Our last blog for New Zealand will be a bit delayed while we spend a few days in Sydney, Australia going to the temple with one of the stakes here in New Zealand.
Our time and mission in New Zealand for now is finished. We did get to spend a it of time in Australia before we flew home. FACT: Australia is a different “beautiful” than New Zealand. The Opera House is an architectural masterpiece, Sydney the emu, kangaroo and koala are unique, ...and the time in the Sydney temple was literally “divine”. I would say we are “home” but we’ve learned much about the statement “home is where the heart is”. Home can have more than one location and be as full of many wonderful and loved people as your heart can hold. But it’s a fact that we are back with our dear family and friends in Utah again. We have the chance to report our mission this Sunday June 9, at 12:00 noon in the Farmington Canyon View Ward (850 North Compton Road in Farmington). Our good friends Lynn and Ann Summerhays have opened their home (nearby in Farmington at 942 Oakridge Drive) a...
web photo churchofjesuschrist This week we held a Passover celebration at the Auckland Institute Building (AIB). Since, in one way or another we trace our roots to the House of Israel, and since we love our Jewish friends and studying the Bible, it seemed like a good thing to REMEMBER Passover too. Exodus 12:14 "And this day shall be unto you for a memorial..." We REMEMBERED the story of the Passover as we read together ...from the Haggadah. We REMEMBERED how much work goes into the preparations. We hope we REMEMBERED to thank to our YSA's who helped and to dear friend Jackie Poulsen for sharing Hebrew classes and all kinds of help. web photo We REMEMBERED why and how the first Passover was observed. Congregation Etz Chaim web photo And we REMEMBERED how the Jews celebrate Passover today. We REMEMBERED the lamb bone, to drink our 4 cups of grape juice, the bitter herbs...
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