Sabbath and other thoughts

Temple Mount again!

I think that I am one of the luckiest girls in the whole world. I feel so blessed to be studying here in the Holy Land. I get to have an amazing group of people to do it with. I know that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I am so glad that I decide to do this, instead of some of the other options that I had. I know that this trip is changing my life. I never thought I could or would learn so much, but I have! And it has only been two weeks, I feel like I would be content with the things that I have learned, but I still have 3 months in this beautiful country.

Random Senior Picture like Shot... :)

One of the beautiful City Streets in the Jewish Quarter

So on the Sabbath we had a member of the seventy here, visiting the Holy Land. He is the newest member of the seventy and he shared something with me that really was sweet. I got to talk with him for a few minutes after sacrament got out and he shared a scripture with us that I want to share with everyone. The Scripture is in Luke chapter two verse 19 “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.” And then he said “Thank heavens for Mary.”  (When I think about Mary, all that I can think is that she is so amazing, because if I had to do half of what she did, I am not sure that I would be as faithful or as loving as she is) Then He challenged us to prepare each day, and ponder these things in our heart because one day soon we are going to the leaders of the church. He told us a story about President Monson and Elder Holland, he said that normally during the Leadership meeting that the seventy go to, they have many topics but the last one he went to there was only one topic and it was how we need to be preparing for leadership. He said that when you read the scriptures both the Bible and the Book of Mormon, you try and find how many temples they had. They only ever had a few temples, and now look at our time we have over 120 temples. Comparing that the few temples and now, you realizing how fast the gospel is growing and how we need to be preparing. The gospel is moving forward very quickly.  What he said has got me thinking about that things that I should be doing to prepare. I want to ready for whatever the Lord has in store for me. 

Ignore my crazy hair, but I just wanted to share these!