Happy Rosh Hashanah!


... you must eat apples dipped in honey.

Here listen to this song that we learned how to sing in Hebrew class.

Interesting Fact (IF) #1

I read somewhere that the word Teva (the sandals brand that is) means "earth" in Hebrew. Today I asked Esther what Teva meant and she said "natural". Also they don't pronounce it Tee-va. It is pronounced Teh-va.

Kinneret Swim!

This morning at 8:30 I swam a mile of the Sea of Galilee. It was amazing! It took about an hour and when we were done we got snack, bag of stuff including: keychain, backpack, and brochure papers. I bought a t-shirt. So now I can say that I've been there done that and got the t-shirt. The ending point also was a water park so we went down some slides. We all picked up some Israeli flag and posed for a picture. It was funny because everyone was staring at us and then they started clapping, like we were an Olympic Team. Which sidenote: Speedo helped sponsor the event (as well and Kinder. The German chocolate eggs that have prizes inside of them) and there were Michael Phelps pictures at their booth. It was a Kodak moment so I snapped a photo of Mr. Phelps in Israel. I am sore already from our hike yesterday and the swim today. But it is worth it!

...I used my underwater camera and soon I will get it developed and put up the pictures of the Yehudiya hike yesterday and the Kinneret Swim today.

The Lord is good!

Paul McCartney is all over the news. He is doing a show in Tel Aviv and the best tickets are 10,000 shekels (which is about $3, 000). Tonight was definitely a God thing because coming back from my adopted parents house we (another student) met this couple in their late 30's that was moving in. We got to share who we believe in. They did not understanding that we were not bore believers and that we chose to be, (that was a road block, but I trust that the Lord is working the best way possible for these people). They will be moving in about 2 months and they have 4 children (18, 15, 11, 10). The man's name is Drewa and the womans was Mylov (spelling is how I heard their name and probably not correct). Please pray that we will get to see more of them and that they would be open to hearing more truth. Tomorrow we are going to Hudea for some hiking, then on Saturday pretty close to everyone in our group is doing the Kinneret swim. It's about a 2 mile swim (but thankfully there are rest stops (barges) a long the way. It's no race and you get free stuff including a medal at the end! I can't wait!

Drums

Tonight was really really fun! There was a party for one of the teachers of the little children who was leaving. They hired a two musicians to come and provide some fun and entertainment. There were at least 25 drums that the children could play a long with the music. There was a little bit of dancing and lots of singing. I want to do it again!