More History than we could handle..well sort of...

This is the underground station we travel to every morning.

Hello Again!

Today was a great day in London town! We started off the day with breakfast and tea. In case any one was wondering a traditional English breakfast consists of this: baked beans, a fried egg over-easy, a sausage, a stewed tomato and Canadian bacon. Not the most appetizing, but its food and its free.

We set off for The Tower of London around 9:15 this morning.

A warning to all as you enter and exit the train.

Again, this place was overflowing with the rich history that is Great Britain. We saw the royal chapel onsite where 3 of Henry VIII executed wives are buried. The crown jewels were a sight to see. The tradition and importance of the crown jewels was really interesting to see. The coronation of a monarch is considered to be almost a holy event. There is great reverence to God by both the people of England and the monarch that is crowned. It is understood that they are a servant of God to the people.

We had a great tour guide while at the Tower. He actually lived on the premises. There are about 100 people who live on the Tower grounds today. It is quite fascinating.

Re-enactment of some of the sporting that would have been done on the grounds.

After our tour of the Tower, we caught the “Tube” and went to find the church that we would be serving in for the next week. Community Church of God is located in Central London, known as Tottenham. It is kind of rough there but the people are very sweet and willing to serve. It is all a bit unorganized so we spent the majority of the afternoon trying to make some sense of what would be happening when and who would be doing what. We will be helping with the Opening and Closing Assemblies, teaching songs and motions. We are also responsible for the closing program. We will be staging and acting in this closing program. We are excited for what will happen in the next week. We would ask for prayer in that everything would be pieced together in time for the kids to arrive at 10 am Monday morning. There are supposed to be 70-80 kids which is great, but is also going to be a huge task to reach them in the ways that they will need to be reached. Thanks to all of you who have joined us in prayer! We love you and can’t wait to share with you all our amazing stories.

Lots of Love,

Debbie and Jennie