[a group of us at the Pasta restaurant in Tel Aviv]
It was a great day! Arguably one of the best days of the
semester so far! We started the day by getting on a bus and going to the city
of Jaffa. This is where Peter, through the Lord’s strength, restored life to Dorcas
and where Jonah got onto a boat to go in the opposite direction of Nineveh. So
there were a few interesting things that happened there. We took some picture
of the sea and saw a Roman Catholic Church as well. After that, we got back
into the bus to go to Independence Hall which is where Israel was announced as
a free state in 1948.
Once we took a picture in front of that building, we made
our way over to a market where we would be having lunch! We went to an Italian
restaurant called Pasta Bestah. That was our best attempt at reading the sign
in Hebrew. We think the Bestah may mean Fresh. So like Fresh Pasta. But the
food was amazing! I got fettuccini with Coconut Milk and Curry sauce. I
completely downed the food and scraped my plate! After that, we just walked
around the market and saw a lot of unique items for sale. They all looked
pretty cool! Once we met up after the market, we walked to the beach.
All the way across the sand and to the water all I could
think about was that I was about to enter the Mediterranean Sea! Could not believe
it! The water was a warm 86 degrees and there was a huge sandbar so we could
walk/swim over to some rocks and jump off! It was so much fun and we just
enjoyed ourselves the whole day. We played games, volleyball, ate an amazing
meal, and worshipped the Lord! Starting out Shabbat with Chapel on the Beach
was so much fun! It was an amazing day and I was thoroughly exhausted by the
end of it but I still stayed up and skyped my parents and hung out with
friends! Great day! So thankful that we had a day off to just go to Tel Aviv
and swim! Feeling so blessed to be here! Honestly, life here right now is so
peaceful! I know that the news is saying crazy things and there definitely are
crazy things going on, but we are on a secluded little campus having our
Shabbat right now! It is an amazing country to be studying abroad in! Thank you
for your prayers!
-Susan
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