"These are the members of Petionville Ward. These are the same members who live in tents around the chapel with little to thier name. However, they all showed up in their Sunday best or white shirts and dresses., They fixed thier hair and no one wore flip flops that I noticed. They were reverent, sang beautiful and didn't look at all like the people last night enduring the shelter who recieved the food order. The chapel was full today. Two members of the stake presidency were there along with the full-time missionaries. Some members from the US were also in attendance including Helping Haiti, Utah Hospitals for Haiti, Haiti Helping Hands, Mothers without Boarders etc...The ordinances were very meaningful. One new baptism and two new babies were blessed. (Born near the time of the earthquake) We sang Jesus Once of Humble Birth together in Creol before taking the sacrament (I sang in English.) The YM all dressed in white shirts.Testimonies were incredible. They were perfect examples of what should be said. Short and to the point about the Savior, the Book of Mormon, of President Monson and Joseph Smith. One fellow said that this must be the true church because the Lord spared his families life only losing one nephew. Most of the testimonies talked about the brotherhood of the church. How we are all connected together through the gospel. That is how I felt. The familiarity of the music, the focus of the sacrament and the spirit through the testimonies was a great benefit to me today.I hope to be a benefit to them."
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sunday in Haiti
Neal wrote today about the sacrament meeting he attended today. I usually like to post some things from his e-mails and then write in my own words what he has shared with us but this e-mail was very touching and I think it would be best to post it in its entirety:
"These are the members of Petionville Ward. These are the same members who live in tents around the chapel with little to thier name. However, they all showed up in their Sunday best or white shirts and dresses., They fixed thier hair and no one wore flip flops that I noticed. They were reverent, sang beautiful and didn't look at all like the people last night enduring the shelter who recieved the food order. The chapel was full today. Two members of the stake presidency were there along with the full-time missionaries. Some members from the US were also in attendance including Helping Haiti, Utah Hospitals for Haiti, Haiti Helping Hands, Mothers without Boarders etc...The ordinances were very meaningful. One new baptism and two new babies were blessed. (Born near the time of the earthquake) We sang Jesus Once of Humble Birth together in Creol before taking the sacrament (I sang in English.) The YM all dressed in white shirts.Testimonies were incredible. They were perfect examples of what should be said. Short and to the point about the Savior, the Book of Mormon, of President Monson and Joseph Smith. One fellow said that this must be the true church because the Lord spared his families life only losing one nephew. Most of the testimonies talked about the brotherhood of the church. How we are all connected together through the gospel. That is how I felt. The familiarity of the music, the focus of the sacrament and the spirit through the testimonies was a great benefit to me today.I hope to be a benefit to them."
"These are the members of Petionville Ward. These are the same members who live in tents around the chapel with little to thier name. However, they all showed up in their Sunday best or white shirts and dresses., They fixed thier hair and no one wore flip flops that I noticed. They were reverent, sang beautiful and didn't look at all like the people last night enduring the shelter who recieved the food order. The chapel was full today. Two members of the stake presidency were there along with the full-time missionaries. Some members from the US were also in attendance including Helping Haiti, Utah Hospitals for Haiti, Haiti Helping Hands, Mothers without Boarders etc...The ordinances were very meaningful. One new baptism and two new babies were blessed. (Born near the time of the earthquake) We sang Jesus Once of Humble Birth together in Creol before taking the sacrament (I sang in English.) The YM all dressed in white shirts.Testimonies were incredible. They were perfect examples of what should be said. Short and to the point about the Savior, the Book of Mormon, of President Monson and Joseph Smith. One fellow said that this must be the true church because the Lord spared his families life only losing one nephew. Most of the testimonies talked about the brotherhood of the church. How we are all connected together through the gospel. That is how I felt. The familiarity of the music, the focus of the sacrament and the spirit through the testimonies was a great benefit to me today.I hope to be a benefit to them."
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WOW what an amazing example to learn from. I can only imagine how strongly the Spirit could be felt during this Sacrament meeting. Thank you for starting this blog and keeping us up to date!
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