What I Am Most Excited for in the Holy Land:

• Seeing the Garden Tomb (May 7th)
• Seeing the Garden of Gethsemane.
• Going to Egypt (May 15th) and seeing the pyramids (May 17th)
• A chance to use the Arabic I have been studying
• Sound and Light Show in Giza?! Neat. (May 16th)
• Seeing Tut’s Tomb (May 18th)
• Watching the sun rise on Mount Sinai (May 22nd)
• Church in the Jerusalem Center (apparently the chapel itself has glass windows on three sides which let me see the entire Old City of Jerusalem)
• The fact that the dorm rooms have balconies overlooking the Old City. I actually plan on spending a lot of time on those balconies.
• Forum Addresses from distinguished guests
• Learning basic Hebrew
• Snorkeling at Eilat (June 12th)
• Hezekiah’s Tunnel (June 13th)
• Jordan! (June 20th)
• PETRA (June 21st)
• Bethlehem (July 4th)
• GALILEE! (July 11th). I am most excited for Galilee, for whatever reason.
• Bonfire at the Sea of Galilee (July 12th)
• Swimming in the Dead Sea (July 31st)
• “Last Week of Jesus’s Life Field Trip” (August 9th)
• Studying Old Testament and New Testament in its setting.

What I am not excited for:

• Coming home.

A Collection of Pictures From My Sister's Blog

The entry inside the Jerusalem Center:

The back lawn:

View from the back lawn:

View from Chelsey's balcony:

The Sea of Galilee:

I'm most excited for Galilee. Don't ask me why.

Chelsey's Adventures in the Middle East

Tonight I had dinner with my sister, Chelsey. A few years ago, she got to go on the same Study Abroad to the Middle East that I am lucky enough to go on this summer. At dinner tonight, she helped me to understand what I need to know, what I shouldn't worry about, and what I should pay attention to when I go there. I am so excited. :) Here is a picture from her own blog.

Chelsey loved the Sea of Galilee.