Lee set the Sacrament table and I set out the hymnals in English and Russian. This particular week, we had 2 members come--Tanya (and her 2 year old daughter) and Marina. I gave the talk on Baptism and Lee gave the lesson on daily scripture study. Both women speak English well, but Tanya understood the context and more difficult words. It was a good experience for me to see how important language is and reminded me of being in the German wards and branches and how much I missed from the lessons due to my rudimentary language skills. But taking the Sacrament felt so sacred and I also feel grateful that I have 2 opportunities each week to take the Sacrament. But being in that small group is really special. The next day I texted the sisters who couldn't attend and got a good response from them. I also texted the 15 year old young woman and offered to share the simplified scriptures with her, which she seemed enthusiastic about.
What a beautiful blessing, to share the sacrament no matter what the size of the the spirits seeking Heavenly Father way to share his unconditional desire to love us by giving us the opportunity to receive him through partaking of the sacrament. I often think while in revenant prayer, when the blessing over the sacrament is being spoken, where on mountain tops ,in the dessert or by the sea my mind wonder in the begin of the church how humble places where so cherished, just to receive the sacrament was so deeply moving.
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