Show T i l ROBERT S RICHARDS ends England mission Three Families Meet Missionary In London Eng Mr and Mrs Lloyd Richards of Vernal Mr and Mrs Vernon L Richards and daughter Car ol 01 formerly formerly of Vernal and Dr and Mrs Richard L Ander son and son Rickie of Salt Lake City flew by jet to London where they met Elder Robert S Rich Rich- Richards ards son of Mr and Mrs Vert Ver Vertnon non Richards and grandson of Mr and nd Mrs Lloyd Richards ELDER Richards had just completed a year two mission for the Church and has been serving in the Central British Mission with ers at Warwickshire The group attended the farewell ial fal for Elder Richards at the mission home under tinder the super vision of President Cannon and his family Elder Lynn Bello of Salt Lake City who was just ed from a mission joined the party After touring England and bidding goodbye good to some of the converts and friends the group toured through several European countries They were very impressed by the gar dens and parks throughout Eur ope the buildings statues and fountains THEY VISITED St Peters Cathedral the headquarters of the Catholic Church This v church Is built In the shape of ofa ofa a cross and in the center of the cross is a throne of gold and bronze This is where the Pope delivers his messages and talks to people who gather in th large rotunda The walls and ceiling are are completely covered with paintings carvings and statues portraying characters and bible stories The most famous statue in the world Pietro the Mother of Jesus holding his body and weeping when Jesus was taken from the cross can be seen in this church THERE ARE many statues and paintings by gelo there including the paint ing on the ceiling of the dome where he spent 8 years paint lying on his back lie He also sup and directed other parts of this great church Behind the church can be seen the beautiful palace and gardens where the Pope Lives and below this church are glass rooms where many of the Past Popes and others are entombed THE FAM FAMOUS US amphitheater where gladiator r games were held wasA part of the groups group's tour This theatre was later converted to a fort for the pro pro- protection protection of the people i id Rome Rome They also visited Porn Porn- Pompeii the rediscovered city and went to the top of Mt Mt Ve- Ve where the volcano has twice burying corn com cities and filling the ocean for two miles out At present they are building on top of these two stories of buried cities For two centuries gener gener- generations of scholars have been unveiling the mysteries of the past in the buried cities THE GROUP toured East and West Berlin and saw the Berlin wall also the tunnel in Austria where the Germans manufactured parts for air air air- airplanes planes They rode in boats up the canals in Holland visited the Effiel Tower rower in Paris the Isle of Capri and the Trevi Fountain where the show Three Coins in a Fountain was filmed THEY FOUND the people very friendly and always will will- willing ing to find an interpreter er for the group They were gone for three weeks Robert Bob Richards will give a report on his mission ion ionin in Vernal Ward May 26 |