after church we had lunch at a newly married couple from scotland's home. it was so much fun because the husband, leigh actually did his undergraduate at byu and is now finishing up his last year in dental school, so we had a lot to talk about!
this evening we were lucky enough to have a local stake president who lived in England during WWII come and talk to us. it was absolutely fascinating. i learned so much about the war, and it was amazing to hear it all from the perspective of somebody who experienced it first-hand. i cannot fathom living during that time of so much fear. he remembered, and showed us pictures of everyone carrying gas masks everywhere. he showed us a picture of the church down the road from where he grew up that was bombed and literally destroyed. he said that the memories of spending all night in an anderson shelter, listening to bombs go off all night will always be a part of him. i was honestly on the edge of my seat the entire time. i'm so so happy our professors arranged for him to come talk to us!
[you may think we are doing a peace sign in this picture.. and although we are gangster, we are actually holding up 2 fingers to document the two trains we had been on at that point.]
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