How in the world.

Here is the crazy story about how I ended up in the UK, staying with a family I had never met before.

30 some years ago my dad decided to go to London for Christmas all by himself. He was reading the writings of Coates, Darby, and Macintosh.  It was Christmas Eve and he was listening to some salvation army carolers on the steps of Trafalgar Square.  Along came a moony, someone from a cult, who was trying to pin a rose on my dad. My dad of course said "No I don't want that" and turned to a stately English man and said "It's one of those moony's" the man turned to him and eventually asked if he was a believer. My dad of course said yes and asked if he had read any of those books, and coincidentally, the man had read every one of them! They got to talking and the man and his wife invited my dad over for Christmas dinner.

My dad went back to his hotel and then realized that he wouldn't be able to go to Christmas dinner because all of the trains would be closed. So when Mr and Mrs Bacon called him up to give him directions, my dad broke the news. The couple then decided they would drive 30 minutes in London traffic to pick my dad up from  his hotel.  He then had met their son Jim Bacon who was near my dad's age and they became friends.  My dad then went back to the UK to visit them two more times and brought my mom on their honeymoon as well!

So over the years we have exchanged emails, Christmas cards, etc, staying in touch on an infrequent basis.

So Jim married Rowena and they had four kids, Luke, Naomi, William, and David. And So I am staying with them and their family!

They are such a great family, with a wonderful sense of humor and incredibly hospitable! Although none of us had never met before we seem to get a long extremely well from my point of view, (they could thing I am a crazy weird american, but you'll have to ask them!) (;

It has been so fun getting to know them and I feel so blessed that I got to stay with the Bacon family. Really truly wonderful people. And i'm not just saying that because they may be reading my blog :) You guys are super great, and I am loved my time in Sevenoakes!