Week 3 BYU JERU

HUMUS.BREEZES.MARBLES.

This week was super rad!
It is Saturday (The Sabbath) right now and I just got done writing my research paper.
Earlier today we did a little stroll to the Garden Tomb.

We just sat.
pondered.
read.
wrote.
People sang hymns in other languages.
It was a Sabbath to never forget.

Well here is my summary of the week:

• Nahlam
• Tell you about Tels
• Handmade
• Never Back Down
• Dome Ball
• Jordan
• Jerusalem in my eyes

Nahlam
So we went over to Nahlam (learned the spelling)

Humus made from scratch

When we got there she had the whole table laid out with supplies
She had been thinking about this for a while
There I found myself,
in this poor woman's house,
and she was giving me so much.
I wanted to cry...
Well we started making Falafels.
It was way fun and she made me write down the instructions
So I'll do it at home Dad for everyone
It wasn't too hard.

Gentle Hands

We made our own humus too!
After we sat and talked
She told us all about her faith
It was amazing.
She said so many wise things.
"God has many doors, and we all have different keys,
me, you and you. We all have our own. But they
all lead to God."
That is just one.
After she asked us about our God.
What he was like,
How we spoke to him etc etc
I was torn.

Deeeeep Fried

NEVER IN MY LIFE
Has someone been so interested in my faith
and I simply...
could not tell her...
It was so sad.
...
Overall it was amazing!
We are going to come back
and make HER an American meal!





Tell you about Tels
So A lot of our Field trips thus far
have been going to ancient cities
that are no longer there
What is left is a hill.
yup a hill.
And some dudes have started to dig it up.
These hills full of ruins are called tels (pretty much)
So we go to a lot of these cities
Sometimes there aren't much to look at,
unless you are an archaeological buff
(pretty much all my professors)
But it is the stories behind these destroyed cities
that really send shivers down your spine.
Last week we went Be'er Sheba
Where Abraham received the revelation
to sacrifice his son.
Later we went to Jericho
The oldest city on Earth
And lowest elevation on dry land ON EARTH!
And then went to the Judean Desert
Where Christ was tempted by Satan
(ps look at the pic in your scriptures...it looks just like that!)
So the stories behind these places
are truly amazing.
I feel so blessed to walk where these prophets
and even our Savior walked.

Meet Bob. Ha.
They gave us tea to drink.
I just thought this was so funny.
Oh Bob.

Handmade
We stopped on our way to Jericho
and saw this famous place where these women
make blankets, rugs and much more
from wool
and they do it all by hand
and apparently they have been doing it for yeeeeeaaarssss
cool stuff

Never back down
Got challenged to play marbles in the street
by some local hooligans
...
totally lost
haha
but they taught me how to play
and gave me a marble when I left
...
for one shekel haha
I need to practice though
for next time!












Dome Ball
We had the opportunity to go to the Dome of the Rock
A very sacred place for Muslims
and seeing it is where the temple used to be built
it is likewise sacred for Jews and Christians
It was a beautiful work of art
We just sat down and had lunch
Some kids threw a water balloon at us
but a tree blocked it ha
and after we walked around
and found some kids playing soccer
I wanted to join
...naturally...
but I didn't want to offend anyone

The Big B

so I just watched
Overall it was a pleasant experience.

Nice Try

Jordan
We are going to Jordan...
IN TWO DAYS!
I am so excited!
PETRA!
PETRA!
PETRA!
Ill let you know how it goes!

Jerusalem in my eyes
So like i said earlier,
Jerusalem is not what I thought
So to give all the people who aren't here
a taste of what I see day to day
and what I FEEL the city really looks like
I am going to start posting pictures
of Jerusalem
how I see it
through My eyes.
enjoi