Sunday 20 April 2014 Garden Tomb, Old City

 

 

 

Easter Sunday morning we got up early (4:45 a.m.) and went into the Garden Tomb with the students and faculty.  The administrators at the Garden Tomb had an area reserved for BYU.  The Garden was packed with people from all over the world.  They had a singing group with guitars and keyboard that played some very lively music.  People were swaying and singing with the music, all in a very joyous attitude. 

BYU has a good relationship with the director of the Garden. Students love to come there and the people at the Garden love the students.  After the Dec. 12-14 snowstorm, some of the boys went down to the Garden Tomb and spent the day helping them clean up the Garden.  They used chain saws and cut down broken limbs.  That night the director and his wife braved the storm and road closures to come to the student Christmas concert.  They said the students had been so helpful to them that when they heard they were singing in a concert later that night, they had to come.

They had communion for those who wanted to partake.  It was grape juice with a wafer packaged on top.



 

There are beautiful paths and gathering areas throughout the garden.

 







Blaine and Linda at the Garden Tomb

 



Belnap family on the way home from the Garden Tomb in front of the wall near Herod's gate. 

The horses from the Israeli Police were on alert in case there were any problems on Easter.



The Israeli police were ready with their horses incase of any disturbance in the city.