Loughbrickland

For the past year we have wanted to find Loughbrickland! In 1840, Elder John Taylor baptized Brother Thomas Tait, the first member of the church in Ireland in this lake. They were walking from Newry to Belfast, discussing the gospel. When they reached Loughbrickland Brother Tait decided this was the place to be baptized!

Brother McConnell went with us to show us exactly where the lake was. Not too far, in fact it is in the boundaries of the Portadown Ward.

In 1985, Elder Neal A. Maxwell stood on the mound across the lake and dedicated the land for missionary work. Many of the ward members were there and it's fun to hear them tell the history of the church in Ireland.

This week we had our last district meeting in the Antrim district. We are now part of the Hollywood district and will meet in Belfast.

A few weeks ago, we went to Chris and Christy's for brunch. While we were there, Christy showed me how to spin wool on her spinning wheel! It was pretty hard to get the hang of it but I had a lot of fun trying! Christy made me a cute little lamb out of the yarn she had spun!

We had our last Sunday as missionaries in Portadown Ward. We will treasure the friendships we have made.

Good times!