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V is for Vehicle Watch Scheme
This one is actually quite “brilliant” [I love this British expression–I’m adopting it. The clerks in the stores always tell me I’m “brilliant” when I manage to give them the right change for my purchases…it’s quite the ego boost. Anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in A-Z Challenge, Mission, Travel
Tagged a-z challenge, anti-theft, crime, mission
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U is for Urban Congestion
London suffers the worst traffic congestion in the UK and amongst the worst in Europe. Drivers in central London used to spend 50% of their time in queues and lost 3 million pounds every week in wasted time caused by … Continue reading
Posted in A-Z Challenge, Mission, Synchronicity, Travel
Tagged a-z challenge, London Underground, mission
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P is for Puffins and Pelicans
The British have successfully complicated the simple task of crossing the street as a pedestrian. They have at least five (and counting) different types of crossings, all named for animals. From Wikipedia we learn… A pelican crossing, as distinct from … Continue reading
Posted in A-Z Challenge, Mission, Travel
Tagged a-z challenge, driving in England, mission
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K is for Kickdown
kickdown is a way of achieving quick acceleration when needed by sharply pressing the accelerator pedal right down causing a quick change down to the next lower gear. To return to the higher gear, ease the pressure off the accelerator pedal. This … Continue reading
Posted in A-Z Challenge, Family, Good Old Days, memories, Mission, Travel
Tagged a-z challenge, driving in England, mission
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Simple Kindness
Within a few weeks of arriving here we visited the Huntingdon Ward for the first time. I met an older, British sister there who was from Liverpool. I told her how much we liked the Beatles and that we had gone … Continue reading
Yankee Ingenuity
I wanted to check out the little artsy knick-knack store down the road for a table-top Christmas tree, as the large one in the shed out back is too big to fit anywhere in this house; I can’t imagine where our … Continue reading
Happy Guy Fawkes Day!
We are hearing the fireworks and saw a few in the skyline on our way home tonight– Remember, remember, the fifth of November Gunpowder treason and plot We see no reason Why Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot ….
Learning new things
Creep and Peep: This is what we do when we leave our driveway each time–edge out slowly, creeping/inching our way as we look one way then another for that sudden rush of a vehicle going 70 mph on our small … Continue reading
Posted in Life Lessons, Mission
Tagged accidents, England, linguistics, miracles, mission
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Settling in
So, now that we’ve been here for a month, here’s a little recap of adjusting to Life In England: Federdecken: We arrived to a completely furnished home, but one thing that was lacking was our bedding of choice–federdecken. We tried for … Continue reading
Just Do It!
I had a dream last night that I was planning a meeting and felt prompted to tell the story I heard while in the MTC. When I woke up I realized I hadn’t actually recorded that story in my journal, so … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Mission, Spirituality, Synchronicity
Tagged apostles, Bednar, Berlin, Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, inspiration, mission, Packer
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