Galilee Day 5, Gamla, Ancient Synagogue, Kursi, Nature Hike

July 9, 2010 Field trip day again today! I could totally get used to this schedule! Every other day we get to go out and tour the Holy Land!! Today we went to a few… noticeably lesser places. We went to Gamla–where the Roman battled some Jews led by Josephus, old bunkers in the Golan […]

Galilee Days 1-4:Caesarea, Nazareth, Tiberias Lookout, Ginosaur Boat, Beatitudes, Peter Primacy, Loaves and Fishes, Capernaum, Greek Orthodox Church, Bethsaida, RAFTING

July 5, 2010 Today we woke up at 5am and left for Galilee! I was so excited, that I didn’t even let it phase me. I got on the bus and was so so so so excited. I was talking to everybody, commenting on the teacher’s comments (while everyone else was completely out). It was […]

Sukk, Monks Angelo and Theophanis, and Misc Events Through July 4, 2010

Here are most (a good selection, but alas! Not nearly all!) of the places/things I’ve done in the last few weeks.  This will probably be my last post for the next two weeks as I will be in the Galilee!!  However, in addition to the photos and video below, I have uploaded a whole collection […]

Old Testament Insights: Deuteronomy

 Today I had my last test in my Old Testament Class here at BYU-J. At the beginning of the class, I’ll admit: I was really worried—though I had read the entire Old Testament before, it still seemed so… distant, archaic, and downright not applicable to me. I thought it was boring. The New Testament and […]