Well, today was quite an adventure! :) Sosimo told us last night that we were going to go to Bethlehem the next day! So we got up early, packed up, and went on a grand adventure!
So we got on a little bus this morning and drove down the 7 miles to Bethlehem! After a slightly bumpy and precarious ride (reminded me of the perils of Mexico and El Salvador combined!) We arrived safely in Bethlehem. We had our first session of class on very uncomfortable metal seats, and then we moved down into this cave for class. It was pretty awesome! :)
These are the shepherds fields where church tradition says that the shepherds were when the angels appeared to them after Jesus' birth. This building below the picture of the field is supposedly the exact spot where the angels showed up. Lol...
This place with the creepy columns was the Church of the Nativity. It's actually divided into three different sections for three different sections of religion. There is a section for te Greek Orthodox, a section for the Catholic, and a section for the Armenian people. It's interesting to see division even in the supposedly united body of Christ.
Please pray for this country as it so badly needs unity not only with conflicting religions, but also within the different sects of groups that even claim to be Christians. We can see that there is only unity within Christ. Well-meaning people often forget this thing, and try to resolve the world's problems on their own, but they forget that peace will never come without Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior!
Please pray for Israel tonight.
Love,
V
p.s. Sorry if this post is slightly incoherent. I'm very tired right now. I'll try to make some additions to this post tomorrow. Good night!
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