I think this picture might be worth a thousand words and that you can figure out the story yourself.
Yesterday near Gezer
You would be on the right track if your story includes the following elements: courageous bus driver, old bus, steep road bus couldn’t quite make it up, alternate back road that looked really promising, strong young men who pushed the bus out of foot-deep mud time and again, big mudhole that ultimately dashed our dreams.
The students understand in a new way why kings went out to war after the rainy season.
That’s awesome…I miss the seasonal “lakes” in Israel… : )
I miss Israel… :-)
I miss Israel, too… especially when it seems like half the songs I’ve listened to lately mention Jerusalem or Israel. :)
this made me smile like none other! hurray for memorable experiences in Israel!!
If God loves the very dust and the stones of Israel, and God sends the rain…
…He must love the mud too. Yay for mud!
It sounds as if you have been having quite the IBEX “adventures.” Sounds like fun! It brings back memories of what Lawlor liked doing with the mud at Gezer as well. At least our bus made it all the way there! Hope you’re having fun! I know I’m having fun with the memories just like the others.
“Strong young men”… I like that, Todd! I feel a lot better about myself now. BTW, if anyone wants to see a video of this little episode, Kyle Ruggles posted two of them on http://www.youtube.com …simply type in something like “mud, push, bus” (you get the idea), and it will pop up.
I’ll be ready to climb Mt. Everest after this semester.
I can see the IBEX t-shirt now!!!
Any thoughts of making IBEX a year-long experience? (only half kidding) Gezer was dry and brown when I saw it! It would be great to see Israel both ways. I guess I’ll just have to come back someday…
Hi Todd!
So…any good pictures from the wedding at Shiloh today? :-)
Danielle – I think word travels fast. You’ll do better to look for anything on our Valentine’s Day adventures at http://www.ibexsemester.com.