We have been on Guernsey about a week and a half and it feels much longer, but we have not as yet seen all of the island. The streets are very narrow and cars get "granite rash." which is due to the fact that there sometimes isn't enough space for two cars on the road and thus the inner side gets a little disease from the granite walls that line the streets, or you also can drive on the sidewalks if there isn't enough room for two cars. For me, sitting in the passenger seat is a little tense and I find myself waiving Elder Hewlett to move more towards the middle of the road, but yesterday he was emailed a ticket for driving over the center of the road in a bus lane, while we were in Devonshire. The island is much closer to France than it is to England and the roads, the houses and many of the signs are all in French. I can even read most of it. They say that 118 cruise ships come to Guernsey each year with 180,000 visitors.
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| High Street |
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| High Street looking down to the port |
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| High Street another view |
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| High Street looking up |
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To be fair to him, it was our second day driving while we were on "vacation" in Devonshire. We think there may be more tickets to follow as we didn't figure out, and no one told us about the cameras on the side of the road, which take amazing pictures of your car and your license plate. No disputing those tickets!
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| La Fontenelle |
We have a very, very, very small branch and we meet in the front room of the "Villa" we live in, "La Fontenelle", with the three (right now) missionaries. They have the fourth floor. It really is a beautiful old, old home, with pretty gardens. It is not what I expected when I signed up for this mission thing, because everyone had told me it is wonderful to live in a small apartment and to downsize. And we struggled with not being on the mainland, but we have nothing to complain about. So many are in much more difficult circumstances, which may have taught us more, but you serve where you are asked and where you are needed, and the people here are wonderful. Hopefully we can serve them the way the Lord wants us to serve. This house has 6 1/2 bathrooms, three of which the missionaries take care of, a conservatory, and obviously many bedrooms. One of the missionaries, from St. George, is one of eight children and his said that they only had one bathroom growing up. This is a lot to take care of, but on the high note, I never have to leave the building on Sunday. I can even now walk to church, and what a blessing to be able to take care of a dedicated House of the Lord. I could probably have walked to church before, but I didn't very often. The faithful saints here love having a building that they can call "their own," and that they can come to at any time, and we encourage that.
We have been on Guernsey about a week and a half and it feels much longer, but we have not as yet seen all of the island. The streets are very narrow and cars get "granite rash." which is due to the fact that there sometimes isn't enough space for two cars on the road and thus the inner side gets a little disease from the granite walls that line the streets, or you also can drive on the sidewalks if there isn't enough room for two cars. For me, sitting in the passenger seat is a little tense and I find myself waiving Elder Hewlett to move more towards the middle of the road, but yesterday he was emailed a ticket for driving over the center of the road in a bus lane, while we were in Devonshire. The island is much closer to France than it is to England and the roads, the houses and many of the signs are all in French. I can even read most of it. They say that 118 cruise ships come to Guernsey each year with 180,000 visitors.
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