heer you go

Ein Gedi

yeah. i swam in water that had crabs in it

it was 106 degrees that day

ein gedi

just some israeli soldiers at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial.

i love lisa- can you tell?

lisa and matthew judson

West Jerusalem

my roommate, Lauren

i took this from inside our bus when we were leaving Bethlehem- which is in the West Bank.

more of the partition wall surrounding the WB (West bank). Palestinians who have an Israeli passport can't come in here. ever.

Nativity Church in bethlehem

That hole in the ground has a rock below it and that's the "spot" where Christ was born.

matthew judson and i outside the Nativity church

lisa trying to catch up. you work that cane!

ps. she cut her foot something fierce at Eilat, hence the necessity of a cane

nativity church bethlehem

bethlehem. can you imagine mary and joseph? kindof hard to visualize with how built up and toursity it is.

dirty vans

damascus gate, old city

cinnamon sticks at the souk

the BEST dried fruit ever. that white stuff behind the 48 sign is dried coconut.

i have been in heaven. coconut is an aphrodisiac

diet coke is also an aphrodisiac. or maybe i just like it. a LOT. and this was in a glass bottle. HEAVEN

jud, daniel aka: shally, me

i'm too happy for being in a prison, huh?

this is in the prison for prisoners of the underground movement. basically it's for all the israeli rebels who fought against the british during the early 20th century.

TOMS welcome to Jerusalem

i like flowers and they like me

western wall with dome of the rock behind. good combo

bar mitzvah monday

Pool of Siloam where Christ healed the blind man. This is in the City of David.

before going into Hezekiah's tunnel

after

the City of David. this is all palestinian housing

EILAT! this is the Red sea. i'm standing in Israel and across the water to the right is Saudi Arabia and to the left is Jordan. and directly to the right (not pictured) is Egypt.

Israeli soldiers during the 4 hr break they get each week on Shabbat.

Shabbat= good pastries. get the carmel croissant.

inside some old pigeon house

Valley of Elah where david fought goliath and the israelites battled the philistines

ruins in beth shemesh- Samson's hometown

mea shearim. the ultra orthodox Jewish neighborhood in West Jerusalem.

we were sort of lost and then i remembered that this was the neighborhood where that jewish guy spit on us.

west jerusalem

i must have a photographic memory because as soon as i saw this mural i knew where we were.

the supreme court. way laid back place. i felt like i was at the county court at home.

supreme court

outside the Knesset- Israel's legislative building

old city boys

old city girl

in the church of the last supper

blue skies keep calling my name

just me and bro hamblin, my ancient near east teacher

my old testament class in the Judean wilderness.