Valleys

Ok, so today after class we all left. I spent the afternoon in the Kidron Valley and the Hinom Valley. It was a wonderful afternoon. It is spring here so much of the land is green, I love it. So here are a few pictures of where we went.

These are some weed flowers. I know that you're disappointed in me Mel, but I really liked these flowers.

Down on the south side of the Kidron (the valley actually runs to the dead sea, but south of me) by the Church of All Nations, there is a small abandoned cemetery hidden among the olive trees. The spot was very peaceful and beautiful, I would like to go back there. This is one of the headstones, most of them were broken.

This is Silwan (I'm sure I spelt that wrong). It sits opposite (east) of the City of David and is a political hot spot right now, but I really liked it.

This was taken in the Hinom Valley. The name actually means the Valley of Hell because it is the traditional site where Judah bought land and where he hung himself (not fun, I know). But in the valley there was a neat little monastery that had a bunch of catacombs in it, some even had the bones still hanging around. As we walked up the valley we explored other caves and catacombs and climbed big rocks, Ryan would have been proud!

These are three of my favorite people here at the JC. Going from left to right we have Brian Masterson (army extraordinaire and a redhead), Ali Goodfellow (energy and smiles), and Daniel Benson (all around good guy who can sing first tenor, and does for the BYU Mens Chorus). This show was taken on the way to a Scottish church we went to. We sang "Nearer my God to thee," "Lead Kindly Light," "Rejoice the Lord is King," and "Praise to the Lord the Almighty (#72)" in the chapel. The chapel had really nice acoustics and it was really fun.

Here is a millipede, they're nasty little buggers but really cool.

This is Corina. I liked this picture. This is by the cemetery in the Kidron Valley.

This is the entrance to one of the tombs in the Kidron Valley. I love all the stone work here in the Holy Land, it's much nicer than what we use in the States.