LONG DAYS!!!! But worth it:)

So yesterday at 7:30am, January 2nd, 2011, I left for Israel. I arrived in Israel the net day at 4:00. It was the longest days of my life. We had a relatively nice and short flight from Minneapolis to NYC but from there everything was just blah...We had a 7 hour layover in NYC and couldn't leave, so that was boring to sit in an airport for 7 hours with nothing to do. Then we have to board this huge plane with an upper deck and everything, a Boeing747. Well i thought it would be a good flight and everything would go really smoothly. Apparently the plane ride had other plans. First off there was this couple that had a baby that cried and well it wasn't a lot of crying but just annoying, then that same couple treated that baby like a rag doll. They were just handing it over plane seats like it was nothing. Then the same guy from the same couple decides that he is going to stand up every ten seconds just so he could distract the other people on the plane from watching the movies. It was extremely annoying. On top of all of that the worst part was the seat are the most uncomfortable things to ever sit in. I tried to sleep but that was just not going to work. It was horrible. So the plane ride is over and we have finally landed in ISRAEL!! Awesome right!?! well customs is next. This was so poorly done it was pathetic. I couldn't believe an institute could be run like this. First off, they weren't prepared, they were not ready for people to come through customs. They were not ready for people to come into Israel. So we all stood there for like 45 mins. in a group of about a thousand people or more just waiting. Then they finally opened. BUT IT WAS SO SLOW!!! It was the worst service, it finally came to my turn and the computer for my line apparently doesn't work anymore, so ten mins. later it starts to work and the girl looks at my name asks me why i am going to Israel and then she asked me my parents name, and then proceeded to ask if i was Jewish. I was like I don't think so lady. It was super weird i have never had anyone assume i was Jewish before.

So after all of this we get on a nice looking bus with comfy seats and we come over this hill and boom! There are the lights of Jerusalem! It was so amazing! I just loved it! I was really excited at that point. We get out of the bus and we are walking to our Jerusalem University, and we are walking right past the Old City Walls of Jerusalem. It is just amazing that way back in the days of Jesus these places existed! It blows my mind!

Tomorrow we start our orientation and a walk through the Old City! I will be taking pictures of that for sure! I can't wait for that!

God is straight up awesome! He impresses me everyday I can't wait to see what he has for me tomorrow!!