We got scones, expecting to be able to have them with clotted cream, but this place did not sell them with clotted cream, which is odd for Devon. We also got our flu shots, and later in the day went to a local Italian restaurant- good day spent with a number of family and friends taking note.
Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes was Nov. 5th. It was a very cold night but we did venture out to a bridge where we could see fireworks from all around. This celebration has been going on since 1605, and is where the term "guy" came into popular usage. Guy Fawkes was a Catholic terrorist who with others tried to blow up King James I along with Parliament. If he had succeeded we wouldn't have the King James Version of the Bible, which has so much of William Tyndale's inspired translation into English.
After much work, prayer, fasting, and a blessing by President Martin Elder Warnick passed his driving test and is now a fully licensed UK driver. This was important, because without it we wouldn't have been able to remain here. We are very grateful and much relieved to have it over. As an indication of what a big process it is, they even sell greeting cards devoted to people having passed the driving exams, and only 50% do pass. The YSA all signed a greeting card congratulating him, which was very thoughtful. It has been an added blessing to get to know his driving instructor. We hope to be able to continue our friendship with him.
There has been a lot of interest in the US election here. Regardless of our personal feelings about the outcome, we feel we can all move forward with hope and faith in the future.
Yesterday we hosted another senior couple, traveling across the moors, then to the Mayflower Steps and the Hoe where Sir Francis Drake continued blowing while waiting for the tide to change as the Spanish Armada approached. We went to a small restaurant for fish pie, then on to the church in Plymouth which was hosting the Plymouth Concert Band Remembrance Day concert. There has been a wonderful relationship develop with this band that likes using the cultural hall. They say it has a good feeling there. Katherine Martin, one of our young single adults, was the featured vocalist.
The couple we hosted brought a 6 inch foam pad for our bed that another couple wasn't using, and our bed was much more comfortable last night. Elder Warnick was able to teach them how to download video clips for use in lessons. That may not seem like a big deal to you, but for people belonging to the technology challenged generation it is.
We have been asked to help place a wreath at the local war memorial this Sunday for Remembrance Day, and will report on that later as another new cultural experience."
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