Pictures from Samaria and Shevet Achim

The internet is up and running just enough that I could upload one picture at a time. It was a process but I wanted to share them with you.

This was the man who led us around the Zionist Colony. He was very passionate about everything he spoke on. He knew the land like the back of his hand, and the best part was that he grew up in New Jersey.

This was the Samaritan Priest that spoke to the group about who the Samaritans are today and what they believe. He was such a nice man, I pray that his eyes will be opened to the truth.

After the Samaritians slaughter the sheep or lamb on passover the remains goes into these covered holes in the ground and are burned.

This is the area where the Samaritan Priest slaughters each sheep/lamb. If you look closely at the back of the picture you can see that there are bleachers. Many people flock here during the passover season to watch this slaughtering take place.

This is when we were acting out the woman at the well. "Jesus", who is my good friend Matt was telling the Samaritan woman, me, that I had five men in my life...and I was ashamed. My friend Kaytlin is the well. We laughed a lot while taking these photos.

This is Dr. Paul Wright who is an incredible man. He and his wife run the school and he is also the physical settings insturctor. He is a brilliant man. The other lady in the picture is my good friend Leah.

Shevet Achim

This is Sara, from Shevet Achim. She is eight years old and is going in to Tel-Aviv today to have her heart surgery. She was a joy to be with. She was very shy, but warmed up quickly with lots of hugs, smiles, and laughs.

This is Hevi, she was twelve years old. She is still waiting for a date for her surgery. She definately acted like a twelve year old. At one point she was trying to take a picture of me and my friend Laura. We weren't positioned the way she wanted us to be so she came up and just moved our faces to the places she wanted them. When she wanted us to smile...she said, "Smile. STOP!" It took us a while to figure out what it meant, but she really meant for us to smile an stay still. She was sweet.

The men in this picture are Matt (on the left) and Peter (on the right). Kale (Kay-lee) is on Matt's shoulders. She was a ball of fire. We were playing hand games and she kept pulling tricks to try to tickle us and hit us in the face. We had so much fun! She goes in for her surgery on Tuesday. The little boy on Peter's shoulders is Meme. He is actually the son of a man who is getting ready to have surgery. It was so rewarding to be with these children and make and impact on thier lives.