Laura's London Blog: Wales and Herefordshire

This last week we had the chance to go to Wales and Herefordshire! We went as a group to study some more church history sites. We started out trip of in Cardiff, Wales where we just explored the city a little bit. We went to a living history museum where we learned about old Welsh communities. It was very intersting because what they did was fid and old Welsh town and then they brought it to the museum and rebuilt it brick by brick. The next day we picked up our guide Peter Fagg and headed back into England to learn about the history of the church in Herefordshire. We started at Benbow farms where many of the first baptisms where perfomred. It was the home of John and Jane Benbow and they eventually joined the church and then sold their farm to help 50 saints get to America. They also donated money to help print the book of Mormon. We then went to Ledbury where we stopped for lunch. We say the church which inspired Truman Angel fro his design of the Salt Lake Temple. My favorite thing we did that day was go to Herefordshire Beacon. This is a mountain in Herefordshire where Wilford Woodruf would go to think and receive revelation. We had a really sweet moment where we sang "High on a Mountain Top." Our last stop was at a little chapel called the Gadfield Elm Chapel. It is the Oldest chapel in the church and it is still used today. The church recently got repossession of it. Since the Missionary couple wasn't there we had to answer these questions they had posted in the window to be able to get the code. Only members of the church would be able to solve it. I really love learning about the church here. It is such a testimony building experience to go to the places that I am learning about! I love it here!

Could you get into the Chapel???