Volunteering With PJTN - Pictures At The Opryland Hotel ... by Hannah

This past Sunday (February 19th), we had the privilege of volunteering at the Prayer and Action event hosted by Proclaiming Justice To The Nations at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention. We have been able to do this each year since 2008, but normally it has only been a few of us. This year we planned to take the whole family, but Mama was not feeling well so all the rest of us went.

We went early so that Tommy and Sam could help with unloading and setting up equipment ... and Abba took us girls to Bass Pro Shop for a little while :)  We came back and walked around Opryland for a bit (that place is HUGE!) and we got something to eat. We also took lots of pictures!

Lydia, in front of one of the many fountains.

Pretending to throw Lydia in!

It is really beautiful there.

Left to right: me, Abigail, Lydia, Sarah, Ruthie

Someone offered to take the picture so that Abba could join us.

Ruthie and Abba

Abigail and Abba

The river in the Opryland

Left to right: Ruthie, Abigail, Lydia, Sarah, me ... another one of the many fountains!

After wandering around for awhile, we went to help with setting up. It was about 5pm and the event was supposed to start at 8:30pm. Abba was responsible for escorting Bishop Choby to and from the event.

Here are Sam and Lydia with them.

The meeting went well, lasting from 8:30pm to just after 10pm. The keynote speakers were Itamar Marcus from Palestinian Media Watch and Joseph Farah from World Net Daily.

One of the highlights of the event is getting to see Rabbi Gerald Meister. We met him back in 2004 or 2005 and got to see him while we were in Israel. Rabbi Meister used to work in the Foreign Relations department for the Israeli government.

Left to right: Abba, Sam, Abigail, Tommy, Ruthie, me, Sarah, Lydia ... with Rabbi Meister in the middle.

After cleaning things up, we were interviewed by a reporter from JooTube who was very intrigued by our family and lifestyle. He filmed us and asked a huge variety of questions ... I'll let you know if he posts it. I'm concerned about how it will turn out - we probably looked like we were about to fall asleep (it was about 11pm)!

Rabbi Meister had been using an electric wheelchair/scooter and when he left, Abba brought it back to put it away. After everything was cleaned up and everyone was leaving (about 12am), we started walking to take the scooter back where it belonged. The meeting was held about as far away from where the scooter belonged as you could get it, so it was quite a walk.

Sam and Lydia got to ride the scooter back ... and had the time of their lives!

Abigail, posing in one of the fancy mirrors.

Artwork in the ceiling.

It was a long night :)

Waiting for Tommy to bring the van to the entrance ... Ruthie, me, Sarah.

Guess what happens at 12:30am when Sam and Lydia are riding an electric scooter through Opryland?!