Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah

Sunday, 25 November 2007

I was looking forward to attending church meetings with Brother/Sister Jensen this day. What we experienced this morning, instead, was absolutely special, and worth the time spent.

We went to the Salt Lake Tabernacle to attend a live 30-minute broadcast of "Music & the Spoken Word" by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 9:30-10:00 am. I was actually seeing and listening to the choir live! I loved every second of it. The Tabernacle and the Choir were beautiful beyond words. I could sit there and listen to the music forever.

It was also a special broadcast for the Tabernacle Choir because it was the final time their organist, John Longhurst, was accompanying them. John had been their organist for the past 30 years.



Making this visit special for me, was the company of Brother/Sister Jensen, their daughter Julie and her son.


After the show, we walked across to the North Visitors' Centre, passing display of the nativity. First "The Shepherds who watched their flocks"


Then "The Wisemen"


And the baby "Jesus" with his mother "Mary" and father "Joseph"


We were thinking whether to go to Sunday sacrament meeting at 11 am. Since most of us have not seen the film "Joseph Smith The Prophet of the Restoration" yet, we decided to stay and view the 69 minutes film depicting the life and legacy of the founding prophet. I am glad we watched the film because it had strengthened my testimony of Joseph Smith and the restored gospel.