England is a bit jollier!

We have arrived in England. We flew in on September 10,2011 to Manchester, England. We were greeted at the airport by President and Sister Lindley. They took us on a scenic route back to Leeds. We stopped by a lovely stream where Orson Hyde had baptised many in 1837 and dedicated ourselves to our mission.

We have been in Leeds a little over a week now and are busy learning our duties. There seems to be plenty of work to do.

Trip to the Seashore Sept 17,2011

Saturday was a lovely day. We went touring around with the Jensens, Westons, and Youngs in the mission van. We went to the eastern coast and the weather was Beautiful. The scenery was fantastic and we really enjoyed getting to know each other. I think we have some great pictures.

Here is a photo of Whitby Abbey from our trip to the eastern seashore. England is so beautiful!

MTC Friends

We have also really enjoyed the other couples in our group of 27 missionaries. Our favorites are Elder and Sister Howes, Elder & Sister Hall and Elder and Sister Jensen. People from our group are going all over the US and the world. Two couples are going to Africa.

Lorraine -The MTC

September 4, 2011

We have completed a week here at the Missionary Training Center and it has been wonderful. It is really great to see all the young elders and sisters with their bright and earnest faces. They are so good! They usually will race ahead to open doors for us and sometimes clear away our trays after dinner, just to be nice. Gary says that we feel like rocks in a stream and he is right. The young folks all move so fast!

We had classes Monday –Friday with wonderful young returned missionary teachers. We really grew to love them. We taught lessons to “investigators” and listened to some great guest speakers. Some of the speakers are quite old and have served missions all over the world.