Saturday, December 27, 2008

The Taj Mahal glows in the moonlight. It is called the most beautiful building in the world, and the love story of all time, the tear drop on the sands of time. It is located in Agra India, and was built for the Empress of India. Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal were inseparable lovers. She died giving birth to their fourteenth child. They are laid to rest side by side in the Taj. He was going to have a black marble exact copy of the
Taj made for his own tomb opposite hers, but his son over threw him and took over the throne. He spent the remainder of his life as his son's prisoner at Agra Fort, a luxurious palace where he could look out the windows of the fort and see the Taj Mahal, where his Empress had been layed to rest, until his death when he was placed next to her in the moseleum.



Some more of the Taj that I took as we left the area.


Dad and I could hardly believe that we were there. We had a professional picture taken on a bench, but we like this one on the porch just before going in to see the carved tombs. No photos were allowed inside by the two tombs, but here we are just before entering the building.



The Taj Mahal was beautiful, and the Indian people flock to see this ancient marvel. It is constructed of while marble inlaid with many precious stones to form flowers and designs. There are also carvings of flowers in the marble.




The Branch's out door baptism font at the back of the chapel, just before the first baptism. We had ten baptisms on the 14th, four on the 21, and we have more scheduled for the 28th.











Elder Shepheard is playing the post lude as we finish the meeting before our 10 baptisms.






















This skit was "is there really a Santa, with an investigator wanting to know and his two teachers.

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