Palm Sunday

Yesterday was Palm Sunday and we got a pretty unique opportunity to be here in the holy lands for that special occasion. Palm Sunday is the day to celebrate Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into the holy city two millennia ago. We went to the holy sepulcher (which is where it is believed by many that the savior was buried) early yesterday morning to attend a special mass where many people got together to honor Jesus Christ. It was really neat to see all these people gathered for the same reason. Later in the day we went on the Palm Sunday walk with 20,000 other people in which we started where christ first started his walk and walked for about a mile or so to where he ended.

So many people gathered together walking....

Wilkie, Aleni, and I with our Palm leaves. Everyone walking carried palm leaves and as you can see Aleni and I didnt have very big ones and we were a little bit jealous of Wilkie.
Chels, Kara, Alexis and I getting ready to start the walk in what it felt like 400 degree weather.

I love being here! and it is so neat to be here at this time of year to celebrate this in the place it happened. Happy April 6!