I think this is how I will journal while I am on my mission to the U.K. I will write the highlights and share some photos. Hopefully it will help me remember what we did and what we felt while we were here.
Our first day was very interesting and way better than I would have imagined. Here is my report...
We left Monday morning from SLC at 9:40am. We flew to Detroit, then to Amsterdam and then to Manchester. We arrived at about 8:30am, Tuesday. As the British say...we were knackered! (Donny Osmond taught me that.) The dictionary definition is "extremely tired" or "worn out or damaged by overuse." Either one works!
We were greeted by Robert and Patricia Preston, the outgoing MTC President and his wife and brought to Chorley. Chorley is a pretty small town that I am starting to love. Since it is winter here, the trees are bare, but the grass is green and the people are friendly. I have been told the further north you go the friendlier the people. I am glad we don't live in London, I am turning into a small town girl. We are on the same acreage as the Preston England Temple, a stake center, a family history center and some temple housing.
When we got here we had a little de-brief with the Preston's, met the missionaries, shook their hands, looked into their eyes and had lunch. We will talk about the cafeteria food later! The Preston's left and we started some training with our MTC Manager, Chris Pattenden. He is WONDERFUL! He is funny, loving, knows what he is doing, is very helpful and has a British accent! We are enjoying our time with him.
After he felt like we were on overload, we came into our apartment, which by the way was clean, freshly painted and carpeted, and waiting for new furniture. SCORE! Totally opposite of our experience in Santa Rosa and totally better than we had tried to prepare ourselves for. We unpacked and tried very hard to stay awake until 9pm. I slept like a log...Jon not so much. As he would say, "typical".
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