Trip to Jordon!!!!

On top of the canyon at Petra!!!
Bethany and I in front of the famous mosiac that christian pilgrims would come to on their way to Jerusalem that would tell them where to go.
At the crusader castle in Jordon, so amazing!
At the entrance to Petra, such a beautiful place!

At the treasury in Petra!
Marie and I at Petra. Love this girl, she was nice enough to share here headset with me all day since I had forgotten mine.
On top of the canyon at Petra with Matt, Steven, and Russell.
The building behind us is the Mosque at Petra! This is Karen and I in front of the Mosque.
At the Roman temple at Jerash these were the magnifacant pillars of the temple!
At the Roman city Jerash. This was one of the gladiator actors that was nice enough to pose in a picture with me.
At the Royal Car Museum in Amman with Jessica!
Tyler and I in the Mosque. Tyler was trying to not touch me since we are not married and in this country you are not supposed to touch each other unless you are. After this picture was taken we were laughing so hard :).
Monica and I showing of our cloaks that we used to cover ourselves up in the Mosque in Amman, Jordon.
The temple of Hercules at the Roman city that we visited. (This is my roommate Karen and I pretending to me strong).
At the traditional spot of the Jordon river where they think that Jesus was baptized.
Standing in the Jordon river where Jesus was Baptized!

Feeding the Babies!

Erin and I in front of the Red Cross Society Palestinian Hospital.
The nursery is the Red Cross Palestinian Hospital in Jerusalem that I was able to help out at.
The precious little girl that I was able to feed at the Palestinian hospital here in Jerusalem.

Bible Land Park!

A wheel that turns the river in order to get water for drinking at the bible lands!
For lunch we got to make a biblical meal over a camp fire...these are homemade pitas, so good! (This actually reminded me alot of girls camp lol, but apparently I was not the only one was a ton of us started to sing girls camp songs while sitting at lunch :).
This lamb was adorable. During our tour guide's talk he kept coming over to me and putting his head on my lap and letting me pet him....after our guide was done talking someone took this picture of me with the lamb.
Here at the biblical land park we had so much fun herding sheep! It was a bit hard and the sheep were very stubborn but as you can see we are all very proud of ourselves for finally getting them across the land and into the circle!

We all thought this bubble was so random in the middle of the Old City :) so of course we had to take a picture. It is a protection for the fountain at night time they had just not taken it down yet.
A bunch of us outside the church of the holy sepulcher at early in the morning. We went to early morning mass here it was amazing!
My roommates and I with our Judaism teacher Mr. Yarden and his two little kids!
At the Seder Passover dinner in the Oasis cafeteria in the Jerusalem Center! (Me, Lisa, and Mackenzie).
Rachel, Me, Hannah, and Brent at the Passover dinner that was held here at the Jerusalem Center!
This Monument has a really cool story from the holocaust. The man in this monument that is holding the children was a non-Jew who had started an orphanage for children in order to give them a good education and help them become great citizens in the world. When the Holocaust came and all of these jewish children were sent to the ghetto's and then eventually the concentration camps this man went with the children even though he was not a jew because he felt it was his duty to be with his students until the end.
At Yad Vashim. These two monuments show the difference between how the Jews reacted to the Holocaust. The art-work on the left is the uprising and the Art on the right is showing the Jews down-trodden and accepting their fate.

At Yad Vashim ( the holocaust museum in Jerusalem). I thought this was a cool monument because it is showing the Jews that tryed to fight for their freedom.

Tel Aviv and More.....

In Hezekiah's Tunnel walking around in knee deep water. So fun!
Jumping into the Beautiful Mediterranean Sunset!
Matt showing off his awesome dance skills, I admit he is pretty good :)!
By the fountain next to the beach in Tel Aviv! (Left to Right: Me, Matt, Emily, Kristi, Brent)
A bunch of cute girls at the beach in Tel Aviv!
A Man making Falafal's in the city! Love it!
Flying a kite on the upper lawns of the Jerusalem Center!!!

Splunking!

Splunking! Here I am crawling out of a tiny crawling space in a cave. So much fun!
Standing in the Bell Caves with the other Stephanie in our group!

Taking a break on our journey in order to get Popsicle and ice cream in the over 100 degree weather. Mine was a watermelon Popsicle that reminded me of the days when I was little and used to run after the ice cream truck with the neighbor girls in order to get a fruity popisicle! Those were the days
At Marshshma (an Israelite settlement in the time of Joshua). These are ruins of a house in this ancient city, there was a huge cave underneath with multiple levels of floors connected to this house.
Rachel and I by an an oil press in one of the caves at the Israelite settlement from the time of Joshua.

Egyptian Dance Party

Hug picture with the girls at the dance!
Eric and I showing off our costumes at the dance! Everyone looked so great!
Raven and I showing off our matching Egyptian dresses at the dance. Love this girl!
At the Egyptian Dance Party with two of my roommates Karen and Rachel (and in the back Kristi). Love these girls!
My roommate Karen and I ready to go to the Egyptian dance party last night at the Jerusalem Center! Love our awesome Egyptian eyes! I love our group of students, we are such a fun group, we all love dance party and so we do a lot of fun activities like this often!

Bells and the Temple Mount

In front of Dome of the Rock with Kristin and Mary-Kate on the Temple Mount in the Old City Walls of Jerusalem.
Reenacting the scene from the Sound of Music on the steps of the YMCA in West Jerusalem after playing the bells! (Bottom to top row, left to right: Emily, Me, Kristin, Steven, Jonah, Megan, Mary-Kate, Monica)
Brother Whipple and in the top room of the Tower at the YMCA in Jerusalem where I was able to play the bells on this instrument behind me! Brother and Sister Whipple are one of the service couples living at the Center with us. Brother Whipple was kind enough to take a small group of us up here to play the bells. It was amazing!