Can life get better than this???.... I dare say, it cannot. Uruguayos (2 sisters) saints at church, Sacrament Meeting over-looking the Sea of Galilee, yummy lunch after and bonding with the members. It was seriously such a wonderful day.
On our way to Galilee this morning they pulled us off to do a security check. I laughed with my roommate Kelsey while they armed men examined our vehicle and said, "Wouldn't our families and friends just get a kick out of us if they had a bird's eye view. We're in our dresses, heading to Galilee, chilling in the middle of no where in the West Bank. Three of us students got special permission to go there with one of the district presidency members. He would have been driving there anyways and wanted some spanish-speakers to come with him. We all gave short talks in both Spanish and English and then Kelsey and I sang, "A Child's Prayer" in Spanish.
One the wall behind the podium are 4 different hymn page numbers for the opening hymn. Everything lesson was taught in English, Spanish and Hebrew and the Sacrament prayer was done first in Hebrew and then in Spanish. It was so neat. These saints really touched my heart! They treated us as honored guests and gave us a million hugs and kisses. I was battling all the sisters in Relief Society to slow down and so I could translate for them. A passionate latin sister would raise her hand and then go off on a complicated tangent for 5 minutes and not let me translate until the end. ha ha....I felt sooooo at home and like I was an Hermana Missionary again.
I got kinda sick on the way back as we wound up and down through the hills on those narrow roads....and then pretty much only wanted ice cream for dinner. ha ha.
If anyone comes to the Holy Land, they've got to spend a Sabbath in Galilee!
On our way to Galilee this morning they pulled us off to do a security check. I laughed with my roommate Kelsey while they armed men examined our vehicle and said, "Wouldn't our families and friends just get a kick out of us if they had a bird's eye view. We're in our dresses, heading to Galilee, chilling in the middle of no where in the West Bank. Three of us students got special permission to go there with one of the district presidency members. He would have been driving there anyways and wanted some spanish-speakers to come with him. We all gave short talks in both Spanish and English and then Kelsey and I sang, "A Child's Prayer" in Spanish.
One the wall behind the podium are 4 different hymn page numbers for the opening hymn. Everything lesson was taught in English, Spanish and Hebrew and the Sacrament prayer was done first in Hebrew and then in Spanish. It was so neat. These saints really touched my heart! They treated us as honored guests and gave us a million hugs and kisses. I was battling all the sisters in Relief Society to slow down and so I could translate for them. A passionate latin sister would raise her hand and then go off on a complicated tangent for 5 minutes and not let me translate until the end. ha ha....I felt sooooo at home and like I was an Hermana Missionary again.
I got kinda sick on the way back as we wound up and down through the hills on those narrow roads....and then pretty much only wanted ice cream for dinner. ha ha.
If anyone comes to the Holy Land, they've got to spend a Sabbath in Galilee!
2 comments:
That sounds like such a fun adventure!!!!
Of COURSE you're back to being the Hermana! Mom always says something to me like this when I ooooh and aaaah about my life, kind of gush. Of COURSE you are, she'll say, smiling. That's Grandma for you; very acknowledging. You're having the life girl, you gotta look up and notice. Glad you are! Love you, Auntie N. :)
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