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| Chicago Airport |
Friday,
February 15, 2013, after breakfast, we took the shuttle from the MTC to the
Salt Lake City Airport. We had fun
talking to family on the phone just before we flew out. It took almost three hours to fly to
Chicago. When we landed we taxied by the
President of the United States 747 Plane Air Force One. It looked just like the pictures on TV. Even though we had heavy carry-ons and personal items, we were able to maneuver through the Chicago
Airport just fine. We walked about a half of mile to our next gate and had
plenty of time (2 hours) to make the change. It was fun to call more family on
the cell phone just before we left.
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| Preston England Temple |
Preston Missionary Training Center
It t took almost 8 hours to fly to the
Manchester Airport. We felt so blessed
to arrive safely in the “ Mother Land” on Saturday morning 7:45 am England
Time. We had some English pounds so we could rent a
cart when we arrived in Manchester Airport. We needed all the help we could
get. President and Sister Lindley along with his assistants Elder Weitzel and
Gee greeted us at the exit gate. The Elders took our luggage home in their car
and the President and Sister Lindley took us in their car with our personal
items.
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| Chatburn Stream |
Then we spent several hours with the President and his wife seeing the
Preston MTC, Preston Temple, and going to the stream where Heber C. Kimball
baptized members of the church years ago in Chatburn. President Lindley
conducted a beautiful devotional by the stream and David and I said a silent
prayer dedicating ourselves to the Lord's work. It was a spiritual experience
as we felt we were on sacred soil. They
drove us to Downham and saw an old church and graveyard there. We even found a bench by a stream that said,
“Presented to the citizens of Downham 25 July 1987 in commemoration of the 150th
anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain
and the many early Church members from the Ribble Valley.” We could feel that the early members of the
Church dedicated to the truths they had been taught. President and Sister Lindley drove us to
their beautiful home and we ate a delicious lunch. She had prepared a traditional English dish,
cottage pie. We enjoyed every minute
getting to know President and Sister Lindley. We feel blessed to be serving with them.
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A bout 2 pm, the President drove us
to meet Elder Randy and Sister Gayla Brinkerhoff. We will be stay with them for ten days until
the Barron’s leave and our flat and car will be available. They have a larger home so they can house and
feed missionaries as they enter or leave the mission. The assistants live on
the 3rd floor with a large bedroom and bathroom. The Brinkerhoff’s live on the
2nd floor where there are 2 extra bedrooms to house missionaries, a bathroom and
laundry room with the dryer and ironing board. The 1st floor has a living room,
formal dining room, large kitchen with the washing machine. It is so nice and
comfortable.
Sunday, February 17, we slept in because the
Leeds 2 Ward didn’t start until 2 pm.
Elder Gary and Sister Lorraine Barron picked us up for church. David and I were asked to bear our testimony
in Sacrament Meeting. We enjoyed meeting
the ward members. When the Relief
Society President met me, the first thing she asks was if I played the
piano. I told her that I always get
flustered when people start singing and I am playing the piano, but I would be
willing to play the top hand. She was
over joyed. So I played the piano in
Relief Society. After church, the Elder
and Sister Barron took us to their flat which would become our flat in ten
days. She invited Elder and Sister
Brinkerhoff over for a delicious dinner.
We had so much fun being together as couples. They are wonderful missionaries.
4 Brownberrie lived for 2 weeks
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