JeruShannon

TODAY WAS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. actually that sentence makes no sense. Today is Saturday where there was no work done. however, ,,, this last week was finals. hooray. Actually they went a lot better than I could have ever hoped, but I was WWWWWREEECCCCKKKKEEDDDD by the end of it all. Also this week my body decided to fall apart but it's fine. In spite of the finals meltdown I did get out and do some fun stuff! this is St. Stephen's Basilica in East Jerusalem and possibly the most beautiful church I've visited yet in the holy land also because it's in a weird spot and you have to ring a doorbell to be let inside, there was basically no one there. the art in this basilica is so beautiful I TOOK THIS SELFIE THERE IS NO EXCUSE BUT I"M LAUGHING SO HARD that was on one outing. The next day or so I went to the Pater Noster church up near our house that has the Lord's prayer in over a hundred languages, inCLUDING uppáhalds tungumálið mitt, Íslen

This is a week off because I didn't get done las week, but here they are because this week had a lot of them: Sunday! Our first field trip of the week was to Neot Kedumim (heb "pleasant pastures") it's a biblical nature reserve that focuses on teaching those who visit about plants and animals that are in the bible! We looked at lots of plants and ground hyssop and herded goats and sheep! We also made pottage like what Esau sold his birthright over (and tbh if it had been as good as what I ate,,,,, I don't blame him). We finished off our day by learning about the production of Torah scrolls and similar items in the Judaism (mezzuzot etc) the daily grind the man on the left is a scribe and a cantor, it was so cool to see him work, and to listen to him recite from the Torah in the three different styles (Ashkenazi, Sepharic and Yemenite) check out ya girl in that great white hat with that blue blue fanny pack. Monday! Tel Aviv & Jaffa WHAT