GLASGOW

 Last Saturday, we went to Glasgow. The Glasgow Stake hosts a Ceilidh (pronounced Kaylee) once a year for the YA's in the area. They came from as far away as England and Ireland to attend. We got there at the beginning, and there was a lot of excitement in the air. Everyone was so excited to get going that they were practically jumping around. They had to cancel the event last year due to COVID, so there hasn't been much opportunity for the Young Adults to socialize with each other, and this is something they especially like to do. It's an evening of traditional scottish dancing with an authentic band, which consisted of two accordians and some drums. It was really fun to watch, but I didn't have the energy to go out and try it (or coordination).

Some of our YA girls.

Before the dance, we had some time to drive out to Loch Lomond, which was about an hour away. It's very beautiful, and we got there right around sunset (which is about 4:00!)

We also had time to see the Glasgow Cathedral and adjoining necropolis. There was quite a view of the city from the top!

Ironically, we ended up back in Glasgow, right next to the cathedral, again Wednesday, when we took one of the sister missionaries and her companion there to see a doctor. The doctor sent the ailing sister to the hospital, where we stayed with her until about 10:00 p.m., when the nurses said we had to leave. Whe had already waited for hours to be seen by a doctor, and they said it would be longer still, and that her tests couldn't be done until the next day. So, we brought her companion home with us and she spent the night in our extra bed, had breakfast and watched a special mission meeting with the Area President, Elder De Feo, who taught some really interesting things about the gospel and missionary work and just how special the missionaries are. Since Charles couldn't miss Institute class that night, which he was teaching, we didn't go back the next day. The sister leaders picked her up and took her home to pick up some things and then back to the hospital. The sister who was admitted was discharged with a diagnoses of UTI and some antibiotics. I suspect she has something else, but we'll have to wait and see. The NHS (national health service) is free here, but it is also not very good.