When It Rains, It Pours!

We had our first rain here in Israel on Tuesday, which would have been pretty fun if we hadnt of been outside on a field trip.
We left the Moshav at 6:30 pm for Jerusalem(It was pouring). And spent the night in town at the Knight's Palace Hotel and did our New Testament walk the next day.
Before going to the hotel however, we went to the Israel Musuem to see a model of what Jerusalem looked like in Christ's time. This model was amazing! Think detail of Storybook Land in Disneyland, but much much bigger.
The model, however was outside and it rained the entire time Todd taught. And it was windy. We were all freezing to say the least.
After that however, we got to go inside and see huge parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Not just the one inch squares that come to the States once every 15 years and everyone makes a big deal about it and pays 20 bucks to go see it (This is what Todd said). They had on display the entire book is Isaiah!
Finally at 9:30pm we boarded the bus and departed for our hotel. It was soooo nice to be in a warm room and take a hot bath after standing in the cold for so long.
The next day we left the hotel at 7:20am to go to the Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock. We had to leave alot of our stuff at the hotel because the Mount is a highly sensitive spot and wont let people bring in alot of stuff (including any kind of holy book, such as the bible).
The Dome of the Rock is an extremely impressive place. The Mount, where the Rock is located, is a completely open area. This is the place where the Temple use to be, before it was destroyed by the Romans, and was taken by the Muslims after the 6 day war in 1967. The Dome of the Rock is a Muslim Holy place, they claim it is where Muhammad ascended to heaven on a night journey to meet with Allah.
Another highlight of the day was Hezekiah's Tunnel, which was built as a way to bring water from one side of the city to the other. We walked through the tunnel which was filled with water to about the height of my knees. It was very tight, and dark, and long, but sooooo much fun!
But the day is over now, and I have alot of homework to catch up on. Please pray that I will be dilligent this semester and able to learn lots of things!