Last Greetings Before Egypt!!

Hello everyone! I've been having such a fun time here in the Holy Land. On Wednesday, we went on another field trip to the hill country called the Shephelah. We went to many different sights that were really cool. We went to the area where Samson was born and met Dalilah and that whole story happened. Then we went to a national park and saw a bunch of tombs and houses from Old Testament times. It was really cool! We also went to the place where David killed Goliath and in good old seminary fashion, we acted it out! The field trip was all day long and we were all really tired when we got home.
When we were on the bus coming home, our teacher got a phone call from the center and they said there was a terrorist attack on the West side of Jerusalem and that was a little scary to hear but they said we can still go out into the city. But we were on the field trip so everyone is ok.
The next day after class, I went out into the Old City for a few hours. First we got money for our trip to Egypt then we went to the Garden Tomb! Our guide was very respectful and after he told of all the reasons why that place was the most probable one for Christ's tomb, he then said that it doesn't matter where the tomb is, it just matters that he isn't here anymore because he is risen.












Then we went to the St. George's Cathedral and it was so gorgeous inside! On all of the seats were these really cool cushions that had different cross stitching on them- I found my favorite one- when I was holding it, I felt like Miss America: "What is the one thing this world needs?" "World Peace!" haha. The organ was really cool too- hence the picture.













Our last stop was the American Colony Hotel. It was used during a couple of the wars as a soup kitchen and has been a real help to the local people of Jerusalem. One of the guys who came with us is a history major so he taught us all about this hotel and then since it was the day before the 4th of July, we sang some patriotic songs :) There was also a really pretty garden that we walked around for a while.

Now we are all ready for Egypt! I'm so excited to go there and see all the tombs, mummies, and pyramids! It is going to be the experience of a lifetime! Hopefully I don't get too sick! They say that 95% of the students get sick on this trip to Egypt so it will probably happen. You'll hear from me in a week! Love you all.