Learning and wanting to grasp it all...

Teaching sunbeams was soooo good today and I felt so happy about it and excited to be a mom one day. The lesson was about pray and at the beginning I just couldn't get their attention. I finally got their attention by posing with my arms in the air and saying, "Do we pray with or arms like this?" then arms on my hips, "What about like this?" "No!!!!" they screamed back! They were enthralled! ha ha Mid-lesson little Jacob said, "I go pee pee" while sitting on Kaitlyn's lap. "And time for a bathroom break!!!" ha ha We jumped up quick before we had any excitement!

 I laughed so hard when I walked into Omar's Olive Wood Store.  He definitely caters to Mormons!  He is an incredible artist!

Kelsey, my roomie, and I.  She always leads us in yoga and dance parties in our bedroom.  :)  No boys allowed!

This is a mosque across from our rest stop for lunch.  I wish the bathrooms had been as pretty as this building...

I also went to the Garden of Gethsemane today for a couple of hours and was able to study alone there. It was so peaceful and neat to be able to be at the site where Christ paid for my sins. I loved that the plaque on the outside of the walls said something like, "And his friends stayed not with him..." It reminded me to support others selflessly when they are in ruts. It's easy to interpret a friend's bad mood as an insult to us but most of the time the other person is just feeling hard on themselves. It's then that we must "stay with them," remember who they are and their potential and love them even more.

Hope all is well at home! -Synth