I dont know how many of you have seen the article on CNN that talks about the 7-story Israeli building in the middle of a Palestinian neighborhood. The Israelis says that to make peace they are going to tear down this building because it was illegally built there. But something CNN didnt mention was the fact that the other part of that deal is that they are going to tear down 81 Palestinian homes as well. The US news is so bias about the Middle East, I have realized this since I have been here.

Here in Israel the Sabbath day is on Saturday because that is the day the Jewish people have their Sabbath. Anyway, after church one Saturday we walked down to the Garden Tomb. It was a gorgeous day. I just feel so blessed that I can go ponder at the place where Christ was risen. I was really good to go ponder and write in my journal for a couple of hours. Who gets to do that?!

This is Skull Hill, Golgatha was near here somewhere. It has a parking lot here now.

This is the YMCA building and the Bell Tower in West Jerusalem. I live in East Jerusalem it is mainly Palestinian. On the West Side of Jerusalem it is more secular and Jewish.

I got to bells that can be heard all over Jerusalem. It was really cool. I was able to play "Nearer my God to Thee". Its way cool that the city of Jerusalem could hear ME playing the bells.They even have the YMCA in Jerusalem. So cool, its actually been here for years and its really pretty. They hold people kind of like a hostice, they have exercising rooms and such.

Happy Valentines Day!!!! (Brett, Leslie, Kennedy, Stacie, Courtney, Corina- Jonathon the Photographer (he didnt match) :) )

Our Monday Field Trip to the City of David. Its right outside the gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. I guess you could call it a suburb of Jerusalem

This is in the National City of David Musuem. We are standing in front of Nephi's Friends House. Its a two story house and it has a lot of remains left that are very visable, including the toilet! :) Brook, Natalie, Taeler, Me and Katie.

We went into Hezekiahs Tunnel. It still has water in it. It was built in King Davids time, whats interesting about his tunnel is they started at both ends and met in the middle. It was fun to walk through the tunnel all the way under the City. This is actually how King David attacked the city and gained control.

This was inside Hezekiahs Tunnel. The tunnel was very narrow. Both Jonathans were behind me the entire time splashing it up!

This is on a ledge by the waters of Siloam. I dont really know why we are being so seductive? It kind of reminds me of a spiderman pose. :)

We are the girls in white so we can join this picture! We are so funny! :)

I was told to get out of my room. I was like why? My roommate was like just do it! So I went out to the porch and contined writing. Anyway when I came back this was on my bed. I had to wear this crown to dinner as a favor from my Valentine.

We had secret Valentines randomly drawn in the center. Before Valentines day I got this poster put up for me in the student lounge. I really appreciated it. It made me feel good. To this day my secret Valentine still hasnt revealed himself. But I have a pretty good guess... :)

Here in Jerusalem we see a lot of sites, but not very many people and thier homes. However I was one of the very special students of 18 that get to go to the elderly homes and sing hymns. The elderly guy in this photo is the director of the Christian Elderly Home. He toke us around to a few elderly homes and we sang. The people that we went to are home ridden. Since they have all types of diseases the Old City is not accomadating. There are stairs everywhere and wheel chairs are very ineffective. So getting visitors is very exciting to them. It was really cool to see them and their tiny homes. Basically they just have one room and no backyard!