We had our district meeting in Belfast this week along with all of the other districts in the zone. I guess that makes it a zone conference but they didn't call it that. We drove down early in the morning with our Elders sleeping in the back seat. It was very foggy all the way there and the fog didn't lift until we reached the city. There was the usual traffic jam so it took us two hours to drive there and we arrived just in time. When we got home from Belfast we completed our presentation for the first Family History workshop for the branch. We held it that evening at the chapel and we had five sisters attend. It went really well and there was a lot of interest and we are going to meet again next week. I was even able to help some people out with some things which was really astounding! One afternoon this week we drove down to Enniskillen and took a tour of the castle in the town which houses a museum. It was all very interesting. There were a lot of displays on the history of the military in the city which went back hundreds of years. We finished off the tour with lunch at the cafe inside the castle. When we were finished at the castle we walked up to the city centre to see if we could find the barber shop which was also a railroad museum. It was pretty cool. There were a couple of barbers giving haircuts and all around them was the museum with artifacts from the local railroads. We found it very unusual and interesting. We looked around town for a while and then travelled south about 4 or 5 miles to Bellanaleck where there was a Lace Museum. It was quite the place, Maurene loved looking around in there and seeing all of the old wedding dresses and the beautiful lace work. It was quite impressive. On Saturday night we went to a branch activity at the chapel, it was the annual chili cook-off and ghost story evening. A number of branch members brought chili which we sampled and we sat around after eating and told ghost stories since Halloween will be here shortly. There was a good turnout and we had a good time, Maurene's chili was judged the best and she won a beautiful trophy! On Sunday we had a visit from Elder and Sister Pettit from Dublin. They are the senior couple in Ireland in charge of the Self Reliance program. So they came here to speak in Sacrament meeting and to also do a joint Priesthood/Relief Society meeting on the topic and hopefully get some classes started here in Omagh. We had good meetings and they came to our place afterwards for lunch. We enjoyed very much having a visit with them. When we drove home from Enniskillen Maurene decided to take some video in the car to give an idea of what it is like to drive on the roads here in Ireland. Be patient, it takes a while to download.
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Aaron
10/30/2016 02:12:17 pm
Great post, dad! I enjoyed all of the pictures. The only problem with that video is that driving you're on the wrong side of the road! Lol!
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Aaron
10/30/2016 02:14:02 pm
Oops! *you're driving.
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