Gamla

This at the top of Gamla. Gamla is in the Golan Heights, its a mountain that resembles a camel. It was a good hike, in Matt. 5:14-16, "a light on a hill" this mountain has the perfect image. You can see the Sea of Galilee from here. Christ would have taught at the synagogue on the top of this mountain.

This is Lebonon!

We went to a mine field, and I didnt realize it was real until one of my friends threw a rock into the area and everyone freaked out. So that sign its real and they dont want to clear the mines yet because Israel is afraid of Syria coming and attacking back so therefore there are still landmines. A little scary.

Eating Fishy and Freezing Water

This is a restaurent that we went to that served fish from the Sea of Galilee. The fish that they served would have been the fish that Christ ate and performed miracles with. I actually pizza, but I did try the fish and it wasnt to bad at all. People ate the eyes and the brain and that took it a little to far.

We hiked down to this beautiful water fall in the Golan Heights.

This is Me and Kim getting into the absolutely freezing cold water. I couldnt believe we actually got in it, I had never been so cold in my life and I stayed cold for the whole day. Kim didnt think it was that bad.

But we swam all the way to the back and got into the rock. We were so proud of ourselves. Until we realized we had to swim all the way back. I could feel my blood slow down and my lungs were not expanding like they should.

The Beginning of the Galilee Trip

The beautful sunset in Galilee. These pictures dont give it justice but the Sea of Galilee was so gorgeous.

Brother Manscill's class, we took a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. It was so fun, got to sing Master the Tempest is Raging and study Jesus the Christ. It was so amazing to read about the teachings and parables that took place there.

Thats where I stayed for the 11 days I was in Galilee. We stayed in a kibbutz called En Gev on the Sea of Galilee, the mountians that behind are the Golan Heights.

Tel Aviv Trip #3

We went to Tel Aviv again. Its a beautiful city and the best thing was we went to a NON KOSHER restaurant. Lindsey and I got the most amazing breakfast for dinner meal I have ever had. It was blueberry pancakes with fresh blueberries, bacon and fresh fruit. It was so good, it hit the spot.

Me and some of my good girl friends jumping on the beach. The sunset wasnt tha amazing but it was really fun to set out and enjoy the beach.

Gotta love the Beach :)

The moon was amazing, we spent all day chilling at the beach, playing in the water, playing volleyball on the beach and relaxing.

Neot Kedium Field Trip

Neot Kedium

This was our field trip at Neot Kedium, which is a Nature Reserve Park that shows what people in the Biblical times did. We got to be shepherds. It was so neat because we got a herd of sheep and had to guide them from point to point. And then they would let the sheep scatter then they would tell us what we did wrong and let us try again.

Its not that easy to lead sheep, espcially with this many people. But I understand the parable of the Good Shepherd much better now because I have been one.

We made Pita Bread on the fire. It was delicous. We crushed Hyssop and dipped our pita bread in it. We also had popcorn wheat and spiced herbs. I learned so much from the field trip about the time of the Bible times. it was so cool.

Arab Night and the Onion Church

We had Arab Night, fitting right since I live in a half Arab Country. This night we had Arab food and Arab customs presented to us. These two men are praying towards Mecca. This is a father and a son sing at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the 3rd most important mosque in the Islam religion. So it was kind of a big deal to have these men come sing. There are 5 prayers that are sung over the whole city every day and these men sing it for the whole city. It was really neat their voices are beautiful.

This the door keeper at the Church of the Holy Sepulachre. His family has owned the church since the 7th century. He cleans the church and has all the keys. He has met a lot of politically important people and celebrities. He is an extremely sweet man who knows the Mormons and loves us. :)

This is at the Russian Convent. Its open very rarely and so it was awesome that we got in.

We call this the Onion Church. It is commemorating Mary Magdalene. It was one of the most beautiful churchs I had ever seen inside, the church is on the Mount of Olives in the middle of beautiful trees.