The Agle Jr.’s in London – Day 3

We got up and hit the road fairly early this morning. We took the train to Lingfield station. Upon arrival, there was only one cab, and I asked if he could take us to the London Temple. He said sure. As we started climbing into the car, I told him I realized I called it the London Temple, even though we’re nowhere near London. He said not to worry about – he’s been taking you people to the London Temple for 13 years.
The girls were able to do baptisms with a group of youth from Bristol. Suzanne and I made it to 10:30 a.m. session. The temple has had a significant enhancement to the celestial room from when we were last in there. Truly beautiful. We talked for a little bit about what we would say to ourselves if through some weird time warp we found ourselves sitting in the same room with our 25-year-younger selves. We decided it would probably be something about hanging on – it’s going to be an interesting ride.
On the way out, we met the temple president, Rowland Elvidge, and his wife, Barbara. We had a nice chat (he asked how you were doing, folks). We also met some old friends, Andrew and Linda Hill. We were young adults together, but they have since turned into their parents – looks-wise. But apparently that goes both ways. Andrew mentioned that he thought perhaps I was my father.
After our temple session, we had arranged to visit a young family that lives near the temple and are big supporters of the Liken series, Don and Sarah McFarlane. We had never met them before, but I had traded e-mails with him. They live on this gorgeous estate about a mile from the temple. There’s the manor house, where Sarah’s parents live. They purchased it in 1999 and have been renovating it ever since. Don and Sarah’s house was once the place where the dairy cows were kept. It’s on this estate so large, the driveway has a speed limit sign on it. (I’m thinking about putting one of those up on our driveway, too.) They have three beautiful children: Brogan, Theo and Reuben. They were so appreciative of the Liken series and what it has done for their family. It was actually very touching and humbling to hear them talk about it, and I felt the need to pass it along to everyone in the Liken family. They were kind enough to feed us and give us a ride back to the train station.
Everybody is so tired, and we didn’t get back until about 7 p.m., so we decided to make it an early night in the hopes of getting closer to "on schedule” tomorrow.