Free Day 2

So for our second free day, our first day in a long time to sleep in, we made the insane decision to wake up super early (4:45 am) and watch the sunrise over the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives. While we were really tired, it was SO worth it. The view was gorgeous and we had such a wonderful moment of reading a few Psalms together and enjoying God's beautiful creation. We got some fresh baked bread on our way back to the school, made it back in time for breakfast, almost fell asleep in our food (which we didn't eat most of because we had eaten so much bread), and took a nap. When we awoke at a more decent hour, we made our way into the old city to do a little shopping. We finally met Shaban, the nicest shopkeeper ever, who is good friends with many of the people here at the college. It's such a busy city with the small streets and the hustle and bustle of shopkeepers and customers.

This evening, the director of the school and his wife had our class up to their flat for dessert and tea. It was so cool to hear all about how God had led them here to Jerusalem in such a unique way and has worked in their lives in some very amazing ways. They are such sweet people, and they can sure make some excellent cookies!