The top picture: Syria is behind me. This was our first trip to Galilee. While we were up there the teachers wanted to take us to a place where they used to take students go to talk to the UN soldiers on the border between Syria and Israel. One of the teachers took me and one other girl to where they used to be to make sure it was ok to bring the rest of the group....but no one was there. It is kind of a crazy story...I'll tell you all about it later!

The bottom picture I took in Jezreel (1 Kings 21) overlooking the Jezreel Valley.