Movin' on UP!

Well goodness gracious. Last I wrote I was asking for prayer to get through the 10K, and we made it! We ran it in an hour and eleven minutes. The Fantastic Three (Ideas on a new name?) (From Left: Zach, Brianna, and I) ran together the whole race and though I may have slowed them down a bit, they didn't leave me. When we were entering the old city in the race, Spider-Man gave me a high five!! I was so excited, I didn't even get tired till the 8K mark, I was proud of myself and the rest of the Fantastic three, and those others that ran with us!
So leading up to the race was a busy week of way too much class and homework. Friday night after the race I got sick and had to miss out on a final which I had to make up the next day...that was fun. Our new prof.s got here Saturday and Sunday and we were glad to hear that we were going to get both of those days off. Monday after being in class for all of a few minutes, our prof told us that our notes would be graded according to who took the most. So naturally people started getting really competitive to take the most. Some tempers flared. Some people looked like they were going to cry and there were the few us like me, who just sat back and watched it happen...and post a hunger games related facebook status. Needless to say after being berated by a ton of us, he changed it to a slight amount more tolerable.

Its been kind of nice here. We have 4 hour class days in which we learn about the life of Christ and then we get the afternoon off. One day this week me, bri, and zach all went into the old city and literally just wandered around. Another afternoon we went to the mall and ended up sitting in the food court and talking till dinner so we ate Israeli pizza hut. Which was a slight contradiction for me since, in LaGrange, you just don't go there. But it was better than NO pizza haha. SO FUN. Another afternoon, I went to the Biblical zoo, it wasn't super biblical, but I LOVE animals so it was quite the recharge for me, wasn't the same as seeing Prissy though.

Today (Saturday) We went to church (Kay-Hee-LAH), been there, done that, and it was fun. And then we had like 2 hours to study before having to recount the entire Life of Christ (OT references and interpretations) in order in 11 headings in 2 hours. Sadly to say Jesus never even washed the disciples feet in my essay world...You'll have to find some OTHER way to get to Heaven guys...sad day.

On a lighter note we are leaving in the morning (FINALLY!!) for our 10 day spring break tour, I hear rumors of archaeological digs, camel rides, Dead sea swimming, Bedowin tent staying, and so much fun stuff...looks like we're not going to sleep properly or eat on time or even walk at a normal pace for the next ten days. That usually means my next post will be a grumpy one, but lets hope (and pray of course) for high spirits, sleep on the stinky crammed bus and plenty of filaffal to eat :)

Israel is treating us well though, our group hasn't started snapping too terribly at each other yet...Prayers for safe travels, good attitudes, and INTERNET!! (probably spotty for the next week) See you guys on the other side!