Trip to Rome

We made a trip to Rome yesterday to take a cute sister in our ward to get her patriarchal blessing.  It takes about 3 1/2 hours to get there.  e left at 7:30 am and got back about 7 pm. Her brother came and we had a great chance to talk to them and enjoy them for the whole day. Many good teaching opportunities.  After the patriarch gave her her blessing, I felt the power of the Holy Ghost so strong still surrounding this girl.  They had the blessing upstairs at the church, and they came downstairs to the office afterwards and the spirit was still there... so strong, that I started to cry. Her brother felt it too.  I was able to testify to him, that what we were feeling was the Holy Ghost testifying that  her blessing was divinely inspired and given to her from God directly through the patriarch.
                   Afterwards we drove by the temple and saw its progress and got a picture.

We had lunch at a huge mall right across the  street from the new temple.  They chose to eat at a place called "The Wild West".  I felt like we were in Wyoming!