On our Field trip to Jericho we went to 
Quruntul Monestary. As you can see it is located right on the side of the mountain. Almost like it is part of the mountain. This monestary was built where they believe is the spot that Christ was tempted by Satan. There is another church on the very top of the mountain where another denomination thinks the place was. It was really neat. We had a little hike up to the monestary and it was really hot that day but it was worth it. It was a very quiet peaceful place not like that busy old city in Jerusalem.
Another thing that i was able to do was to go visit the Knesset. This is what we in the United States would consider the Capitol in Washington D.C. I never would of ever thought to go there but they just recently had an election her in Israel. They have a democractic Parlimentary system that is really hard to explain. My Jewish teacher doesn't evem know exactly how it works. It was really neat to go there. They gave us a tour and we got to go into what we would probably call the legislature room. Like everything in Jerusalem there was lots of symbolism throughout the Knesset. I would have more pictures but we weren't allowed to take our cameras inside and i couldn't get a good picture of the outside of the Knesset. The picture of me by the statue is in the middle of the round about right by the Knesset. I thought it looked pretty cool.
Quruntul Monestary. As you can see it is located right on the side of the mountain. Almost like it is part of the mountain. This monestary was built where they believe is the spot that Christ was tempted by Satan. There is another church on the very top of the mountain where another denomination thinks the place was. It was really neat. We had a little hike up to the monestary and it was really hot that day but it was worth it. It was a very quiet peaceful place not like that busy old city in Jerusalem. As you can see the view from the top was pretty amazing! minus the power lines of course. The view looks out over Jericho or the city of palm trees as it is refered to in the Bible. You can't tell from this picture but there are lots of Palm trees in Jericho.
This is just a picture to let you see just how this Monestary was built. It was built off of the Mountain. As you can see one wall is the mountain and the otherside is what they built. It was awesome!! You might be wondering why i have a scarf over my shoulder when i said that it was a really hot day. The monestary is fairly i guess you could say orthodox and they advised us to take a scarf to cover our heads to show more respect. By the time we all walked to the top we were way to hot to put them on and nobody seemed to care.The other picture below is the room that they have to worship. I am sitting by the exact rock where they beleive that Jesus stood when he was tempted by Satan.
Another thing that i was able to do was to go visit the Knesset. This is what we in the United States would consider the Capitol in Washington D.C. I never would of ever thought to go there but they just recently had an election her in Israel. They have a democractic Parlimentary system that is really hard to explain. My Jewish teacher doesn't evem know exactly how it works. It was really neat to go there. They gave us a tour and we got to go into what we would probably call the legislature room. Like everything in Jerusalem there was lots of symbolism throughout the Knesset. I would have more pictures but we weren't allowed to take our cameras inside and i couldn't get a good picture of the outside of the Knesset. The picture of me by the statue is in the middle of the round about right by the Knesset. I thought it looked pretty cool.
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I miss you terribly. Im glad you are having fun though!
I love that green shirt on you!
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