More mission travels and experiences

Gateway to Duke of Beaufort Estate. Stone wall Tree tunnel going into

surrounding the estate and covered with moss. Alice's rabbit hole. These r

beautiful and everywhere

Bigfoot at Ward Bonfire celebrating

Guy Faux Day.

This has been one of the most frustrating blog posts ever. I started out with more pictures but ended up deleting them because I couldn't figure out how to get the descriptions in the right places. I will post more pictures next time when I get it figured out better!!!

We have seen more beautiful countryside in our travels. There are old churches and graveyards everywhere. Every little village has at least one.

We are working with some good people. Ann Cheshire, who hasnt' been to church in 4 years, came to the Ward bonfire with us this week. It is kind of like our July 4th. They celebrate Guy Faux Day. He is the guy who tried to burn down Parliament 100's of years ago and they celebrate his failure to do so. Anyway, we were thrilled that she went with us. We continue to visit with her but she expressed that she does not want to be pressured. So we are being patient.

We also are visit Marian Jones, who hasn't been to church in several years. She gets very emotional when she talks about the Book of Mormon and her testimony of it and the church. But she has anxiety attacks and says it keeps her from going to church. We have really grown to love her and continue to visit regularly.

We are meeting with Matthew Gregory tomorrow to discuss some of his questions. He was baptised a couple of years ago and was very active for some time. Then he started wondering about the Celestial Kingdom and being there without his wife and sons. They are not members. It scared him to think that they wouldn't be with him, so he quit coming. He wants to discuss this and other concerns with us. Hopefully we can help him work these things out. Keep him in your prayers for us.

We visited Raymond Brewer when we first got here. He had just lost his wife and asked us to come back after a while. When we went back last week he was so friendly and we had a great visit. He was baptised when he was 18 and is now 63. He was active for only a couple of years and then married and his wife was against the church so he quit coming. He wants us to come back any time. He writes the most beautiful poetry also and shared some of his poem with us. We have high hopes that the timing is right for him to want to return to church.

We are going to Cardiff tomorrow for Zone Conference and really looking forward to seeing all the missionaries and being taught by President and Sister Ogden. We hope to be able to go to COSTCO after the conference and pick up some AMERICAN food items! Richard was able to get some marshmallow cream (fluff) this week so he can make his annual fudge. The bishop's daughter found it in a store where she goes to university.

There is a family in the ward who's dad is from Sandy, Utah and the mother is from here. They always have a big Thanksgiving Dinner and invite all the missionaries and several other families (around 30 people). She brings Libby's pumpkin pie mix from the USA when they go so she can make pumpkin pies. I will make pecan and cherry pies and yams.

Better go. I hear bedtime calling. We love all of you and hope you are all healthy and happy. Take care until next time.

Love, Elder and Sister Henry (Jo Anne)

P.S. Figuring out the captions for these pictures is a test!!!! Hopefully I will get better at figuring out how to do this so that you can tell what is what!!!

Sister Jo