Yesterday we had the privilege of going out for the day with all of the girls and Sisters here. We packed sandwiches, fruit, and cookies and loaded everyone onto two buses to go tour a church and a temple. On the hour long trip we sang songs, watched a movie, ate snacks, and talked and laughed together. The church we stopped at was a huge Catholic thing filled with statues and relics and Indians. We ate a picnic breakfast in the courtyard and then joined about three hundred other people inside for mass. I haven't ever attended a mass before and it was definitely a different experience. At the end the priest started sprinkling water all over us and I was pretty shocked. My expression must have been hilarious because all the girls we were with started laughing at me.
When we left the church there was the usual scramble for shoes and bags and counting children before we trouped back to the bus and drove another hour to the temple. When we arrived we all grabbed a buddy and then got in a line together. I'm sure we looked pretty adorable wandering through the temple courtyards holding hands like that. The best part of the temple was the cutest elephant they had in an enclosure off to the side. He was standing and swaying back and forth and swinging his head like a dance.
The temple was crazy huge and fun to walk around, even though we didn't stay for too long. On the way home my mom treated us all to ice cream! The girls were thrilled and sang a thank you song for her that was probably the equivalent to "Three cheers for Brenda!", though I'm not sure because it was in Tamil. Either way it was very sweet :)
We left home at around 7:30am and finally returned at about 6:00pm. It was a long day but really fun and I'm so glad we got to have this fun experience with the girls.
When we left the church there was the usual scramble for shoes and bags and counting children before we trouped back to the bus and drove another hour to the temple. When we arrived we all grabbed a buddy and then got in a line together. I'm sure we looked pretty adorable wandering through the temple courtyards holding hands like that. The best part of the temple was the cutest elephant they had in an enclosure off to the side. He was standing and swaying back and forth and swinging his head like a dance.
The temple was crazy huge and fun to walk around, even though we didn't stay for too long. On the way home my mom treated us all to ice cream! The girls were thrilled and sang a thank you song for her that was probably the equivalent to "Three cheers for Brenda!", though I'm not sure because it was in Tamil. Either way it was very sweet :)
We left home at around 7:30am and finally returned at about 6:00pm. It was a long day but really fun and I'm so glad we got to have this fun experience with the girls.
The temple. The elephant. :)
That sounds so cool!
ReplyDeleteAren't the Indian people just so sweet and such a loving people? Almost to the point of making North Americans uncomfortable. ;D Imagine us all wandering through the Plaza with our arms around each other and holding hands. But there it is so sweet and natural. I love their spirits.
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