anyways, the trip was amazing! I have tons of stories and even more pictures, so I will definitely have to be selective in what I post, it will probably take some time, but eventually I'll have my trip properly documented :) Unfortunately almost EVERYBODY got sick, some had it worse than others, but it definitely created quite a bond among all of us. (and when I say everyone, I mean probably onlyl 8-10 people didn't get sick, including all faculty...
unfortunately I was one of the sick ones... 4-5 days living on bread and rice..mmmm)
DAY 1: We traveled a lot on this day and made quite a few fun stops!! This includes the following:
(1) Tel Beersheba: where Abraham lived and where he had swore an oath with Abimelech. Here we saw the ruins of the city.
(2) Sede Boker (the wilderness of Zin overlook and David Ben
Gurion's Grave)... this is where Moses and the children of Israel wandered. At this place he stopped and sent the 12 scouts out but they came back doubting and afraid, so they spent the next 40 years wandering in the wilderness around here.... this was remarkable because there was pretty much NO life there. It just goes to prove that they had to rely wholly on the Lord because there is NO WAY ANYONE could ever be able to survive under those conditions!!
(3) Tel Avdat: This overlooked the trade route and had TONS of ancient ruins.
Now our bus missed the memo of being careful around the ruins... woops! ha (you'd think we'd know, we are in college...but really, let's be honest- we are all little kids at heart!) These ruins
were GORGEOUS!! So awesome!
(4) Machtesh Ramon: The biggest Crater in the world!! It was huge!! Really cool to look at too!!
Finally, we went to A KIBBUTZ!!
Now I had NO idea what this was until this trip. A kibbutz is a community of people who all live and work together to survive. You may think this is all normal, but what sets them apart is that they do not receive any Salary. They work to survive and everyone gets their food and housing etc "free". Everything is shared there. There are community cars that you may reserve, and you are not allowed to own your own. Each year they receive a "budget" of a given amount which can be used for more personal needs, ie. savings for a vacation, fancier clothes or furniture etc. Otherwise, everyone does as they are told. Each person gets assigned a job, and if you don't like your job you will rotate every few months. Each person takes a turn working in the kitchen to feed everyone in the community (everyone gets 3 meals a day here) etc. Man, it was unbelievable to see. I had no idea that these types of communities existed! It was awesome!! We then went to a different kibbutz and played games and spent the night there...
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