Marissa's Jerusalem Adventures

My favorite mural at the Magdala Church Mandala Church Dedicated to all the women in the Bible Church of the Annunciation  Gideon Spring Twinning in Megiddo (Armageddon) 

Our first night in Galilee we took a tour of a banana plantation and kibbutz

Mount of Transfiguration Sea of Galilee Overlook Capernaum

Who knew that ancient toilets could be so fun!?  Come pop a squat everyone!

Watching the sunset every night over the Sea of Galilee is just something that pictures won't ever be able to capture.  It is incredible!  Hailey, McKay, Breanna "Footprints in the Sand" has never felt more real

We went to Lifta (an abandoned Palestinian city) on our free day before coming to Galilee.  So I apologize now for having to wait so long for these incredible gangster status pics we took ;) Don't mess with the gang! BUT I promise we are actually really nice :)

I am LOVING Galilee!!!  I will try and put up more pictures tomorrow but I just had to put tonight's adventures up for all to see.  Many accomplishments made tonight! Just the beginning of an eventful night! Before After My whole table demolished these fish with our own bare hands like barbarians while everyone else around us ate civilly with forks and knifes.  Sometimes you just have to get dirty and dig in! A night never to be forgotten... FYI: I totally ate a fish eye tonight!!!! Don't believe me?!? Well don't worry because it's all on video ;) Sea of Galilee

Wow this week has just been FULL of adventures!  It started off with a fun free day at the Jerusalem Zoo which was a total blast. Monday we had a field trip to Bethlehem.  I have been told that this is so many people's favorite field trip so I kinda went with some lofty, high expectations.  The field trip really didn't end up how I imagined it would be to say the least.  Now don't get me wrong...I still enjoyed it but I learned some lessons that I wasn't really expecting to learn while in Bethlehem.  I am just going to share an excerpt from my journal that I wrote while sitting in Mormon shepherds field at the end of the day because I think sums up my experience pretty well.  Here we go: "Today was kinda stressful and I felt like it was just go, go, go without any quiet time to ponder or reflect.  I had this thought though while sitting here in shepherds field overlooking Bethlehem that Mary probably felt all the emotions I felt today too.  At t...

I LOVE how you can always see the Jerusalem Center everywhere you go! (It is the building in the background with the arches) COUSINS!!! Yes that moment when you find out that you are actually 3rd cousins 1 time removed is a pretty happy day :)

Church of the Nativity Mormon Shepherd's Field Shepherd's Field at Sunset Reflection Time in Shepherd's Field Overlooking Bethlehem Shepherd's Field Overlooking Bethlehem  Dinner at The Tent Restaurant Tent Dinner Table Family Banksy Graffiti