monday brought us to our first field trip
we went to the bar elyas monastery, which overlooks bethlehem and shepherd's field. we sang "o little town of bethlehem" looking down over Jesus' birthplace and Rachel's tomb. the hill used to be used for raising sheep for the temple sacrifice, so the shepherds were men well-versed in the scriptures and in the prophecies of the coming of the savior.
we also went to nabi samwil, which is believed to be the resting place of the prophet samuel. it overlooks the city of jib, which was anciently called gibeon. that is where saul, king of israel, was raised and met samuel for the first time. the residents of gibeon also played a little trick on joshua that ended up saving their lives but also condemned them to servitude...
life is good and life is busy! right now is the first free minute i've had in two days, and in four minutes i'm going again, but it is all great. arabic starts this afternoon, and then i will have finally started all of my classes- a week into school =)
shalom, sheep and sh..awesome
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