Sabbath

So here in Jerusalem, the Sabbath is on Saturday!  Yesterday morning we had our first sacrament meeting in the auditorium, which has literally the most beautiful view in the entire city.  There are three enormous arched glass windows behind the stage in the auditorium, so it is almost distracting during the church meeting.  However, it also makes it difficult not to think about Christ when we are singing songs about Him and taking the sacrament.  The sacrament was pretty special for me, I'm not sure why but I was genuinely reminded of why we take it and our commitment to remember Christ and emulate Him, because we owe everything to Him because of the Atonement.  After church, some friends and I had the opportunity to walk through Orson Hyde Garden which overlooks the Garden of Gethsemane.  We couldn't go into the Garden because we thought that it closed at 5 (turns out it actually closed at 6) but just looking at it was awesome.  I want to go back on another Sabbath so I can just sit and think.  I am still amazed by where I am.