What an INCREDIBLE WEEK!! Not only is it already 1/3 of the way through November but the weather has officially gotten chilly and I'm experiencing the city in an entirely different way. Like instead of plugging my nose walking past dumpsters sweating in a t'shirt... I walk past dumpsters plugging my nose in a sweatshirt and shivering..
ha ha but seriously experiencing the weather change here has been really cool :)
This last weekend we went up to Ajlun with the rest of the BYU students and it was one of my favorite field trips so far.
Our first stop was this awesome castle. It felt way more like a castle then ruins because it was in very good condition and was so fun to explore. The weather outside was really foggy and rainy and misty and made it feel very authentic and dark age-ish:)
After the castle we went on a really long walk along some beautiful country side containing the 3 most important crops in Jordan, olive trees, pomegranate trees and fig trees. We literally were picking figs off the trees and eating them right there! The walk was so beautiful and would have been a lot more romantic if some of the knuckle brain students wouldn't have been playing kick the can the whole time... Regardless, I tried to soak in the moment as much as possible.
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| we wuv eachovers |
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| Look at that view!! so beautiful. |
After the castle we made our way to an olive press where they extract olive oil from the olives.. WOW so many time saying "olive". Anyway... when we heard we were going there for some reason I imagined a white haired man squishing olives with a wooden contraption.. but that was definitely not the case.. Here are some pictures from the factory.
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| really blurry picture of the factory.. |
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| This family's entire livelihood was from these olive trees. so humbling. |
OKAY now to my favorite part of the week.. we had a very special visitor in Amman last night..
ELDER HOLLAND. you heard me .. ELDER HOLLAND one of my heroes. And even more so after his visit. I felt so lucky to be there.. there were only about 100 people in the meeting.
Okay let me start from the beginning..
So they told us that the doors were going to close 5 minutes before it started so we were supposed to be early.. as luck would have it traffic was INSANE. like insane insane. And there would no taxis to be found, so we forked out 10 bucks for an Uber and got there in plenty of time :) WHEW!
As we walked into the chapel I was surprised to see Elder Holland sitting right by the door in the pew where the person handing out programs usually sits welcoming people.. as luck would have it.. again.. the district president came up to talk to him right before it was our turn and we didn't get to shake his hand..
We were seated in the 2nd row and I watched as he made his way up to the stand, he went up and set down his scriptures and then came back down to welcome people and shake hands.. He came up to me and Jordan and I could just feel the love radiating from this man. He said, " You two are sitting awful close to each other" and smiled. I said back " Even after two years of marriage!" :) he laughed and shook Jordan's hand and then shook mine. I looked directly into his eyes as he asked how I was doing, I replied that I was so happy to be there. He then did that handshake thing that you do right before you fist bump someone with me and smiled and said thank you for coming. life made.
The meeting started and his wife wasn't there but we had heard that she was coming with him... the district president announced that the 3 wives that came were all stuck in traffic together. About 10 minutes into the meeting right before the first speaker they all came walking into the chapel and everyone stared as they entered, Sister Holland said "We love making these types of entrances" and everyone laughed. I LOVE her.
There's so much to say about the rest of the meeting but I don't know where to start. So all I will say is this. I KNOW that God lives and that He send His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us and to teach us the perfect example of how to live. I also KNOW that he has a Prophet and Apostles here on the Earth today to teach and guide us. I'm so grateful for their guidance and love for us.
These are the super sneaky pics we took of him because we weren't supposed to take any with him in the chapel.. whoops :)
I LOVE YOU ALL!! CHURCH IS TRUE!
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