Last Day in Turvey and Back to Home

Our final day in Turvey was spent with Veronica and her old friend Sherry in the village of Olney, a few miles away. Veronica was allowed some free time to spend with us, something for which we were very thankful.

We walked around a bit and saw the town.
And visited the church where John Newton served as a curate in the eighteenth century. As any good evangelical knows, Newton was the author of Amazing Grace and really was a slave-trading wretch before he moved from being lost to being found.


Unfortunately, the church turned out to be emblematic of the Christian faith in Europe right now . . . rich in historic curiosities, but strangely empty on a Sunday.

After Olney, we headed back to Turvey for a final night. The next morning saw us Veronica driving us into Bedford to catch a train to Gatwick airport in London. From there, we went to Dublin, then on to Chicago to find Jim and Sharif waiting for us at O'Hare--a very welcome sight indeed.