Betterlife, The Diary Game (Sunday, January 12, 2025) | Taking Mother On Umrah With Bir Ali Travel

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My husband's condition has improved and he has been allowed to go home. However, because my husband is still in the hospital, I have no choice but to go home to my hometown alone with the children because my mother will be leaving for Umrah this morning.

I woke up and immediately knocked on my mother's door to see if she was awake or not. It turned out that my mother was praying Subuh. After praying, I went to the kitchen and washed all the dirty dishes, cleaned the house and also prepared breakfast for my mother. Because time was running out, I peeled an apple and also made ginger tea for my mother and after that I got ready.

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My three children are already neat. I also cleaned all my equipment because I planned not to go home here after dropping off my mother because my husband is still in the hospital and will be home at 10 this morning. It's already 7 o'clock, time to go. We all went to the Abu's Keutapang house first. The rain was pouring down very hard, but it did not deter our intention to accompany the Umrah congregation this time.

^{ready to go to the gathering point}

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We only arrived using a motorbike in 3 minutes. I, who was carrying Hamzah, immediately ran to find a safe shelter so as not to get caught in the rain. It seemed that many of Abu's students had gathered and there Abu gave some advice before he left.

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^{ready to go}

At exactly 8 am, in the drizzling rain we all left for the gathering point for the Umrah pilgrims "Bir Ali" at the Keudeu Aceh Lhokseumawe mosque. With my raincoat I waded through until we arrived safely.

Arriving there, the suitcases and the congregation were invited to perform prayers first. We waited on the terrace of the mosque. The children played happily and watched the rain fall from the roof of the mosque. After that, the departure ceremony began with some sermons and advice from the officers. We listened carefully.

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Incidentally, we also hadn't had time to have breakfast at home and the children were also starting to be naughty. Finally, my brother looked for some food and also porridge. We sat down to have breakfast together and finally the children started to eat heartily. Mom also asked to be brought chicken porridge and will eat it on the bus later because there is no more time now.

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^{taking a photo before the congregation departs}

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A few moments later, at 10.30 the event finally ended and the rain had stopped. Before leaving we took a photo together and the iron took the mother by car to Medan and Kualanamu. The students and the people who came were also very crowded. We have great hopes that all the congregation can leave and return safely and become a mabrur umrah.

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I didn't go home to my mother's house, I wanted to go straight to my house because my husband told us that he had come home from the hospital. Light rain fell and stopped. We had to stop at several places and when we passed the Bayu mosque, we stopped to buy meatballs. And in Geudong the children ate them while waiting for the rain to fall heavily.

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When I got home, I called my husband and it turned out he was at his mother's house. I followed him and then went home and cooked lunch. Coincidentally, my sister brought souvenirs from Tanjung Balai. There were salted squid, grouper. After cooking, my children and I then rested because we were very tired fighting the rain.

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