Saturday 21 February 2015 Our last Sabbath in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Our last Sunday in Jerusalem was branch conference. President Masoui from the District Presidency spoke.  He told his conversion story.  He knew members of the Church who were working in Jerusalem. He knew they were Mormons and that they were different but his friend had never talked about the church. (Mormons are not allowed to proselyte in Israel.)  One time when he went on a business trip to the US, he called his friend in SLC.  His friend then told him he could talk about the church since he wasn't in Israel.  He invited his friend to come to General Conference that weekend.  Brother Masoui said he didn't have time to fly to Utah from Wash. DC.  His friend said if the Lord wanted him to come, it would work out.  He was able to catch a flight and spent the weekend in Utah going to General Conference.  He called his wife and said he found what they had been looking for.  He flew home and was baptized in Cyprus.

 Josh, Sarah, Kendra, little Josh Jones.  Josh has been a student at Hebrew University.

Baby Sarah Jones.

Kari and CJ Baltz with their darling little girls will move to Midway this summer. CJ will be in Afghanistan.

Mari Earl's niece, Kelcie Earl

Tamara is one of the Hebrew University students.  She came to the Jerusalem Center a few years ago.

Brother Bartlett and Brother Rona are Jewish members of the church.

Alyssa Beck is a Hebrew University student from Bountiful.

Veronica is doing volunteer work in the West Bank.

That afternoon at the branch in Bethlehem, Sam and his daughter came. Sam is Mohammad's nephew.  He is Muslim but can come because he is directly related  to a member. 

Paetro from Italy.

Sanah, Odeh, and Yara Marcos live in the upstairs of the branch building.

Eric Simmons lived in Ramallah.  His family has already moved back to the US and this was his last week at the branch.

Mohammad Alshiabat and Eric Simmons were main stays of the branch.

Mark Slight is the district president. He is from Reno, Nevada. and works for the FBI in Tel Aviv.

This is our excellent service committee. Adam Eastburn, Kyle Durfee, Emily Braithwaite, Lindy Koyle, Mikey Caplin, and Hannah Hirst met with us every Sat. night to go over the humanitarian opportunities.