November 10, 2007

November 10th, 2007
Jason Bentley
It was a very peaceful Shabbat. All the sacrament meeting talks were really good. Tuni, as well as the Myers gave talks. The Myers are a new family in the branch. Brother Myers works for the state department and the family had been stationed in the Ukraine before they got transferred over here recently.
Sister Myer told a story about how she felt really lonely in Ukraine when they first moved over there. She didn’t speak the language and she didn’t know anyone. She said one thing that really touched her was when she went to church how the young women in her branch befriended her and offered to come over and spend time with her during the week. She talked about how no matter where you go if you’re in the church you’ll always have friends and how important it is for us to befriend new members in the branch.
Today in Shabbat school we had a lesson on the restoration of the gospel. It was really interesting to talk about the restoration after classes were over to see the different themes touched on in each class.
The rest of the day was pretty tranquil. We had the afternoon to relax and meditate. One group of students went to the garden tomb while another group of students went to the garden of Gethsemane. It was an all around nice day, especially since all the students have finals coming up in 8 or nine days. Next Shabbat we’ll all be lot more stressed out, it was nice to have a day just to relax.
In terms of what I want to accomplish this semester in NT study, I want to come to know the savior and his Apostles. I want to get to know who they were, their personalities. I want to see the sites so that my bible readings can be more real, but most of all so that I can empathize with them slightly better having some of their same surroundings so I can get to know them as they are.