptized Jason, Joey, Hardy, Peter, and Alameda. Elder Olson actually baptized Jason and Joey and helped them get to the hospital way last summer. The seed was planted and the missionaries captalized on it!!! 
It's hard to see Senior Missionaries go too! The Youngs and the Barrons have now gone home.
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