Party Central in J-Town

So lots of activities have been happening around these parts lately.

I went to a ghetto hospital to get some tests done for my visa-

They wrote on a white board for the x-ray room.

 It looks like something out of a scary movie or something!

 We visited the Western Wall on a early Monday morning for the Torah readings for Bar Mitzvahs! It was just one huge party, with people singing and dancing. 

 My friends Montana, Chloe and I went to the Jewish Quarter and found the World’s Biggest Donut. And it was delicious as well.

My new favorite thing to do is eat lunch on top of a building called the Austrian Hospice. We get our food from the city, normally a loaf of bread, a Diet Coke (aka the elixir of life), and some candy, and head up to our benches that look out across the city. It’s quite nice.  I have also purchased a cool sweater ‘It’s Better in Israel’!

On ‘Aloha Tuesday’ we wore our genie pants that aren’t really genie-esque but they are nice and comfy, and have a Hawaii scene on the bottom, all-inclusive with sunglasses, palm trees, and a surfer.

There was a Seder Passover Dinner for our Israel class, and these fine people and I performed a rap for one of the songs. It was a hit. 

PURIM PARTY! Purim is Israel’s ‘Halloween’, so we decided to attend a sweet party! The guy dressed up as Pharaoh came to the center a few days ago to teach us all Israeli Folk Dancing. He then proceeded to invite us to his birthday party slash Purim Party! How could we turn that down!? It was quite the event. Everyone was dressed up, and we were definitely the only ones who didn’t know all the line dances.

BEST DAY EVER!

We finally went to Tel Aviv! It’s about an hour away from Jerusalem, but we took the trip out to the beach! It was so nice and warm, and so fun to explore! We spent most of the day at the beach, but then cruised around town! 

We even rode in a horse carriage, it was so fun! 

I have found the job of my dreams- herding sheep. We went to a sheep farm and learned how to herd sheep/goats, and also make pita bread

 (which is one of my most favorite things to eat out here in the Holy Land). 

Eye Love Ewe!

Little baby goat!

Homemade pita bread-HEAVEN! I LOVE PITA BREAD

Today was also a sad day because it was our last field trip with Brother Judd. We switch religion teachers halfway through the semester, so this was my goodbye picture with one of the coolest guys ever! I LOVE BROTHER JUDD!

Mega Post

Alrighty let's clear some things up here: I apologize for not writing since the last post, I know some people are a little angry with me (*cough cough* Kitty Carter), so I will try and make up for lost time!

I will just put a bunch of pictures up and explain the things that I have been doing lately.

I went to the Dome of the Rock!

I went to the YMCA with my friends Tye, Hannah, and Spencer in West Jerusalem and played the Carillon Bells! 

 I went to Tel-Beersheba and walked through an underground tunnel, which is why my friends Hunter, Lindee, and I are wearing those AWESOME yellow hard hats!

We went to Orson Hyde Gardens, which is right by the center, and saw this cool view of the city with the sun shining on it.

 At an amphitheater in Jerash with a live 3 man band playing the bagpipes and drums for us!

I RODE A CAMEL AND IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER! He wasn't even that stinky.

 My friend Nicky and I atop a mountain in Petra, you can see the Monastery behind us!

On top of the world!

 I can do fun tricks.

At the Amman Citadel with some of my friends

 Chloe and I at dinner one night in West Jerusalem. Contrary to the expressions upon our faces, but we really did enjoy those mini kosher burgers! Also we got some gelatto afterwards, and it was the best dang gelatto we have ever partaken of!

 My friends Jessica, Taylor, Hannah, Lindee, Sarah, Sarah, Susana, Chaille and Emily. I like them all.

 Once a bird pooped on my arm...I was not happy.

 Some caves where we sang...also there were scary bats, but don't worry I didn't provoke them in any way.

 These are some of my friends Spencer, Chaille, Mikkel, Sarah, and Jenessa, also my teacher Brother Judd. He's probly one of my most favorite people ever.

This is a picture of me in my floppy hat and wolf tshirt. Mom loves my sense of fashion out here.

My friends Tye, Lindee and I reenacted the David and Goliath story. I should never be trusted with a sling shot, however no animals or people were harmed in the taking of this photo

THE HAPPIEST MOMENT OF MY ENTIRE LIFE

I have been called to serve in the Fiji Suva Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I report to the Provo MTC on May 29th, and I will be speaking the Fijian Language! I AM SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY AND BLESSED! Seriously, reading my call was the happiest moment of my life so far. I can't wait to feel this way every single day for the next year and a half! 

Happy tears...I'm so lucky to have Chloe here with me. Hopefully it makes up for the next little while that I'll be leaving her...