THE ROYAL WEDDING!

We have been waiting for our invitation to the Royal Wedding. But for some reason, it has been lost in the Royal Post! So we have had to resort to second best and on Friday we are having a royal wedding celebration.

As you all know, it is a national holiday here and neighborhoods are being encouraged to have neighborhood parties and family fun. The missionaries have lamented that in fact they are right here in England and will not see anything! Even their families and friends at home are feeling sorry for them.

Not to worry. We have adjusted our schedule and are having our own little celebration. We have printed up an invitation that we will give to them tonight. We will gather them in one of our large classrooms and stream it from the internet onto a big screen. We are going to give them a quick overview of British history and then let them watch the pomp and ceremony surrounding the wedding.

Following the wedding we will have a royal lunch in the cafeteria where the chefs are decorating and fixing tea sandwiches, chicken legs,and other fancy, English finger food including delicate English pasteries. Later that evening they will serve crumpets and juice.

All of these missionaries will be serving in various missions in England and it won't hurt them one bit to have a little knowledge about English history as it relates to the monarchy.

I think it will be an event they will remember. I tell them that someday when William becomes the king, they will tell their children and grandchildren that they were in the MTC in England when they were married. I hate to admit it, but I remember the day Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles were married and I remember even more vividly the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. I was so caught up in all of it........I lamented to my mother that I wanted to grow up to be a Queen! Her perfect response, "You are a Queen". I later gave a little talk about being a queen! And in many ways, that dream has come true.

Cheers to the future King and Queen!