We have now been in Jerusalem for three days now. I have to tell you, it is really an amazing thing to wake-up and have a quiet time beneath the shadow of the wall of this great city! We have done a decent amount of site-seeing to get adjusted to the culture and the time. Never have I had such a hard time adjusting to the time difference.
Last night we met up with our contacts, a South African family, and hung out with the youth in a square not far from our hostel. The students hung out talking to youth and mostly listening to them about their loves, hates and jokes. I had the pleasure of talking with two totally drunk guys who asked me about fifteen times where I was from, always following it with “that's great!” and a huge hug.
Donavan, one of our contacts here, got married this morning at the garden tomb, where Jesus was raised from the dead. Drew and I got to film and take pictures of the couple as well as the wedding crowd of six.
As for other news, through a series of “random” events, I have reconnected with three other people from my film school. We are now making plans to come back here in January of next year to do a documentary on Palestine. I expect this will be far more intense than anything before considering it is focusing on such a hostile conflict, rooted in thousands of years of hatred from Muslims and Jews alike. Please be praying for everything to begin to fall into place even now.
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