Last Sabbath in the Holy City

I’m sure going to miss that view out of the Auditorium where we have sacrament meeting. It’s been so amazing to look over the Holy City while taking the sacrament—it means so much more to me now than it ever did before. For the sacrament hymn we sang “There is a Green Hill Far Away” but changed the words to “There is a Green Hill Near at Hand.” It was really special to sing that beautiful hymn with the other Jerusalem Branch members. That hymn has always been special to me because my dad used to sing me and my sisters to sleep with that song.

Our cute Valiant Girls Primary class: Elisabeth, Lisa, and Mary

I went to the Garden Tomb. What an incredible place! I’m not sure if it’s the actual place where Christ was buried and resurrected, but it sure has a unique spirit about it. I talked to two Nigerian ladies names Felisha and Olydie. They were so sweet. Even though I only talked to them for a few minutes, I know that I made friends that I will see in heaven. We really had a connection and I can’t wait to see them again!

We had our last mission prep class tonight—how grateful I am for the chance I had to be taught by Bethany and Will! They are both returned missionaries who teach at the MTC in Provo. They are powerful teachers and they taught me so much that will help me on my mission! We had the Upper Room program tonight where we read John 13-17 in the Auditorium looking over the city and they had even put together a triclinium dining set up so we could visualize the Last Supper.

Mission prep!