Jack and Charlet's Blog

Sister Pemberton is the cutest thing!!

2009-07-10T21:06:00Z

Today we were out reconnoitering the upcoming handcart trek route with an agent of the Environmental Agency. He had been informed by a farmer whose fields we would be going through that due to the threat of hoof and mouth disease, out trekkers w...

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A Strange and Wonderful Fourth of July Celebration

2009-07-04T22:47:21Z

This evening, after hosting the local Ward's traditional Fourth of July Celebration at Camp Liahona where we serve as volunteer Camp Directors, we sat in our back yard and watched the fireworks. It all seems very normal except that we are in the ...

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We Shake Hands With a Prophet

2009-06-06T13:32:20Z

President Uchtdorf says we are cool! Here's the proof! He and Apostle Anderson shook hands with all 280 missionaries. There was no conversation, so the line moved pretty fast. Elder Pemberton is right behind me. Jack let Charlet go first, of c...

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The Miracles of May - and Where Did It Go Anyway?

2009-05-26T10:42:06Z

Here it is, the 26th already and what??? We have been so buried in work projects. We have the camp all torn up with new electrical cables buried to the new location of the generator and the water system is being moved to a better location in pr...

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The Glory of the Rape Seed Crop

2009-05-01T21:50:54Z

The Old Testament mentions a farm crop called rape and I always wondered what it was. Here it is in full bloom. The picture does not do it justice because it is in full shadow from a cloud. It is strikingly beautiful - so brilliant! This particula...

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Service Men Man Service Project

2009-04-18T19:49:00Z

Today we had another great service project at the Camp. Thirty-five US airmen came and did a raft of little projects for us: reset fence post, set new posts for kitchen outlets and the Spider Web challenge, cover kitchen "floor" with wood chip, f...

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Big Norwich Stake Service Project

2009-04-10T19:43:54Z

Today over 40 people showed up at 9:00 am to help with tasks at Camp Liahona. We had a crew build this fire ring while another crew built this picnic table. Elsewhere, we had 4 chain saws going and 20 people dragging bush to trailers where i...

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What We Did Today.

2009-03-20T23:21:33Z

Just for fun, we thought we would just pick today and list the stuff we did. No day is typical because they all tend to be like today. [Was that an oxymoron?] Anyway, here's the list. Drove to Feltwell to post a letter and pay the garage for resto...

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England Country

2009-03-01T20:07:24Z

Yesterday, we finished inspecting the homes that are in our stewardship. This 7 homes was located in Kelsale, in Eastern East Anglia. We could not inspect them all in one day so we spent the night in the Moat House Bed and Breakfast, a beautiful c...

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A Kind Letter from Our Operational Boss

2009-02-25T19:07:40Z

We received today this kind letter from our operational supervisor: We are just grateful to be of service and wish we could do more. There is certainly much more to be done.

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