bible land!

this was the woman's work...baking bread had to be done every day. it took almost all day.
after i tried shepherding the guide gave the baby to me so it wouldn't get hurt. aww...! haha

2 {great} ways to cope with walking around in the {heat} of egypt

2 {great} ways to cope with walking around in the {heat} of egypt

odds and ends

typical evening...studying together. this is one of the classrooms here.

three of the four roomies
spikey balls and plants are every where here.
shopping is great. here we got free humas and pita!

ode to {kosher}

to be kosher here you can't have meat with dairy...so no pepperonis, sausage or chicken on the pizza. just tuna. tons of soggy tuna right from the can. you can't even see the cheese. we missed pizza so much we thought we'd give it a go....
{shar} loved it.
scott and i...not so much.

ethiopian church

{shar} my roommate and i at the ethiopian church. really an interesting place. pictures of african american saints and Jesus.

nutty putty caves!

scott and i after crawling, sliding, shimming and {SQUEEZING} through dusty tiny dark caves. SO FUN! more pictures from other people's cameras to come.

trodding the wine press

{bell caves}

we got to sing in this limestone quarry caves. {i got to lead!!} the acoustics were incredible! the light shafts made for some fun photos too :)

{slinging}

charge!!

goliath {scott}

killed by....

david {me}

mt. sinai...the {hike}

what an incredible experience! we left at 2 am and hiked for a couple hours to the peak of sinai to watch the sunrise.

{children} of maresha

{emmett} kids

professor emmet brought his wife and children with us to egypt. it was a blast having them around. this is {sarah}

and this is {will}. he is a hoot! i love playing star wars with him around the center or having serious batman chats....

{mosque} in egypt

some of the girls in the group...farthest left bottom row is {jane} she was in my ward last year, farthest right bottom row is {casey} she was in my stake in georgia, and purple scarf is my roommate here {jillian}.

meet {scott}. check out the columns in his glasses.

roommate {jillian}. she loves history and musicals and folk dancing around the room!