I love my life. Period.

So I haven’t blogged in a while.  I know that you were all worried, and waiting to see what your favorite blogger has been up to.  Sadly I don’t have much time, due to the fact that we have a ginormous paper due and to be honest, sometimes there are cooler things to do than blog.  So I’m going to see how quickly and thoroughly I can share with you what shall heretofore be known as...this week.

Statue of David, outside Dormition Abby

The Upper Room

The week started on Sunday, we walked out to Mt. Zion to see the Upper Room, David’s tomb and Dormition Abby.  It was a wonderful place, we sang a few hymns in the upper room, while the room itself is not the same, the airspace is almost positively the space where Christ and his apostles supped for the last time.  We then went through the Jewish quarter, ate some nuts, the girls shopped and we headed out of the city to eat some pizza.  It was good.

Monday, Valentines Day, Sister Muhlestein’s birthday was a quick field trip out to the border of the low hills (Shfelah) and the coastal plains to a place called Neot Kedumim.  This is essentially a big biblical garden.  This was created by Israeli’s and Palestinians to show what the land would have looked like in the time of the Bible.  The highlights of this trip was a sheep herding challenge, and making fresh pita.  The pitas were delicious, especially with date honey and zatar.  It was pretty awesome.  After the field trip we had a Valentines Dance, it was hot.  Oh and the temperature was pretty warm too.

Denise, Jeni and Me grinding our own Zatar.

Our well herded sheep.

Pretty skies.

Madi and I makin us some pita.

Valentines Dance.

Thursday was pretty cool, our Judaism class was canceled and we took a trip over to Dominus Flevit and the Church of Mary Magdalene.  They were both beautiful and had awesome views of the Old City.  We also had our formal talent show that night, it was really really cool.  I sang a song and then accompanied the famed Jeni Gubler, the whole thing was really awesome.  I have a really awesome picture that the one and only Kevin Collier took, hopefully I’ll get it so that I can post it, cause really its freakin awesome!

Church of Mary Magdalene (Russian Orthodox) from Dominus Flevit

Church of Mary Magdalene from the Church of Mary Magdalene

Just displaying how difficult it is to live in an environment where there is a 3 to 1 ratio of girls to boys.

I got Jeni's autograph following her smashing performance, she only gave out two.  It was quite an honor.

Fridays we aren’t allowed in East JRu until after three, so we took taxis to West J so we could make it to the shuk before Jews started their Sabbath.  We wanted to get some more Challah or Sabbath Bread, its sooo good, we had to get some more.  It was fun, the shuk is like this awesome market where they sell olive oil, nuts, bread, fruits, veggies.  Its pretty sweet.

Challah, or Jewish Sabbath Bread...its delicious.

Which brings us today, Sabbath.  The day I look forward to, because I don’t feel bad for not doing anything.  We enjoyed church, took a nap out on the warm lawn, and have been watching movies and playing games since.  I love spending time with my big happy family here.  Anyways, hopefully thats enough to keep you all happy and reading.  In the words of Bro Judd, “you guys are awesome.  be good, don’t be bad.”  Oh, and don’t call me Shirley.