One of the women (Ban Azrai) in our branch has cancer and has been hospitalized at the nearby King Hussein hospital. She is very sick. On Monday "the Relief Society" piled into our van and went to see her.
Ban was sitting in a chair beside her bed with her head down when we walked into the room, but when she looked up and saw the sisters it was like a light going off. She was very happy and they were able to have a short conversation with her which I didn't understand, but I could feel the love and caring.
The sisters decided to sing a hymn for Ban and thought "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" wasn't exactly appropriate right now so we sang "I Need Thee Every Hour. . .In joy or pain" It didn't sound very melodic, but it was beautiful and full of emotion. The other patients and their families in the room (all Muslims) went silent and respectful for the hymn and also for the prayer Huda offered.
It was a sweet, tender moment.
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