Wow.
Today was just such an awesome day!!
It was our free day, but we were all encouraged to participate in the huge Palm Sunday walk. I did.. and it was awesome! But it wasn't until the afternoon. In the morning I went with a group of friends to a couple of churches, through the old city, and on top of some rooftops. :) One of the churches was an Episcopalian one and we stayed there for like an hour and a half for their Palm Sunday service! It was really beautiful and I loooooooooooove me some Episcopalians (shout out to Anna and Katie!!). But seriously, the church was gorgeous and if I wasn't Mormon I'd probably be an Episcopalian cuz I just love those guys. ;)
The Palm Sunday walk was soooo cool. There were soo many pilgrims there and just people from every where speaking all different languages and singing their own songs and waving palm branches in the air! It was so cool and so CROWDED. Our little group of JC students belted out hymns for a good 20 minutes, and other Christians joined in on the ones they recognized. There was one point when we started singing "How Great Thou Art" and I could see people all around joining in in their own languages and I just about died. It was so beautiful and precious and adorable and magical and happy and how it should be. It was so neat and I think people really liked hearing our hymns (compared to the marching band style music everywhere else or the little cheerleader girls doing Jesus cheers haha... AWESOME, but different than hymns). I just loved it. So many people gathering together to worship their Savior. It was also just nice to be around so many Christians! Doesn't happy very often. Loved it, loved it, loved it. ♥
So here are some pictures of my awesome day. :)
Today was just such an awesome day!!
It was our free day, but we were all encouraged to participate in the huge Palm Sunday walk. I did.. and it was awesome! But it wasn't until the afternoon. In the morning I went with a group of friends to a couple of churches, through the old city, and on top of some rooftops. :) One of the churches was an Episcopalian one and we stayed there for like an hour and a half for their Palm Sunday service! It was really beautiful and I loooooooooooove me some Episcopalians (shout out to Anna and Katie!!). But seriously, the church was gorgeous and if I wasn't Mormon I'd probably be an Episcopalian cuz I just love those guys. ;)
The Palm Sunday walk was soooo cool. There were soo many pilgrims there and just people from every where speaking all different languages and singing their own songs and waving palm branches in the air! It was so cool and so CROWDED. Our little group of JC students belted out hymns for a good 20 minutes, and other Christians joined in on the ones they recognized. There was one point when we started singing "How Great Thou Art" and I could see people all around joining in in their own languages and I just about died. It was so beautiful and precious and adorable and magical and happy and how it should be. It was so neat and I think people really liked hearing our hymns (compared to the marching band style music everywhere else or the little cheerleader girls doing Jesus cheers haha... AWESOME, but different than hymns). I just loved it. So many people gathering together to worship their Savior. It was also just nice to be around so many Christians! Doesn't happy very often. Loved it, loved it, loved it. ♥
So here are some pictures of my awesome day. :)
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| First church we stopped by... St. Stephen's, I believe. It was beautiful! |
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| Sweet old woman speaking in French to Hannah for about 5 minutes... and apparently not caring that Hannah was just smiling and nodding the whole time and couldn't respond hahaha. So cute. |
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| This cat. So cuddly. So dirty. So cute. |
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| Next stop... the awesome Cathedral Church of St. George! |
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| We first met outside in their courtyard, and they blessed the palm leaves. |
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| After the service, as people are exiting. The service was in Arabic and English.. pretty cool! |
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| Sometimes Spencer likes to be an angel. |
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| The beams of light shining through the windows were soooo pretty! |
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| Group pic in the courtyard. |
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| Quick stop at Lina's... known to have the best hummus in Jerusalem! |
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| ... and it was dang good. This one had pine nuts in it. And was uhmazeing. |
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| Walking through the Old City. ♥ |
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| On rooftops in the Old City! |
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| Leaving the Old City... rare shot of the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in the same pic! |
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| And then... Palm Sunday walk! |
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| We walked from the top of the Mt. of Olives all the way back down into the Old City through Lion's Gate. It took a few hours because it was so crowded. |
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| People watching as we approach Lion's Gate. |
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| In front of the gate with my Palm leaf.. branch.. thing! |
SUCH A GOOD DAY!
Back to the books tomorrow. And giving blood. Woo!
Back to the books tomorrow. And giving blood. Woo!
Happy Palm Sunday!
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