Today's Agenda

I thought I'd just give everybody the rundown on what I've done and will be doing today. First, I woke up around 7:30 and booked it to breakfast. At 8:30, I went to our weekly men's Bible study, led by Randy Cook. He's a great guy, a mountain man, brags about his cabin in Idaho, and really does a good job in being thoughtful and wise in his speech. We sing hymns, none of those "7/11" songs, as Randy calls them, and study the book of Nehemiah. Today we were in chapter two.

After that, I went to the library and cranked out the reading I had left to do for our Benjamin field trip tomorrow. I read an article from Biblical Archaeological Review on Jericho. I have trouble with the technical words sometimes, but it was interesting to see the different opinions and how the physical evidence matches up with the account of Scripture.

Having finished my reading, I came back to my room. On the way back I bumped into Analee and Natalie in the Biblical Gardens, hurrying off to the library as if they would turn into popsicles any second! :o) It has been pretty chilly lately, with lots of rain and wind. I hear that snow is even a possibility in Jerusalem, but we'll see.

So now I'm in my room, writting on my blog, and waiting for lunch to come at 12:30. After lunch I will probably do some more reading for my Jerusalem Studies class, then at 3:30 a group of ten of us will go to Jerusalem and visit some sites that we need to go to for credit in the same class. We're going to eat as some vegetarian place and visit a museum and some other stuff. I'm no vegetarian, but I'll try it this time. We'll probably get back around 7:30. After that, who knows what I'll end up doing...

Tomorrow is our Benjamin field trip, beginning sharply at 7:30pm. And by sharply, I mean sharply. Of all the methods concocted for encouraging student punctuality, Todd has found the "leave method" to be most effective! :o) Anyway, my next post will probably fill you in on all the grins and giggles in store.

Dan