After 13 hours of traveling I am finally here!!!
I arrived last night (it is now 9:00am on Thursday May 19).
I am staying with a Muslim woman in Bethlehem. She has a huge extended family! I had dinner with them all last night and the children are just adorable! I think if I eat any more I might explode!!! I was told "Kul, kul!" which means eat whenever I stopped eating for more than 45 seconds. Communicating is a little tricky sometimes but my host mother's brother speaks English so that has been helpful.
I also found out that I am volunteering at a children's center in Bethlehem Monday-Thursday from 9am-1pm.
I arrived before all the other PSE participants so today is a relaxing day. I am currently at the Holy Land Trust office in Bethlehem. Hope all is well in the states! It is nice and warm here :)
I arrived last night (it is now 9:00am on Thursday May 19).
I am staying with a Muslim woman in Bethlehem. She has a huge extended family! I had dinner with them all last night and the children are just adorable! I think if I eat any more I might explode!!! I was told "Kul, kul!" which means eat whenever I stopped eating for more than 45 seconds. Communicating is a little tricky sometimes but my host mother's brother speaks English so that has been helpful.
I also found out that I am volunteering at a children's center in Bethlehem Monday-Thursday from 9am-1pm.
I arrived before all the other PSE participants so today is a relaxing day. I am currently at the Holy Land Trust office in Bethlehem. Hope all is well in the states! It is nice and warm here :)
I love that you're working at a children's center! That's awesome, Live! Jealous that you're there and its warm...can't wait to hear more! xo Allie
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you finally made it! How was going through customs? Did you go through Jerusalem to get to Bethlehem? If you get to the Church of the Holy Nativity light a candle for the Group of 4 plus 3 :)
ReplyDeleteCustoms was not too bad- I did have to talk to like 4 different people and I was alone so it was more stressful than if I had traveled with someone else but painless really. I was picked up at the airport and driven right to Bethlehem, which was so easy! Group of 4 plus 3 has a special candle at the Church of the Nativity :) P.S. Allie- you should not be jealous, IT IS SO HOT HERE!!!!
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