shalom!
hey everyone! so today in the Sabbath here. since the Jewish sabbath is on saturday we have our church meetings on saturday too. actually sabbath starts for the jews at sun down friday night and goes until sun down saturday night. pretty much of jerusalem shuts down friday night and saturday. Church was really neat today. We had sacrament in the big auditorium that looks out over Jerusalem. i have to say that its kinda hard to pay attention when you can look out at the dome of the rock. It was really neat though. there is a little brach here in israel with a brach president. the students in the program make up most of the branch but there are a couple families that live here that come to the center for church. they work for like the american consulate and places like that. also the families of the people that teach here are here as well. there is also a family that is here because the husband is going to the Hebrew University. I guess the university is a very good school. i want to go over there and check out the campus. So because we are in a branch they give out callings. i got a calling to teach sunday school to the teenagers that are here. there is only like 5 i think and i think most of them are the children to the teachers that are here. there is even a nursery here. i am excited! its going to be fun!
in Relief Society the sister who taught lives in Bethlehem. for a long time she wasn't able to come to church because she is palistinian and Israel wouldn't let her into jerusalem because of that. Now that she has a UN job she is able to come in. She is a really neat lady. She is the only member in her family. i want to sit down and talk to her and find out how she became a member of the church. its really neat to learn the gospel in a place like this. Like i have said before i am excited to learn all that i can while i am here. Tomorrow i start my Hebrew class. i am excited about it. If you want to do me a favor and tell people that i do not have access to my facebook so i can't stay in contact with people that way and also either let them know about my blog or have them give me their email address. anyways love ya lots! talk to ya later !