A Visit from Omar

In April we were thrilled to find out that Jason's friend, Omar was coming to Salt Lake from Brazil.  Jason met Omar when he served a mission for our church in Sao Paulo, Brazil 20 years ago.  Jason had the privelege of baptizing Omar and developed a wonderful friendship with him.  Jason had to work the day Omar was arriving but the kids and I were able to pick him up at the airport and show him around Salt Lake City.  It was a beautiful sunny spring day although a little chilly for a Brazilian. Omar was pretty tired and jet lagged but had a few hours to kill before he could check into his hotel.  We went to City Creek for lunch and some shopping and then showed Omar around Temple Square and picked up his tickets for General Conference.

Jason and Jared were able to get tickets to the Priesthood Session on Saturday night and met Omar there.  It was Jared's first time attending Priesthood Session since he turned 12.  They didn't have a ticket for Andrew so he went with his grandpa to watch the satallite broadcast of the meeting instead.

The next week we took Omar to Antelope Island.  Unfortunately it was a cold and very windy day.  We had hoped to hike around the island some but instead had to do most of the sight seeing from the car.  Omar was also introduced to snow that day for the first time in his life!  The next weekend we drove to Moab to show Omar some of our favorite sights.  We spent a lot of time in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.  We introduced Omar to Delicate Arch, 'smores, waffle cones at the Moab Diner and star gazing away from the city lights in the Northern Hemisphere. We enjoyed spending so much time with Omar and showing him the beautiful part of the world we live in.