Minor Update

Ok, I am obviously not very good at this whole blogging thing. I've now been here for a couple of weeks. We have gone to the normal sites like the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Garden Tomb, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Kotel Tunnel, a walk on the ramparts of the walls of the old city, and we have done lots of walking around the place. We are going to Egypt on Sunday. Um, yeah, that's about all I'm going to say right now.

The beginning

I don't have a lot to say yet. We got to Jerusalem just a few days ago and this is the first day that I am not brain dead from jet lag. Most of us had to take 4 flights to get here, and since then we have had lots of orientation meetings and a really quick walking tour of the old city. The center is incredible! Every view is stunning. The architecture is marvelous. Even the drinking fountains are made of chipped limestone. Our academic schedule is a little bit more than just rigorous, with us already having had to read 20 chapters in Genesis and over 100 pages in other text books (classes started yesterday, and all of that was due before class and the 100 pages weren't assigned until two days ago). I am excited for the material though. The field trips are also going to be incredible.