The semester has come to a close. There comes a time in a man's life when he has to take his scarf and just come back to America. These last few weeks have been unforgettable and I'd have a hard time beginning to relate a portion of everything that happened but I want to close things out with a last few Middle East moments for this man and his scarf.
The end of November was a busy couple of weeks preparing for and taking final exams. I don't think there's a lot I have to say about that. With finals done we were ready to cross the border over into Israel.
One of the first places we went to was the Mount of Beatitudes near the Sea of Galilee. We enjoyed some beautiful weather those first few days up in northern Israel.
It started getting colder as the week wore on. Thank goodness this man had a scarf handy to keep his neck warm. This picture is up in Tel Dan near the headwaters of the Jordan River. See that behind me? We were right at the northern border so that's Lebanon and Syria off to the right.
As you can tell from this superbly flattering picture on the Mediterranean shoreline, the weather continued to deteriorate. As we finished up our first week in Israel and headed down for a week in Jerusalem we arrived at the same time as a crazy snow blizzard. You might be thinking, "I didn't realize they get snow in Jerusalem." That's cuz they don't. But we did. Boatloads of it. Crazy times, huh?
I really can't do justice to everything we saw that week in Jerusalem. I'll just leave it at saying that it was amazing.
In the spirit of the season this man and his scarf will finish up by wishing you all a Merry Christmas from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Gotta love those old Orthodox churches. So much incense.
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