UpDAtE!

Ok kind of an update. I decided I am not going to do day by day because we are now getting into midterms so it would be rather boring to write about and even more so to read about. So I will just give tidbits on the cool stuff that happens.

First off...Turkey
Holy Moly what a cool place. I highly suggest everyone to make Istanbul a priority on your "places to go" list. It is so pretty and beautiful and awesome and taken 2 was filmed there...anyway yeah, do it for sure. Well while we were in Turkey we did a lot of site seeing. Basically we went to the seven churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation and to places Paul visited during his missions to Asia Minor. There are some cool ruins. I will have post pictures later because I don't have all the ones that I want to share yet. Anyway Turkey is pretty much awesome, though its food is ummm...a bit interesting...lets just say the Turkey Trots were very popular during the week. Not to mention that Turkish toilets are very very different than American toilets...hole in the ground anyone :) Honestly that picture of the cat and the holes in the cement is not that far off. So that was turkey in a nut shell and I will hopefully have some more pictures to share later.

Next Jericho
Ok this was probably one of my favorite field trips we have done so far. We literally went to where the road would have been and still is and had this great devotional on the Good Samaritan. My professor brought up the point that we all will have Jericho Roads in our lives and it is up to us to decide which side of the road we will be on. The devotional was obviously longer and it definitely made me think and was actually really spiritual so I am bringing a rock home from it.

Third Seder dinner
It was pretty fun to see the rituals of the Jews even though it wasn't anywhere close to the Passover and the food was awesome. It was interesting though that I had a thought about how the Jews and even the Muslims are a little bit "stuck in the past" so to speak. They don't believe in modern revelation or living prophets and it made me so happy to know that we have both and we will get to hear it this coming weekend. I cannot tell you how excited I am for conference, even though we only get to watch the two morning sessions.

Fourth David and Goliath valley
Haha so we basically went to the valley where the battle took place and did sling shots for like an hour. It was awesome and by the end I got pretty good at it.

And that just about sums it up for today.