Our last two days up North, we hit Preston and Liverpool to follow the early missionaries and members as they converted and emigrated to America. In Preston we visited the Wilfred St. house that the missionaries lived in as well as the River Ribble where two men had a foot race to see who would be baptized first! I have never really studied the history of the church here in England before so I didn't realize the importance of the members here in the early days of the church. In those days, there were more members in England than in Utah and the whole pioneer trail! The apostles that came here sacrificed so much to do this work.
In Liverpool, we stood on the docks where so many converts started their long journey to the Utah Valley. It was a great experience to stand there by the statue on Albert Docks and sing "Come, Come ye Saints" as a big group. These two days really opened my eyes to the extent of work and miracles that happened here in the early days of the church.
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