Yes, our bus hit a donkey but I guess it would be equivalent
to hitting a deer in the states. I’m just glad it wasn’t a camel! We have now
been in Israel for a week and already have learned so much. There is so much
history here, but I’ve never been much of a history buff. I am praying for the
supernatural hunger and excitement for everything the Holy Land has to offer.
What a privilege it is to be here, yet I question why it doesn’t really feel
that way. Maybe because I look outside and feel like I’m in Palm Springs, CA.
Or maybe the lifestyle of traveling from country to country has become the norm
or something.
We floated in the Dead Sea yesterday and it was amazing!
Especially since I can’t normally back float. Some fun facts about the Dead
Sea:
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At 1300 feet below sea level, it is the lowest
spot on earth
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It is at least 25 percent salt, which is 4 times
higher than the ocean
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It separates Israel from Jordan
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David fled to escape assassination from the
jealous king Saul and hid in the caves along the Dead Sea shoreline
In the next few days we head out to Jerusalem to live with
the Bedouins, a Muslim people group. We’ve heard it will be a culture shock,
but I’m up for it. It will definitely be different in that we’ll be like guests
and will have to be “on” at all times. We may be teaching English, but things
always change on the Race, so we’ll see when we get there.
For the month of December our whole squad is having a
technology ban (no internet, iPods, movies, etc). We still get 3 hours per week
to write a blog, so I apologize if this blog is quite random. I usually take a
long time to think through and write a blog, so it’s a challenge to begin and
complete a blog in one sitting. The whole point of the ban is to help aid in
the process of abandonment…coming into a place of complete dependence on God. I
will write more on that in the future.
