I CANNOT believe I am here! This is so crazy! Just writing this gets me all excited and bubbly inside :) This land is absolutely beautiful! It has everything: hills, valleys, dessert, coast. There are so many types of trees and in the hill country, where i am staying it is green for the most part.
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| This was one option to look at on the screen that was in front of us during the flight. It was fun to be able to see where we were! taken by Danielle McNally |
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| Waiting in the airport taken by Danielle McNally |
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| taken by Danielle McNally |
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| Our bus, heading to the Moshav taken by Danielle McNally |
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| Dorms |
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| Hill Country |
Day 1 Jan 21st
Started with orientation and was able to get in the know of how the semester was going to be.
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| Outside the classroom |
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| Classroom |
After we got a tour of the Moshav (which is where Jewish communities came together when Israel became a nation. . . they had nothing to contribute cause all they had was their clothes on their back so they would gather in communities and all work together), and then we went to Neve Ilan and Abu Gosh, the cities right by the Moshav. We continued to walk up to Kiryat Ye'arim where the ark of the covenant sat for around 100 years before David moved it to Jerusalem! It was a beautiful place overlooking the city. We read Joshua 15:9-10; Judges 18:1, 7-11; 1 Samuel 7:1, 2; and 2 Samuel 6:1-15.
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| taken by Danielle McNally |
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| View of the city. They would've had to brought the ark up the valley. Hard work! |
There was an old church there that we all went to and sang a few hymns. Singing has been some of my favorite moments! This group can sing and these old churches are built for the sound to echo and project. It is simply beautiful!
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| taken by Danielle McNally |
I am blessed with such an amazing group! The people that make up this group are absolutely hilarious (!!!!!!), love the Lord, and are open to getting to know everyone for the most part. It helps A LOT! Also the profs are SO AMAZING! They just love on us, help us, teach us, and pray for us. I'm so excited to continue to get to know them and hopefully make lifelong contacts.
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| Wendy and Natalie; beautiful sweet ladies that are hear to help us |
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| Our staff and their families (taken by Danielle McNally) |
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| our group! |
There you go for the first day :)
Things they never tell you about Israel:
Cats are like dogs in Mexico. . . EVERYWHERE!
Driving is TERRIBLE
(the list will continue as i keep finding things out :) )
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