April, May & June 2013

April 20, 2013

 Rhio Corbett's baptism
 Elder Ottley asked her if she wanted to know more
 Elder Romer & Perry taught her
 and her boyfriend (she found after starting discussions) baptized her

April 25, 2013

 From a hill we hiked in Thamesmead

This is the "bread crumbs" that our GPS made
 from us walking up the hill in Thamesmead

April 26, 2013 Ward Party

Stites had just got into town.  Steve fought off jet lag and
accompanied us to the party where we tried to make temples with
ice cubes and then when that didn't work, because they were round cubes,
we made bible stories with clay

April 30, 2013

The Seniors of London and London South at a YSA training conference

The Seniors we came out with and our Mission President

May 4, 2013

Walking tour of Bath with Stites

We went on a tour to Bath.  There was a couple from Washington on the tour.
  It turned out to be Jeff Berry's future parents in-law.

Bath scenery

Bath

A dance hall in Bath

Housing in Bath

Roman Bath

May 6 2013

Tour of London Tower with Stites

Yeoman (Beef-eater)

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

A "Royal Throne"

Tower Bridge from inside a Castle

Steve Stites, Dave, Lynne Stites, Lynne's Sister Barbara and her husband Steve

May 8, 2013

Missionaries singing to Sister Adams and Sister Ottley  after zone conference
lunch of sloppy joes,  They sing "We are Like the Army of Helamen" and
add at the end "we thank you for the food."

Sister Adams and I as the missionaries are singing to us.

May 10, 2013

High Priest social where we gave a
 PowerPoint presentation about ourselves

More High Priest's

May 11, 2013

Senior Outing to Greenwich.
 Dave in the tunnel under the Thames River

May 17, 2013

African night at Tracy Wrights with new converts

May 18, 2013

Zone P-Day BBQ

The Elders had lit a disposable BBQ grill and then the Sisters called
the Bishop for approval to do it at the church.  He said it was against
the rules so we went to a park down the street.  The Elders are holding
the BBQ grill out the window.


May 20, 2013

We took Elder Pond, Keller, Rommer & Perry to Tobry's Carvery
for dinner the Friday before transfers.  It is a roast dinner with Yorkshire pudding,
all you can eat vegetables, dressing, potatoes & gravy for 6.29 pounds.

May 21, 2013

Tiffany, Kirk, Charlene & Dave at Wicked in London

May 24, 2013

Mary Olise (Mahoney) baptism with Elder & Sister Ottley.
Her husband is a member and she came with him to a
Birthday party.  We talked with her a lot about the church
and encouraged her to take the discussions.

May 25, 2013

 Dickens walking tour in London with Kirk and Tiffany

Tiffany, Dave & Kirk

St. Pauls in London

Back side of Big Ben and Parliament

Walking London with Kirk and Tiffany this is the remaining
wall of the palace of the powerful Bishops of Winchester
one of the largest and most important buildings in medieval London

May 27, 2013

We were working in the office and Elder Perry brought Elder Rommer there
because he was going home.  It was then that Elder Perry told us
he was being transferred from our Ward

Elder Pond told us that he was also being transferred

June 1, 2013

Adam graduation from University of Washington

Adam & Allison on graduation day from
University of WA
outside of their home

Katie Brunson graduating from Southridge High School

We were not able to be home with Adam or Katie but we had a
good day going with the YSA on a trip to the Benbow Farm where
Wilford Woodruff dug a pond to baptize 300 people which
included many preachers and all but one of the congregation of the Gadfield
Elm Church.  Because the person that owned this church was part of those
converts they gave the church to The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints and
it is the first and oldest church building.

This is a crop that is pretty but it causes a lot of allergies.
  It is an oil and is a lot like alfalfa

Dave in a little town called Ledbury.  I have family that
came from this part of the country.

The pond is to the left of Dave and behind.  It's hard to see
because it is almost the same color as the grass

Gadfield Elm Chapel

June 4, 2013

Charlene on the Millennium Bridge walking to
 London Bridge Station after the BYU Ballroom Dancers performance

Dave on the Millennium Bridge with St. Pauls Cathedral behind him, walking to
 London Bridge Station after the BYU Ballroom Dancers performance