Happy Birthday to Me

So….my birthday was awesome.  I was kinda excited, kinda sad about spending my 18^th in ISRAEL J  ....without my family L.  It was great though.  I talked to my parents on the phone at midnight to bring in the big day.  Then at the hospital,  Nitza made me a cake.  She is so awesome!  So, she was telling me what was in it…nutella, cream, stuff, liquor, more stuff, etc..  I thought no problem….she cooked off the liquor so it would be fine….um not so much.  The bottom layer of the cake was an inch soaked in very strong liquor!  I almost died.  So I just ate the top part …it was funny.  Ulga got me 4 bars of the poppy chocolate (like pop rocks in chocolate…you have to try it…) and a journal that opens backwards cause Hebrew is written opposite of English.  The ladies are teaching me Hebrew which is awesome, but slow.  I can now write the alphabet, my name and a few basic phrases.  Hopefully, I can continue to learn it when I get home.

Today, I learned how to play teradactal – it’s a game.  I learned how to eat a falafel correctly.  You have to really cup the whole thing nicely and snuggly so it doesn’t all fall out.  One of those truly critical life skills! 

So, a friend in the group has her bible color coded…pretty cool.  I think I am going to use this!  She uses colored pencils to underline passages that mean different things….here is a general guide:

God’s grace – green

            Prayer – yellow
            Warnings - Orange
            Blessings - Pink
            Names for God – Red
            God’s character – Grey
            ETC….

I will come up with my own list, but this gets me to thinkin’….

I am so honored!  Ulga invited me to her house for Shabbat on Friday!  Huge huge!  Not sure if I will be able to go, but hoping that God will clear a way for me to visit her in her home one day this week.

Thank you all for praying for our team here.  Please pray for every connection that we make and that God would be glorified through our being here.  Pray for safety – you never know what could happen in Israel!  Pray that I would learn more about who God is during my time here.