We had our first district meeting in Londonderry this week. We travelled up there taking the Elders with us. It was about an hours drive from here to the chapel. It's a nice building and it reminded us of the one in Waterton with lots of wood and rock in the construction. It is quite attractive. We had a good meeting and the Omagh Elders took the bus back to Omagh when we finished so we could go inspect the Londonderry Elders apartment and then travel out to Letterkenny to inspect the Sisters apartment. The elders apartment was clean and well kept, no problems at all. It was about a 40 minute drive from there out to Letterkenny, which is in the Republic. The sisters apartment was in great shape too so it was nice to see. Londonderry looks like a nice city and we hope to have more time when we are there next to look around a bit. We stopped for lunch in Letterkenny before we drove home to Omagh. We took a day this week to drive out to Belleek to see the world famous pottery factory. It was an overcast day with lots of rain showers but it was still a pretty drive out there. The factory itself was impressive and the tour of it was great. They took us through the entire process of creating the pottery and we got to talk to the people who were actually doing the work at their benches. It was very well done. They had a large shop to buy pottery if you wished but it was very expensive. Maurene bought a small piece, a little basket, that still cost $40. It was about the least expensive thing in the store. But it was worthwhile going out there. We stopped at a forest park on the way home and hope to return there on a nicer day and take a hike on one of the trails. We travelled out to the branch president's home one evening with the elders for a dinner appointment. We had a great time out there with him and his family. They cooked a Mexican meal for us which was delicious. Their daughter, Clare, had just received her mission call the day before. She is going to serve in the Salt Lake City South mission and is really excited. She reports to the MTC in Provo on January 10. Monday was Halloween and they have some things similar to at home here in Northern Ireland but some that are very different. We had a few kids come around trick or treating. Later that evening we walked down to the city centre to watch the fireworks. All of the cities and towns here in Northern Ireland have fireworks displays at Halloween. The fireworks were quite good and there were a lot of families there to watch them. On the walk back home we went past a neighbourhood where there was a huge bonfire going. I guess that is something else they do here, have big bonfires. I thought the fire department should be called and soon a fire truck did show up. It sat there for a few minutes and then left. Didn't do anything to put the fire out, I guess they thought it wasn't a threat to the neighbouring houses.
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