May 14, 2004

Hello Every One!!I will give you an update on everything that has happened! IT has been difficult getting to the internet the last couple of days. But, anyway on Friday, we all went into Bethelehelm. It was so neat. We have a friend of mine from College who is teaching there and she took us in the town and a tour guide (a friend of hers) showed us all around Bethlhelm. I got to see the wilderness, the Church of Nativity which is built above the cave Jesus was born in. They used to build homes above caves. We even got to see what a house would have looked like then. AT the end of our tour they took us to Solomon's pools. It was a very great experience and the Palestian guards were not bad going into the check points!!!! The kids selling candy on the streets while we waited at the checkpoints were however,a different story!!! ;-) At about 5 we took off toward Haifa in our rental car. And we had the hardest time finding the area. AS the Nun, who was on the street looking for us said, "Two hours from Jeruseleum, 1 hour from Haifa". We laughed so hard because we were all up around the west side of Israel trying to get there. We kept stopping at gas stations talking to attendants who didn't speak English. It is trips like these and stories like these that make you laugh for years to come!!!