Palm Sunday

 Sunday, we took the opportunity to join part of the Palm Sunday procession from Bethpage to the Lion's gate.  The paper said there was a white donkey at the front of the procession, but we talked with some of our branch members who made it to the front and they saw no donkey.  There were many vendors selling palm branches

 One of the friars approached me and when he found out that were were from Utah, he said that Orson Hyde had stayed at this very church when he visited Jerusalem to dedicate Israel for the return of the Jews.  This is the Palm Sunday church.  Inside the church is the the rock that Jesus mounted the donkey from.  It was obvious that those of the Middle ages thought Jesus must have mounted a large stallion and not a lowly donkey

 I thought this little nun was so cute.  People gathering in the courtyard of the church by nations and groups.  Our favorite part was listening to the various groups.  It was a very lively group, obviously very happy and trying, each in their own way to show the Lord who happy they would be to see Him again

One of Jeremy's fun mirror images

There were thousands of people and more were added as we trekked about 3 1/2 miles down the hill