Nothing can go wrong on the Sabbath. The entire day is full of relaxation, peace, comfort, the teachings of Jesus Christ, and the Spirit. The Church meetings were amazing today. It is always a blessing to hold Sacrament in a room where I can overlook the entire city of Jerusalem and think about Jesus Christ and the acts that He did there. I can see the Temple Mount and the locations of the Garden Tomb and the Garden of Gethsemane. It really puts into perspective the purpose behind the Sacrament and the Church. My favorite part of church today was filling in for Kymberly as the Primary pianist while she was at the branch in Tel Aviv (she was asked to do a musical number; some students were asked to speak). The Primary in this branch is much larger than you would believe! The kids are full of life and love and beyond the realm of happiness. They were so much fun to play with. Singing time was done first where we sang Follow the Prophet and a pioneer songs (in preparation for Utah’s Pioneer Day in July). It was nice to accompany again; I have really missed that. When singing time was over, I sat with the Sunbeams where I was privileged to have Megan Judd plop herself on my lap. She smelled slightly of syrup, but it was well worth it. She is really smart; a picture of Christ being baptized in the Jordan was put up and she knew that it was a picture of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus Christ. It made me “wow!” At one point, we sang birthday songs and she crawled onto my lap as I was playing the piano. I surprised everyone by continuing to play and pulling her up at the same time; after that, I just carried her back to the piano with me if we were going to sing again! It made things much easier that way. Haha it was a pleasant Sabbath and Primary made it nearly perfect.
After our church meetings, we had a Relief Society Get-to-Know-You activity. It began with a few testimonies on visiting teaching; we ate different treats; we constructed ‘we love you baskets’ for those sisters living in the West Bank. We also were given some time to get to know the permanent members in the branch as well as more about one another. It was a great activity! And the brownies that they had were beyond amazing. I have definitely missed brownies! I think we are going to have to make some brownies in the near future.
Seminary tonight was a blast. I was the teacher, after all! Haha the lesson tonight was on the saints’ trek to Salt Lake City from Nauvoo. I could have given a lesson portraying different stories and relating it back to our day and how we are pioneers in the latter days, but I thought it would be more fun to throw ourselves into the lives of the pioneers. So, I created our own version of Oregon Trail, Mormon-style. It was a lot of fun, and I think that everyone learned something from it. We made it to the Salt Lake Valley and everything! The pioneers did so much for the church. They had so much faith. I don’t know if I could have done that, given up everything and left to an unknown destination. I hope that I can learn to pattern my life after those of the pioneers; I hope that I can obtain a faith strong enough to pull me through the trials that are place before me in my life.
The evening was quite calm. I was able to talk to my daddy for about an hour in honor of himself. Tomorrow is Father’s day, for those of you who forgot, and I have the best dad in the entire world. He will never know how much I truly love and care about him. He is delightful. We had a really great talk. I told someone that I talked to him for an hour and they were in shock! Apparently most people can’t talk to their dads for twenty minutes on the phone, let alone an hour! I enjoy talking to my daddy. He means so much to me. I would not be who I am without him. I will forever be working to be all that he is. After getting off the phone, I wandered up the stairs to find Pride and Prejudice about to be turned on. What kind of a woman would I be to pass up an opportunity to watch the famous romance of Miss Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy? It was nice to just relax and watch a movie with everyone. Although, the boys were so loud! It was obnoxious!
It was an amazing day. Tomorrow is going will have even more to bring. Happy Father’s Day, Daddy. I love you so very much.
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