The last two days were pretty laid back. We went to church Saturday and Sunday. Today, we went to Schevet Achim, a ministry that transports heart surgery children to the hospital in Tel-Aviv from Gaza. We came early in the morning, and had a worship time and bible study. We then ate lunch in the car on the hour long trip to Tel-Aviv. We spent the rest of the day visiting children pre-sergury. Here's a fun picture of a little girl named Maria. She was adorable.
Danny's POV
My view on the Israel trip. More like pointless sentences.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Schevet Achim
Friday, August 2, 2013
Two days in two units of measuring words.
Well, we got a lot done in the last two days. Here's our path from yesterday. We walked all around the old city, and also went to the wailing Wall! (Not much wailing...)
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We parked in a very awesome parking lot, run by a crazy man. I don't mean crazy crazy, but mad skills crazy. I couldn't get a good picture but here's a really dark shot.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The Herodion.
Today we went to the Herodion the place where Herod the Great was buried.
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They have a little shop near the parking lot, where they sell grossly overpriced souvenirs. They did have nice air-conditioning, though. We walked through the shop and took the right path leading up the hill, at the top of the hill, there it was!
But first, have you guys been to Stars and Bucks? That's right!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Real Meal...
Yesterday, we didn't really do much until aboutb four thirty. We were looking for a good place to eat, and we were recommended to a place right next to a tourist spot. We ate our first and probably last fancy native meal, which was expensive big really good. I only got pictures of the appetizing dips and pitas. Now I can't find them... Well, here's a picture of an advertisement for the place. :-D
After our meal, we went into their little touristy center to take a look. They have very strong feelings against the Israel wall, add shown in this depiction of the the wise men being kept from Jesus...
We made or way next door to the Church of the Nativity, and the little grotto onsite. There was this one rose that looked really bright, even though they all grow in clay.
After the church, we spent the last few minutes of our time in some of the shops in the market. They had so much stuff, we came back today!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Went to church on a Saturday!
Well, not much to say here. The sermon was very basic. After the service, we went to their reception sort of thing, where they had pita bread, hummus and Nutella. They also had some wafers and cookies of sorts. I'm getting a little sick, so at first I didn't do much. After most everybody left, I started playing fusball and ping-pong. I'm actually better the I thought I was. ;-) after me doing nothing for several hours, we finally we got to Sachar park, where we'd played... Soccer! Imagine that. I made a meme, showing the different states that the rooms are in.
What we thought we would get:
Friday, July 26, 2013
Posting in the middle of the day!
So I am blogging now at about two o'clock, so I can remember more of what happened. This morning we went back to the shawarma place for a devotion. The owner is actually a Christian, who lived in San Fransisco for ten years! Anyway, we all ate some more shawarma (delicious!) And then looked at Colossians 1:1-2. The devotion was for the local basketball players, so it wasn't very in depth.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Lots of landmarks...
Today we went to The Garden Tomb, one of the possible sights of Jesus tomb. There is a skull naturally carved into the rock right next to the garden, which was really cool. As I write, there are fireworks and celebrations going on, because everybody is celebrating their school. If you thought your highschool was hard, over here they have to test on all four years of highschool. Over thirty two hours of testing. If you get sixty or below, you basically have a horrible life. The only job you can get is as a teacher so all the teachers are basically mad and depressed people. The highest score was 98.9 percent. Hour do I know? They publish all the scores in the newspaper, radio, and television. We saw a fight between students in the street, today, too. (I assume they were students) Anyways, after the tomb, we walked along the street, through a bazaar sort of thing. They had all sorts of things, and we got some leechie fruit s, which were delicious. We then found a shop to get some bread and cheese, (we aren't committed to eating the meat, yet...) After that, we stopped at the Jerusalem prayer center, which was a really cool experience. They had all sorts of things to help with prayer. We drove home after that. I actually didn't take my tablet with me, so I don't have a path or any pictures. One of the cool things about this part of Israel is that it is so hilly, which makes for some fun driving, even in a minivan. :-D There's actually a road that is curvy and hilly, marked with black and white striped curb. It looks like it's a race track. Or give day club went great, with another kid coming today. Here's a picture.