Classes.

Today we started our classes. *Sigh* A little bit of reality has struck! I am taking a Great War and Modernism class and a Christianity in early England class. Both sound interesting, and the readings are interesting, but there is much more work than any of us here anticipated for them! Hopefully it will calm down.

We also had Simon Gibson come and speak to us today. He did a wonderful job. He is a big CEO from Wales who is involved in a lot of politics and investments around the world. He is a very important man, and also a member of the Church. He came and talked about the pioneer and missionary heritage in England. It was amazing.

He has especially invested in this LDS chapel in Wales that is the first chapel ever owned by the Church! It was completely destroyed when they bought it, and then they fixed it up and it was dedicated by President Hinckley a few years ago. Here is it now:

There was one thing that he said that I wanted to remember. I asked if being a member of the church had any positive or negative affect on his career and dealings with other people. He said that sometimes he gets asked the question, "What does your church believe?" That is a very daunting question, especially when people have certain ideas about Mormons. He said he always replies with 3 points:

1. Jesus Christ came to the earth and established His church.

2. Man changed it over time.

3. It has been restored today through a living prophet.

We only had a couple hours really to get out of the centre and explore, so we went to this cafe we had heard was good called Giraffe. It was quite tastey. I got a sandwich on a baguette with grilled chicken, brie cheese, lettuce, the kinda mayo-like dressing, and tomatoes with fries. It sure hit the spot!