the last few days have been spent in palestine doing service work and orientation. we have been staying with host families. our home consists of three floors (which are like 3 apartments- which is very typical in this culture). we are staying on the main floor with a widowed woman. I am rooming with katy, ellen, and dianne. on the second floor is this womans son, his wife, and their kids. the third floor is her other son, his wife, and their kids. our host went to visit her daughter in another city for the second and third nights in palestine, so her daughters-in-law prepared the meals for us. we have gotten aquatinted to the culture through the food... some very good, others were well... not our taste :) every morning (mon-thurs) we were dropped off at bethlehem bible college at 7:45am for orientation. this consisted of 2 hours of class time. then we were sent off into the community. groups went to Al Bosma, the Tent of Nations, and Aida refugee camp, as well as staying at BBC for some work there. on thrusday, we met for our orientation then we began our touring/ study part of the trip. we began with the herodian, then to the shepherds cave, and ended at the church of the nativity. tonight is our last night with our host families. i think we are all really excited for the remainder of our travels.
God bless, Bethany
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