Well March is almost over now. It’s time for another email. Becky and I are still in Poky, still working and going to school, not much has changed.
We had a neat experience a couple of weeks ago for a ward Family Home Evening activity (Single’s Wards make FHE a ward activity). There is a church member in the area here who has been to Israel several times and is familiar with their culture. He came and lead us thru a sample Passover dinner. I guess the real deal takes several hours, so we only did a portion of it. We had 4 little cups of “wine” (grape juice), the bitter herb (horseradish sauce), a sweet apple mixture, and unleavened bread. At one point we had to mix some of the horseradish sauce with the apple stuff to symbolize the opposition in all things, let me tell you, that bite was an opposition to all things good.
Bro. Kirkham also put Jesus’ lost supper in context of the Passover dinner. We learned that it was at the saddest part of the Passover meal, the part where they remember the bitterness of captivity in Egypt, and the bitterness of sin that Jesus told the Twelve that one of them would betray him, and then told Judas to go and do what he’d planned. After Judas is gone the mood changes and the Savior can teach his disciples some wonderful things.
It was a great learning experience. It helped me gain some more appreciation for the sacrament which is how we celebrate the Passover after Christ’s death. It also taught me a little bit about our cousins, the Jews.
We’re getting closer to the end of school. Only 5 weeks left. I can’t hardly wait.
We hope you’re getting along well. Feel free to drop me a line and let me know.
Stewart & Becky
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Is it just me or when we use the phrase "that was a learning experience" do we really mean "as great as that was, i don't really know if I want to do it again"? Just thinking of that phrase it really does seem like whenever I use it I mean "I learned my lesson. I can't believe I survived."
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