last week i didn't get to go to church. mostly because i had night shift the night before and i was dead on sunday. but today i didn't work until the afternoon, so i got to go to our home ward. and i loved it more than anything. i've been to church in hawaii, and now in ecuador. i really like going to an lds ward in different cultures.
sacrament meeting was fantastic. their chapel looks a little different than the ones in the states. i wish it was socially acceptable to take pictures at church, buuuuut it's not. oh well. little kids have callings that big people normally do (i.e., the guy that goes around and counts the attendance, the ward chorister, the pianist, e.t.c.).
i was surprised how much of the talks i understood. i think the parts i understood were just what i needed to hear today. things about testimonies, and living gospel principles little by little. after sacrament meeting i talked to the american elders in our ward and asked them if they knew my friend justin that's serving in quito. and guess what... THEY DID. it was so awesome.
english sunday school was interesting. there were eight of us in there; four osso girls, three older missionaries (one couple, and one lady by herself), and a guy from russia who's traveling around the world. we talked about mary, and elisabeth and their faith.
and this is what i've decided. the church is the same everywhere. you can go to church anywhere. in kansas, in idaho, in hawaii, in ecuador, anywhere. and it's the same. the language the people speak in might be different depending on where you are. but the language of the spirit is universal. i love my faith.
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