Hey guys, it's day 2! This morning we went to Megiddo. It deserves its own post. Here goes... Megiddo starts out in a facinating Solomonic gate. Basically that means that the gate is shaped like an E and soldiers hide in the little niches. This, naturally, goes into a lot of ruins. I'll put a few photos of the city... Megiddo overlooks a valley where the battle of Armageddon will supposedly take place. Yeesh. It was beautiful, though. We continued our tour and saw an old cistern where they stored grain Next we saw a palace and stables. The last thing we did in Megiddo was to go into the water system. So awesome!
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Hey all, We have arrived! Here is how day 1 went. Day 1 started out on a plane. We flew straight from NJ to Tel Aviv. On the way, we flew over Greece Hey look, it's Mount Olympus! (I actually have no idea. I left my topographical map of Greece's mountains at home. Darn.) Soon we were to Tel Aviv. And you thought Israel was a bunch of sheep and rocks. Well it has that to. Anyway, we landed. Yay for people movers! Note that if the pictures are really small, sorry I can't edit them. Just zoom in, k? Thanks. Then, we got on our tour bus. Our tour guide is named Shafik. The first place we went to was Ceasarea. Ceasarea is the city that Herod the Great built. It's most famous for its harbor. The first thing we saw, though, was Herod's theatre. Then we saw some ruins and rocks. THEN there was the harbor. Those guys are our pastor and another person. If you can see, there is no sand. It is literally all seashells. Then we left through a crusaders gate. Some interesting architecture stuff
After that, we went to lunch at the Druze Resturant. We ate rice, pita, fried lentils, and goat and chicken kebabs. Also other things I think. Then we went to Mount Carmel. This was the place where Elijah dumped water on his sacrifice and God sent fire. This opened out onto a view of the Jezreel Valley. So beautiful! Next we went to our hotel, which is called a Kibbutz. They served a great buffet.
Hi people! I'm in an airport! Whoa, let's back up to about...6:15 am. That's when our friend picked us up And took us to the airport. (Thanks Karen) We got through security pretty quickly, and soon were on our (very small) plane Don't know if you can see that. Anyway, soon were in the air. And in the clouds. Until we got to Newark, NJ Ok, for my Newsies fans (hi Davey) here's the Brooklyn Bridge And the skyline of NY Then we landed. I will be in layover for another hour and a half, then we fly. I won't post again until tomorrow night. Love you guys. Bye!
~Laura (Update: I did originally post this in NJ but their airport is terrible and doesn't have free wifi so the pictures didn't load) Hey everyone!
Welcome to this blog. I really thank you for reading. I wish I could bring every single person with me, but unfortunately, that isn't possible. So this blog will help send a little culture back. Here's 2 quick things you can do. 1. Pray for us. That we get everything packed today, that we have a safe flight, that we will learn a lot and grow in our faith. 2. Leave a comment! I would love to hear from you while we're gone. I'm going to miss everyone and it would be great to see how your life is going. You can also email or text (Please note we won't have data in Israel so we won't be responding very quickly) Hopefully, the plan is to do 1-2 posts a day. They will probably come out at a weird time since I won't be able to post until we get back to our hotel. I will mainly be the one to post, but my mom or dad will probably do a few posts too. The posts will probably be pretty long, since I am planning on taking a lot of photos. : ) Anyway, if you check the blog about once a day, you will be caught up with what's going on. I'm rambling. I've never done a blog before. Hopefully this isn't a disaster... ~Laura |
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