attack on london

THE IMAGE I'LL REMEMBER
in short: i was with the group on a private bus just outside of london on our way to oxford when the london bombings began. we all found out about them at lunchtime after our first touring stop. the bus driver had been listening to the radio. it was hard to believe! i just sat humbled by the works of Heavenly Father: the group trip was even pushed back a day--we wouldn't have been able to come home with all the mess that day. this picture is what kept showing on the BBC news that night in the game room of the hostel. most of us just were glued to the television for hours--having it hit so close to home--literally.

we're all safe though, at study abroad. the office in provo kind of governed our next moves. we were able to come home on friday, as scheduled. crazy rumors began bouncing about the program needing to be terminated--which is kind of drastic. the only thing was that we had to stay 'close to the centre' and 'not alone' without using buses or the subway. there was kind of a 'trapped' feeling that saturday, but it was a good chance to stay up on homework. plus we were able to go out and about, which i'll write about later. the other regulation was that we all had to go to the hyde park ward across the park from our place. i was sad about that because i feel like i only have so many weeks with my spanish/portuguese branch. oh well, the hyde park chapel (pretty down-town) was really cool, architectually. there were square motifs all over the doors, benches, carpet, pulpit, etc. my family would have loved that. it's been good & the feeling around london is one of pride--the good kind. this was a scary thing, but london will probably be one of the safest cities in the world for a while. life will go on; i'll still ride the tube.