Sunday, October 28, 2012

We Went Through Hail to get to Church

We have always had troubles getting to church on time and this week was no different.  We woke up at 7 so we could get a bus to church.  When we left it was drizzling and so we packed umbrellas and rain jackets.  The bus ride was 15 minutes long and we only knew our stop by street names and a Google Earth screen shot on an ipad.  We asked someone on the bus so we knew we were at the right stop.  When we got off it was raining hard so we walked to church quickly.  We got there at 8:30 and it started at 9.  The doors were locked and no one was there so we waited.  We figured that it must be stake conference so everyone was at the stake center.  While we were waiting it started hailing.  We had a little area where we could stand so that we didn't get pelted with hail.  After a couple of minutes the hail stopped.  Then, something unexpected happened.  10 minutes until it started people started showing up.  They unlocked the doors and we went in.  The people there were very nice and the missionaries translated for us.  When it was done we left for the bus station and got there 10 minutes before the next bus so we strategically organized our 3 umbrellas to cover all of us and we stood in the pouring rain.  When we got home, we were soaking wet and appreciated a nice nap in our warm beds.

2 comments:

  1. It's amazing to me that you (your family) can figure out where to go to get where you want to be. (Which bus or train? which street? which stop to get off the train, etc.) Rain? No one at church until almost starting time? We seem to experience that here too. Grandpa Hull

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  2. I just went back to re-read your description of getting to church--and I paid a little more attention to the title--nice play on words. You are quite clever for a kid--then I remember, you are NOT a kid anymore! Anyway--loved your blog.
    Grandpa Hull

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