Jericho Field Trip

"...take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel..." (Joshua 4:5) Students placing their stones, to commemorate crossing the Jordan and going into Jericho.
Tel Jericho is where the Israelites conquest of the Holy Land took place--where the "walls came tumbling down."
A view of Jericho from Tel Jericho.
It never rains in Jericho! That's what we told the students as we headed out to our Jericho field trip from Jerusalem where it was pouring down rain. Guess what? It was raining in Jericho! We were there at an historic moment--rain in Jericho!








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Was it a dream?

And here is the happy couple on Dec. 18 jumping for joy. We had a very fine day. But I have to keep looking at this picture, because I keep thinking, "Are they really married? Was it all a dream?" It doesn't seem real, because it all went too fast, and here we are back in Jerusalem moving on. And they are moving forward with their lives back in Utah. (Sigh)

Perfect Match

We flew home from Jerusalem, to meet our soon to be new daughter in law and attend their wedding. This is what her and Colby were wearing the first time I met her. Ok--it didn't take much convincing that they were a perfect match.

A walk to the Old City

I take a walk to the Old City. Mothers are strolling along with their children.

Would I like an orange/pomegranate juice drink? They could squeeze it for me right here.
I walk through Damascus Gate.
There's the bins and bins of gummies.
And a Jewish man coming down the steps.
And here are the Israeli soldiers with their guns. Wow--I am living in Jerusalem.

Thanksgiving is Israel

We were in the Galilee for Thanksgiving. We stayed in a kubutz, which consists of many little cottages on the beach. The Sea of Galilee is beautiful and peaceful. On Wed. evening the place that fed us cooked us a Thanksgiving dinner. We walked into a room decorated with red, white, and blue balloons. Out came the waldorf salad, the baked potato, the sweet potatoes, the corn, and the rolls. But the most exciting part was when they turned out the lights and brought out the turkeys with sparklers in the top. Everyone cheered and clapped. Craig was able to carve the turkey for our table. We did miss the cranberry sauce and the pumpkin pie, but Thanksgiving in the Galilee was a once in a life time event.

Students in Jerusalem

I made Texas Sheet cake the other night. Some students came knocking on our door and said, "We smell something." They came in and played "Settlers" with Tanner and ate all the cake. Nathan even licked the pan. They are fun to have around. They liven up our apartment!!

Western Wall in Jerusalem

The Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is Judaisms most Holy site, because it is a remnant of the Herodian retaining wall that once enclosed and supported the Second Temple. It is like an open-air synagogue where Jews gather to pray, read scriptures, celebrate Bar and Bat Mitsvahs, and to welcome in the Sabbath. There is singing and dancing as they parade in. The women gather on the left side and the men on the right side.